Traffic Engineer

About the role

The ideal candidate will:

• Develop innovative and practical technical solutions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal teams.
• Contribute creative ideas to project planning and development.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to client service and mentoring junior engineers.
• Support assignments across other Stanley Consultants' offices as needed.

Responsibilities

What You Will Be Doing:

• Serve, as a Project Manager, Project Lead, or Task Lead on the development of traffic and safety projects.
• Design and Prepare traffic signal plans for new and modified intersections, including construction sequencing, pavement marking plans, signing plans, and traffic control plans.
• Design and Prepare roadway lighting plans, traffic signal interconnect plans and other Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure.
• Conduct and prepare a variety of analysis and traffic impact studies, including traffic impact analysis, traffic signal warrant analysis, intersection design studies, safety studies, bicycle, and pedestrian planning studies.
• Provide technical guidance and perform quality control reviews for traffic engineering studies and design projects led by other project managers or team leads.
• Support local and national practice areas with traffic engineering expertise.
• Mentor and supervise junior engineers, fostering their technical and professional growth.
• Represent Stanley Consultants in technical meetings with agency representatives, clients, and contractors.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Master of Science in Civil Engineering is a plus.
• At least 6+ years of relevant experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, transportation safety, and/or Intelligent Transportation Systems.
• Iowa Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Familiarity with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Iowa DOT and local agency traffic engineering standards and the AASHTO Green Book.
• Proficiency with SYNCHRO and HCS required; VISSIM, CORSIM, or other traffic capacity and analysis software is a plus.
• Membership in ITE or other professional organizations aligned with traffic engineering.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) or Road Safety Professional 1 (RSP1) certification.
• Direct experience with DOT, local county, municipal, and/or developer driven traffic engineering projects and project development.
• A working knowledge of MicroStation, OpenRoads, AutoCAD, or other advanced software packages.
• Having presented at local or regional professional organization conferences.