Traffic Engineer
MacKay•Fort Collins, CO
•$95,000 - $120,000
About The Position
MacKay, through Lowe Engineers, is seeking a full-time Traffic Engineer to join its team. The position may be based at any office within the current MacKay footprint. The role performs traffic studies for site development and site impacts, as well as public transportation improvement projects. It also involves crash data analysis, traffic calming studies, signal timing analysis, and preparing or overseeing technical drawings and installation plans for traffic control devices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, traffic engineering, or a closely related field.
- A minimum of three years of recent experience in traffic or transportation engineering.
- Registration as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT).
- Experience with traffic analysis software such as HCS, Synchro, or Sidra.
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with CADD, including MicroStation or AutoCAD/Civil 3D.
- Experience with VISSIM.
Responsibilities
- Determine the location and type of traffic counts, order the counts, and adjust raw traffic count data.
- Calculate future traffic growth factors and perform trip generation, trip distribution, and capacity analyses.
- Prepare traffic study reports, including recommendations.
- Analyze crash data, develop crash diagrams, maintain the top accident location list, recommend solutions, and monitor results.
- Perform traffic calming studies, recommend solutions to management, ensure traffic calming devices comply with applicable regulations, standards, and specifications, and present on traffic calming as necessary.
- Develop and review signal timing parameters for new installations, analyze traffic count data, and evaluate existing signal timings.
- Prepare or oversee preparation of technical drawings, schematics, and installation plans for traffic control devices.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, including an HSA High Deductible option.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Flexible spending account (FSA).
- Supplemental life insurance.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Short-term disability coverage.
- Long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) plan with up to a 4% company match.
- Paid vacation and sick time.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Employee ownership options.
- Company-paid expenses associated with licensure.
- Annual performance bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
