Traffic Control Designer/Drafter

EXP • Washington, WA

12d

About The Position

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP. Are you ready to design your future? Be our next Traffic Control Designer/Drafter! Your work environment at EXP In this role you will be a part of the Infrastructure and Transportation team and have the opportunity to work on a broad range of projects designing and drafting traffic control plans for utility construction projects throughout the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

Requirements

• Associate degree, technical certification, or equivalent work experience in drafting, engineering technology, civil engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience preparing Temporary Traffic Control (TCP) or Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plans for utility or infrastructure projects.
• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD.
• Strong understanding of TCP drafting standards, layouts, and symbology.
• Ability to interpret utility design drawings, permit requirements, work orders, and construction scopes.
• Working knowledge of MUTCD and traffic control design principles.
• Ability to create and modify permit-ready traffic control drawings.
• Experience utilizing aerial imagery, GIS mapping resources, and jurisdictional mapping tools to develop accurate base maps.
• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet permitting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Adobe Acrobat.
• Electronic permitting and document management systems.

Nice To Haves

• 3 to 5+ years of traffic control plan development experience preferred.
• Experience supporting utility construction activities within public rights-of-way.
• Experience preparing TCPs for projects within Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
• Familiarity with DDOT, VDOT, MDOT SHA, and local county permitting requirements.
• Utility industry experience supporting electric, gas, water, sewer, telecommunications, or fiber-optic construction.
• ATSSA Traffic Control Technician (TCT), Traffic Control Supervisor (TCS), or Traffic Control Design Specialist (TCDS) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares site sketches, traffic control plans, permit planning and DOT application for a portion or all of a utility construction project at a fast pace environment.
• Manages and gathers information, data, reports, field notes from work management systems & software.
• Utilize basic knowledge of utility piping systems & networks
• Works with dynamic design teams including senior traffic engineers, utility engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and structural engineers, at a fast and progressive environment
• Work may include generating drawings from scratch with minimal direction and oversight to revising drawings based on mark-ups from others under a EIT or PE supervision.
• Prepares project drawings, calculations, and specifications
• Familiar with all aspects of construction document preparation and capable of independently making design decisions and preparing the construction document package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree