Traffic Engineer

Transystems - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

1,001-5,000 employees

Real Estate

About the position

Gannett Fleming TranSystems is seeking a Traffic Engineer with over 6 years of experience to join their Boston office. This role involves providing transportation engineering services for highway, bridge, and rail projects across New England and the nation. The successful candidate will work within a collaborative team environment, focusing on innovative design solutions and project management to enhance transportation safety and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review reports, contract drawings, cost estimates, design calculations, and specifications.
• Coordinate regularly with the Project Manager regarding expected results, workload, and progress.
• Understand team management, develop project scope of work, estimate manpower needs, prepare CPM schedules, and track project progress.
• Advocate for, lead, and mentor entry-level engineers.
• Communicate with and actively participate in meetings with clients, subconsultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Engage in business development activities including information gathering, preliminary design, and proposal writing.
• Create accurate and consistent engineering designs and plans with quality presentation, while meeting project budgets, schedules, and company/client standards.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Analyze operations and safety of roadway networks, highways, and intersections.
• Develop and evaluate alternatives to improve safety for all roadway users.
• Design detailed permanent and temporary traffic signals at complex intersections.
• Collaborate with highway and bridge engineers to establish project needs, constraints, and proposed designs.
• Facilitate making proposed designs a reality by designing temporary traffic control plans that maintain traffic, pedestrians, and bicyclists throughout construction.
• Represent Gannett Fleming TranSystems at professional events and conferences.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
• PE license.
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Proficiency in AutoCAD (required); Microstation (a plus).
• Proficiency with MUTCD & HCM.
• Knowledge of HSM.
• Experience with HCS, Synchro, and SimTraffic.
• Traffic signal design experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with MassDOT and other local transportation agencies.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Familiarity with highway design principles.
• Experience in Construction Staging & Temporary Traffic Control Plans.
• Experience using VISSIM, Sidra, and Work Zone analysis.