Traffic Staff Engineer

About the role

Join our dynamic and expanding transportation team as a key member delivering innovative solutions for complex transportation challenges. This position is available in all NC offices: Raleigh or Charlotte. Hybrid work would be acceptable for the right candidate.

At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll collaborate with the best and brightest on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative, effective traffic solutions for diverse roadway and multi-modal projects.
• Engage in client management and relationship-building.
• Represent the firm through presentations at industry events and conferences.
• Develop new areas of expertise and diversify your own talent base.
• Support a diverse portfolio of DOT and municipal projects as part of a growing traffic engineering team embedded in our southeast transportation group.

Requirements

• BS degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in traffic engineering.
• Project or Task Management experience is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of state and municipal policies, standards, specifications, and guidelines desired.
• Experience preparing traffic engineering design plans for a state DOT or municipality.
• Experience in one or more of the following traffic engineering subdisciplines:
  • Preparing traffic management plans and temporary traffic control plans
  • Traffic signal design, closed-loop signal system design, and ITS design
  • Preparing signing and pavement marking plans
  • Traffic analyses using software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, SIDRA
  • ITS and Lighting design for major roadway projects
• Excellent communication, presentation, writing, and organizational skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Experience using MicroStation, ORD, or Civil3D is preferred.

Preferred: Professional Engineer license, with ability to obtain NC PE within 3 months.

Skills

• Work zone traffic control
• Signing and pavement marking
• Traffic signal design
• ITS design
• Roadway lighting
• Traffic operations analysis and simulation

Note: The ideal candidate does not need to be proficient in all areas, but at least one to two of the areas listed.