Traffic Engineer

SEH • St. Paul, MN

1d • $90,000 - $124,000

About The Position

SEH is seeking a Traffic Engineer to join its Transportation team. The role supports meaningful projects that improve safety and mobility for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving. The engineer will lead or contribute to traffic operations, safety, and design assignments, with opportunities to broaden expertise across disciplines and support projects across Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and other SEH regions. Candidates may reside in Minnesota, North Dakota, or Iowa.

The position involves conducting multimodal traffic operations and safety analyses; identifying and evaluating improvements; developing traffic management plans; and applying applicable transportation standards and guidance. The engineer will present recommendations and collaborate with project teams, clients, agencies, contractors, and community stakeholders. Work may span local intersections and multimodal corridors through complex highways and interchanges, including construction staging and maintenance-of-traffic strategies.

The engineer will also help ensure the quality of technical deliverables through design reviews, mentoring, and quality assurance, and will coordinate with traffic, roadway, planning, landscape architecture, and other teams. SEH is a 100% employee-owned engineering, architectural, planning, and environmental company with more than 900 employee-owners across the United States. The expected base compensation range is $90,000 to $124,000, based on skill set and experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, or South Dakota, with 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.
• Ability to communicate clearly, collaborate effectively on multidisciplinary transportation projects, and present analyses and results to project teams.
• 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 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 to understand travel patterns and system performance.
• 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, transportation safety, and traffic design assignments.
• Conduct multimodal traffic operations and safety analyses to assess existing and future conditions, identify improvement opportunities, and inform planning and design decisions.
• Develop and evaluate treatments that improve safety, mobility, and accessibility for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.
• Apply MUTCD, AASHTO, MnDOT, and other applicable guidance to transportation challenges.
• Present recommendations and collaborate with project teams, clients, agencies, contractors, multidisciplinary partners, and community stakeholders.
• Develop traffic management plans and evaluate construction staging, maintenance of traffic, and strategies to reduce impacts on travelers.
• Coordinate technical work, take ownership of assigned project tasks, and collaborate with teams across Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and other SEH regions.
• Guide technical deliverables through design reviews, mentoring, and quality assurance.
• Prepare or review traffic operations, safety, and impact studies; corridor studies; plans; specifications; estimates; or staged design submittals.

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 shared participation in company success.

What This Job Offers

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