Traffic Engineer

GAI Consultants, Inc.•Indianapolis, IN

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

GAI Consultants has a career-building opportunity for a Traffic Engineer within our Transportation and Infrastructure Unit’s traffic design group. GAI is an established and growing multi-discipline engineering firm with tremendous growth opportunities. This position can be based out of multiple office locations and has the opportunity for a sign-on Bonus.

Requirements

Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area.
Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
Acquires general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields, and ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
Applies teamwork skills to effectively plan, execute, and manage scopes, schedules, and budgets to meet project stakeholder needs.
Occasionally designs portions of a project, system, component, or process.
Prepares plans, specifications, and other project documents.
Designs and conducts analyses and interprets test data.
Occasionally assigns tasks to other technical and non-technical staff.
Occasionally plans and coordinates detailed aspects of the engineering work.
Prepares scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments.
Assists with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or projects.
Receives general direction on key objectives. Receives guidance on unconventional/complex problems, direction on modified techniques, and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria.
Mentors junior staff by providing guidance, explaining professional responsibilities, and reviewing work products.
Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.
Communicates effectively to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

Design of traffic engineering elements including traffic signals, roadway lighting, signage and pavement markings, ITS infrastructure, and work zone traffic control.
Traffic analysis and modeling utilizing various software tools such as Highway Capacity Software (HCS), Synchro, Sidra, and PTV software tools (Vissim/Vistro/Visum).
Safety data collection and analysis including crash data review, crash rate calculations, and Highway Safety Manual (HSM) analysis.
Development related traffic impact analysis
Preparation of Transportation Management Plans for major roadway improvement projects
Preparation of traffic related technical documents and reports
Related field work and site visits