Transportation Engineer / Planner - Traffic & Safety

About the role

Stantec is seeking an experienced Transportation Engineer / Planner with a traffic and safety focus to join our Florida team. This position may be based in our Coral Gables, Deerfield beach, West Palm Beach, Lake Mary, and Orlando, Florida offices.

Responsibilities

• Aid with and oversee traffic forecasting, safety, and operational analyses.
• Perform safety-related services, such as compilation of existing crash data, multidisciplinary field reviews, review of crash data to determine potential causes, recommendation of crash countermeasures, use of Highway Safety Manual methodologies, and economic benefit-cost analyses of such safety improvements.
• Conduct multi-modal transportation analyses, including traffic, bike/ped, and freight, using Complete Streets practices for our most vulnerable road users.
• Work with a variety of analysis software programs effectively, including some or all of the following: Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, Vistro, AimSun, Sidra, CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, Signal 4 Analytics, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, FDOT’s CAP-X, and FDOT’s ICE.
• Use Microsoft products including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, and Project Professional to convert results and measures of effectiveness from such software to make timely and informed recommendations to clients, elected officials, and stakeholders.
• Interact directly with state and local government clients and review agencies at project meetings and ensure that all client project designs satisfy engineering standards and exceed client expectations.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams on tasks such as regional transportation planning studies, Project Development & Environment (PD&E) studies, traffic calming studies, traffic impact studies, road safety audits, transit station facility design, surface/garage parking lot design, transportation management plans, intersection design, signal design, roadway design, signing and pavement marking plans, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSM&O), site plan design, construction staging plans, and traffic and signal operation analysis.
• Prepare written technical reports to document the results of engineering/planning studies and surveys, including Traffic Impact Statements.
• Build and maintain relationships with key traffic engineering clients and review agencies both through project involvement and professional organization involvement, such as ITE events.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, or related field.
  • Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Florida, or able to receive reciprocity within 3 months.
  • As an alternative to engineering licensure, may be certified as a planner (AICP) by the American Planning Association.
  • 5+ years of relevant traffic engineering/planning experience.
  • Proficiency is expected with software programs including some or all of the following: Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, Vistro, AimSun, Sidra, CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, Signal 4 Analytics, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, FDOT’s CAP-X, and FDOT’s ICE.
  • Primarily works in an office setting; may require some field work.
  • Certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) or a Road Safety Professional (RSP) is a plus.
  • Experience with CAD software such as Bentley’s Microstation and OpenRoads Designer and Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Civil3D is a plus.

    Qualifications

    • Passion for improving the safety of transportation facilities and optimizing the flow of traffic.
    • Opportunities for advancement include leadership and/or project management courses, business development involvement, and delegation of responsibilities to traffic engineering staff.
    • Work independently on smaller projects, and as a team member of a larger project under the guidance of transportation sector leadership, which includes the leaders of our Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning (TPTE), Project Development and Environment (PD&E), and Roadway Design groups.
    • Work on a variety of transportation projects including Safe Streets for All studies, transportation planning studies, traffic engineering studies, and highway/corridor/intersection improvement projects from conceptual through final design.

      Skills

      • Software proficiency: Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, Vistro, AimSun, Sidra, CUBE/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, ArcGIS, Python, Signal 4 Analytics, IHSDM, HSM worksheets, FDOT’s CAP-X, and FDOT’s ICE.
      • Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams, and Project Professional.
      • Analysis and report writing skills.
      • Collaborative and client-facing abilities.
      • Strong design capabilities.
      • Experience with CAD software such as Bentley’s Microstation and OpenRoads Designer and Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Civil3D.
      • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
      • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

        Benefits

        Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.