Project Engineer - Traffic

HNTB - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Mid Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Project Engineer - Traffic role is situated within the Transportation, Technology, and Operations Department, focusing on traffic and transportation planning projects. This position requires collaboration with project managers and involves tasks such as research, development, calculations, design, and project delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in traffic operations analysis and modeling, with excellent communication skills to support project development and client interactions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, ensuring adherence to schedule and budget on projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team's work within the technical discipline, guiding and mentoring the team to meet overall project objectives.
• Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterparts and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• Master's degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with traffic operations analysis using Highway Capacity Manual methodologies and traffic modeling software such as VISSIM, Synchro/SimTraffic, and HCS.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Engineering
• 8 years of relevant experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification
• Experience with Travel Demand Modeling, Dynameq, Scripting or coding with Python or VBS, Transportation Management Plan development, and Interchange Justification Reports.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling