Traffic Engineer/Project Manager

Butler Fairman & Seufert Inc•Merrillville, IN

About The Position

Butler, Fairman and Seufert (BF&S) is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer/Project Manager to work from any of its Indiana office locations: Indianapolis, Lafayette, Merrillville, Evansville, Plainfield, Jeffersonville, or Fort Wayne. The role performs engineering and management duties across a wide range of traffic engineering projects in support of the company’s traffic services objectives. The position serves as the primary client contact on projects and manages project communications, coordination, scope, schedules, and budgets. It provides traffic engineering forecasting and analysis, design direction, and project-task management for Federal Aid, INDOT, and local projects from notice to proceed through post-letting services. The role also coordinates with support departments and sub-consultants, reviews and approves design calculations, prepares and reviews traffic reports and studies, and performs traffic signal, lighting, and complex signage design. The position mentors junior engineers and supports company objectives by participating in the mentoring program, coordinating expertise needs with other Road Department Managers, and ensuring compliance with quality assurance and quality control, safety, and status-reporting protocols. Work may be performed independently with minimal supervision, remotely and in the office, while collaborating with colleagues in local and remote offices. Occasional Indiana travel and onsite inspections are required, and work outside normal business hours may be needed for meetings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
Indiana Professional Engineer (P.E.) license, or ability to obtain one within six months.
At least seven years of relevant experience in traffic forecasting, safety, capacity, operations analysis, and traffic design.
Experience with traffic data collection and preparing traffic studies, traffic impact studies, signal warrant analyses, thoroughfare plans, access management plans, safety studies, traffic modeling and simulation, signal design, signage design, and lighting design.
Working knowledge of MS Office, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D and/or MicroStation.
Strong organizational skills and ability to work on multiple tasks at once.
Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with clients and staff.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while collaborating with team members in local and remote offices.
Ability to occasionally perform onsite inspections involving moderate physical exertion.
Ability to travel occasionally throughout Indiana for meetings or onsite inspections.
Ability to work outside normal business hours if required for meetings.

Nice To Haves

PTOE certification, or desire to obtain certification within two years of employment.
RSP certification at any level.

Responsibilities

Serve as the main client contact on projects, providing status reports and leading communication and coordination.
Provide traffic engineering forecasting and analysis using software such as Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, and Sidra.
Provide design direction and manage tasks for Federal Aid, INDOT, and local projects from notice to proceed through post-letting services.
Assist with developing and managing project scope, schedules, and budgets.
Work with and mentor young engineers.
Coordinate project elements with support departments and sub-consultants.
Review and approve design calculations.
Write and review Traffic Impact Studies, Safety Analysis Reports, Capacity and Operations Reports, and Engineer’s Reports.
Perform traffic signal design, lighting design, and complex signage design for local and INDOT projects.
Serve as a mentor in the company mentoring program.
Coordinate expertise needs with other Road Department Managers.
Ensure compliance with QA/QC, safety, and status-reporting protocols.
Occasionally perform onsite inspections and travel within Indiana for meetings or inspections.