Assistant Transportation Engineer - Traffic Engineering
About The Position
This is an entry-level professional services and scientific position in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Traffic Engineering. The role performs moderately complex engineering functions supporting the construction and maintenance of public works structures, systems, and facilities, as well as transportation engineering. It reviews preliminary and final plans for transportation and public works projects for compliance with engineering standards and project specifications; studies traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impacts; and evaluates transportation systems to determine whether modifications or expansions are needed and to design devices for individual projects. The position requires knowledge of, or the ability to learn, engineering principles and practices; transportation planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance principles and techniques; and traffic and right-of-way issues related to highway engineering. The role offers the opportunity to work with ITS and traffic engineering devices and systems, including Changeable Message Signs (CMS), Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS), traffic signals, incident management devices, traffic counting devices, and the Transportation Management Center (TMC).
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field, or, for non-engineering college graduates and non-degreed candidates, a Certification of Engineer-Intern issued by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, engineering principles and practices.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, transportation planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance principles, practices, and techniques.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, traffic and right-of-way issues relating to highway engineering.
Responsibilities
- Review preliminary and final plans for transportation and public works projects to determine compliance with engineering standards and project specifications.
- Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impacts.
- Evaluate transportation systems to determine the need for modification or expansion.
- Design devices for individual projects.
- Support the construction and maintenance of public works structures, systems, and facilities and transportation engineering.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- Three or more weeks of vacation leave annually, with accrual increasing with years of service
- Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees
- 12 days of sick leave annually
- State payment of 85%–95% of employee-only health insurance premiums, depending on salary
- Health insurance premium credit that can decrease employee-only premiums by up to 5%, subject to program requirements
- State payment of 100% of employee-only dental insurance premiums
- State retirement contribution equivalent to 14.06% of employee pay toward MainePERS
- Additional wellness benefits for state employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
