Transportation Engineer/Planner
About The Position
AtkinsRéalis is hiring an entry-level Transportation Engineer/Planner for its Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Team, based in Denver, Colorado. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to transportation projects in Colorado and across the country for local municipalities, state DOTs, and federal clients. The team combines transportation planning and traffic engineering to assess transportation needs, evaluate alternatives, improve safety and operations, and inform investment decisions. Projects may include traffic operations and corridor studies, roadway safety, traffic noise analysis, environmental studies, and broader transportation planning efforts. The successful candidate will support experienced planners and engineers with transportation modeling and traffic operations analyses; roadway safety and traffic noise studies; data collection and analysis; evaluation of transportation improvements; and preparation of technical communications. The role also supports project managers and senior technical staff with client coordination, agency meetings, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery. Occasional field work and travel to project locations may be required. This is a regular, full-time employee position. The stated annual compensation range is $75,000–$85,000, depending on skills, experience, and geographic location.
Requirements
- 0–2 years of professional experience; transportation experience, especially traffic modeling, is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Transportation Engineering from an ABET-accredited college or university, or a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning or Transportation Planning from a PAB-accredited college or university.
- Strong technical writing and written communication skills, including the ability to organize technical information and clearly communicate findings.
- Experience with Microsoft Excel for data organization and analysis.
- Willingness to participate in occasional field work and travel to project locations.
- Valid U.S. driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with one or more transportation analysis tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, TransModeler, VISSIM, or similar software.
- E.I. or E.I.T. certification for engineering candidates.
Responsibilities
- Support traffic microsimulation and transportation modeling, including use of tools such as TransModeler, VISSIM, Aimsun, and regional travel demand models.
- Perform traffic operations analyses using tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic and HCS, including intersection, corridor, freeway, and interchange analyses.
- Support roadway safety studies and Road Safety Audits by reviewing crash data, conducting field observations, identifying safety concerns, and evaluating potential countermeasures.
- Support traffic noise analyses for transportation and environmental studies, including traffic data development, field data collection, modeling, and documentation using FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model (TNM).
- Use GIS and data-analysis tools to evaluate and communicate transportation conditions and findings.
- Collect, organize, review, and analyze traffic and transportation data, including traffic volumes, travel times, speeds, crash data, and other transportation datasets.
- Assist in developing and evaluating transportation improvement alternatives, including intersection and corridor improvements, access-management strategies, and multimodal improvements.
- Prepare figures, exhibits, technical memoranda, reports, presentations, and other materials that communicate technical findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support project managers and senior technical staff with client coordination, agency meetings, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery.
Benefits
- Enrollment in Emerge, the new graduate experience, with opportunities to work on projects of varying size and scope.
- Support and structured mentorship from professionals throughout the global AtkinsRéalis network.
- Formal business and soft-skills training, including time management, resilience, emotional intelligence, feedback, and communication.
- Integration into an Emerging Professional Network.
- Learning and development programs, training, and career opportunities.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid Time Off and leave of absence options.
- Flexible work options.
- Recognition and employee satisfaction programs.
- Employee assistance program.
- Voluntary benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
