Traffic Engineer

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson • Saint Paul, MN

15h

About The Position

SEH is seeking a Traffic Engineer to join its Transportation team. The role involves contributing to or leading traffic operations, safety, and design assignments on projects ranging from local intersections and multimodal corridors to highways and interchanges. The engineer will work on solutions that improve safety, mobility, accessibility, and constructability for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.

The position includes conducting multimodal traffic operations and safety analyses, evaluating existing and future conditions, identifying improvements, and informing transportation planning and design decisions. The engineer will develop recommendations, traffic management plans, and construction staging or maintenance-of-traffic strategies; apply relevant transportation standards and guidance; and prepare or review technical studies and design deliverables. The role also involves coordinating with clients, contractors, agencies, community stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams, as well as supporting design reviews, mentoring, and quality assurance.

Candidates may reside in Minnesota, North Dakota, or Iowa. SEH is an employee-owned engineering, architectural, planning, and environmental company with more than 900 employee-owners across the United States. The position’s expected base compensation range is $90,000 to $124,000, based on skill set and experience. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer without current or future visa sponsorship. SEH is unable to hire employees residing in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, or Puerto Rico at this time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, or South Dakota, with the ability to obtain Minnesota licensure within three months of hire.
• Experience in traffic operations, transportation safety, and/or traffic design, including traffic studies or construction documents for signing and pavement markings.
• Experience conducting traffic operations analyses, traffic impact studies, or transportation safety evaluations.
• Clear communication and effective collaboration skills for multidisciplinary transportation projects, including presenting analyses and results.
• Ability to coordinate technical work with others and take ownership of assigned project tasks.
• Experience with relevant traffic analysis or design software; proficiency in applicable tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, RODEL, MicroStation/OpenRoads Designer, AutoCAD, or Civil 3D, based on area of specialization.
• Working knowledge of MnDOT standards, the Minnesota MUTCD, and applicable traffic engineering guidance.
• Experience preparing or reviewing traffic operations, safety, and impact studies, corridor studies, plans, specifications, estimates, or staged design submittals, with attention to quality and technical accuracy.
• Authorization to work for any employer in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with VISSIM, CORSIM, TransModeler, VISUM, or other traffic simulation and modeling tools.
• Experience using transportation analytics platforms such as StreetLight, Replica, or ClearGuide.
• Experience with GIS and multimodal transportation analysis, planning, or design.
• Proficiency in SignCAD.
• MnDOT prequalification in Work Type 14.6 (Signing Plan Design and Special Provisions), Levels 1–3.
• MnDOT prequalification in Work Type 14.4 (Temporary Traffic Control Plan Design and Special Provisions), Levels 1–3.
• Experience developing traffic signal, ITS, signing, pavement marking, staging, or maintenance-of-traffic plans and specifications.
• Established relationships with MnDOT, city, county, or other transportation agency partners in Minnesota or neighboring states.
• Participation in professional organizations, conferences, technical committees, or knowledge sharing.
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification or interest in pursuing it.
• Road Safety Professional (RSP) certification or interest in pursuing it.
• Interest or experience in project management, client coordination, and business development.
• Experience with quick-build projects, innovative intersections, or pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements.
• Experience leading tasks, mentoring colleagues, supporting proposals, or developing scopes and fee estimates.
• Experience in both traffic operations and traffic design, or interest in broadening skills across the two specialties or focusing on one while supporting the other as needed.
• Experience in traffic design, signal timing, intersection control evaluation, corridor studies, or alternatives analysis.
• Experience mentoring or guiding junior engineers or technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to traffic operations, safety, and design assignments.
• Conduct multimodal traffic operations and safety analyses to evaluate existing and future conditions, identify improvement opportunities, and inform planning and design decisions.
• Develop and evaluate treatments to improve safety, mobility, and accessibility for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.
• Apply MUTCD, AASHTO, MnDOT, and other applicable guidance to transportation projects.
• Develop traffic management plans and evaluate construction staging, maintenance of traffic, and strategies to reduce impacts on travelers.
• Prepare or review traffic operations, safety, and impact studies; corridor studies; plans; specifications; estimates; and staged design submittals.
• Present recommendations and analysis results and collaborate with project teams, clients, agencies, contractors, community stakeholders, and multidisciplinary partners.
• Coordinate technical work, take ownership of assigned tasks, and support project delivery across SEH teams and regions.
• Guide technical deliverables through design reviews, mentoring, and quality assurance.

Benefits

• Career development through continued education, licensure/certification, skills, and technical training.
• Work arrangements that promote work/life balance.
• Flexible holidays.
• Paid Family Leave.
• Employee ownership and participation in company success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level