Transportation Planner 5-Traffic

CDM Smith • Chicago, IL

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Transportation Planner contributes to CDM Smith's transportation planning and traffic engineering work, serving as a Task Manager or Project Planner for multiple client task work orders and assisting with proposals and project staffing. The role supports transportation projects with simulation and capacity analysis; safety, multimodal, and transit analysis; corridor and planning studies; preliminary engineering; intelligent transportation systems; community traffic engineering and safety; peer reviews; and traffic signal and signal-system design. The position may require domestic and/or international travel, with travel of 10% or less.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Urban, Community, or Regional Planning, or a related discipline, plus a relevant certification such as AICP, PTP, PE, CEP, or an approved certification in a related field; alternatively, a master's degree in one of these disciplines.
• Seven years of related experience with a bachelor's degree or six years with a master's degree.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Expert knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by all transportation modes, and understanding of current transportation trends and issues, including relative costs and benefits.
• Solid knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• Expert knowledge of practical regional and community planning, including applying principles, techniques, procedures, models, and equipment to study or design the movement of people, goods, and services.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Technical expertise in transportation engineering and planning, including traffic engineering, multimodal transportation planning, and transportation systems analysis.
• Experience leading and managing large-scale transportation projects and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards and project requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using transportation data to inform decisions and develop solutions to transportation challenges.
• Familiarity with preparing traffic signal designs and traffic control plans using MicroStation, AutoCAD, SignCAD, and AutoTURN.
• Knowledge of commonly used computer software, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification.
• Experience working with local, state, or federal transportation agencies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Task Manager or Project Planner for multiple client task work orders.
• Assist with preparing proposals and staffing projects.
• Perform simulation and capacity analysis using tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, and SIDRA.
• Conduct safety analysis using HSM methodologies and Safe Systems.
• Perform multimodal and transit analysis.
• Contribute to corridor studies, Planning and Environmental Linkages studies, and needs and deficiencies studies.
• Prepare functional designs and preliminary engineering reports.
• Work on intelligent transportation systems.
• Address community traffic engineering and safety issues.
• Peer review traffic studies conducted by others.
• Design traffic signal and signal-system plans, specifications, and estimates.

Benefits

• The company describes an employee experience that includes career growth and development, a challenging and progressive work environment, and support for employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

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