Traffic Engineer

The Opportunity

Ulteig is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Traffic Engineer. The selected candidate will engage with Ulteig’s civil teams to provide innovative design solutions to facilitate the development and design of transportation projects and be an integral part of the growing traffic and planning team. The ideal candidate must meet the following criteria:

• Prioritize work tasks to meet scheduled delivery dates
• Work in a collaborative environment
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously

What You Will Do

The Traffic Engineer will be responsible for developing models using raw data that capture travel behavior choices. This position will work closely with our clients and engineering teams. Our goal is to support our diverse clients by using market research and quantitative and statistical analysis to support infrastructure growth.

The responsibilities of the role will include, but are not limited to:

• Create traffic and transportation models for a variety of projects, including corridor studies, signal timing, multimodal planning studies, traffic safety studies, parking studies, etc.
• Analyze a wide range of transportation and planning data and assist with technical analyses, feasibility and planning studies, traffic reports, and other transportation reports or memorandums.
• Perform calibration, validation, and testing of models to ensure adequacy and reformulate models as necessary.
• Interpret data from traffic modeling software and incorporate it into transportation models.
• Develop professional experience using traffic forecasting software (e.g., Dynus-T, Visum, Cube/Voyager, TransCAD) and traffic analysis software (e.g., TransModeler, Vissim, Corsim, Synchro, TruTraffic, Rodel, HCS, and Vision Zero Suite).
• Work closely with the Planning group to provide assistance for planning studies (master transportation plans, bike/ped plans).
• Apply strong written and oral communication skills in the presentation of work activities to internal project teams and external client and stakeholder groups.

What We Expect From You

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, transportation, urban planning, or a related area of study from an ABET-accredited college or university.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant modeling experience.
• The ability to coordinate with the internal team and clients effectively.
• Strong writing skills, detail-oriented, and able to communicate ideas and synthesize/compile text for reports.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of planning, modeling, transportation data collection and analysis.
• Experience working with large data sets.
• Experience in some or all of the following tools: ArcMap, mapping & spatial processing of socioeconomic & demographic data, travel demand modeling software such as TransCAD & Cube/Voyager, ETL with traffic big data such as StreetLight Data, traffic operations & microscopic modeling software such as TransModeler, HCS, Synchro, SimTraffic, SIDRA Corsim, Rodel, Vistro & Vissim; additionally tools such as Dynus-T, Visum, Corsim, TruTraffic, and Vision Zero Suite.
• Experience in CAD Software Applications such as C3D or Bentley MicroStation preferred.
• Working knowledge of programming languages (such as Python, R, Java).
• Experience in building dashboards (Tableau, Power BI).
• Experience in Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Experience in graphic design using software such as Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.

Pay and Benefits

Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $111,200 - $150,400. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job-specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

Additional Opportunity Details

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.