Traffic Engineer/Transportation Planner

Job Description

Our Dewberry Pennsylvania offices are seeking a Traffic Engineer/Transportation Planner. We are open to the candidate residing in our Pittsburgh, Mechanicsburg, or Philadelphia Offices. In this position, you'll work on a wide variety of projects, supervise staff in document production, monitor budgets and schedules, market new projects and clients, and prepare proposals.

Qualified candidates should have a familiarity with MUTCD and AASHTO; HCM and HCS; Synchro/Sim Traffic Software and similar analysis tools; Traffic Signal design; and PA and other State agencies’ design standards and practices. Candidate will also need the ability to prepare traffic impact studies; develop and assess design and/or operational alternatives; perform roadway and pedestrian safety audits; and develop Transportation Management Plans (TMPs) in accordance with local, state and federal policies and requirements. Experience is required in managing and mentoring of staff, preparing technical and cost proposals, and understanding of QA/QC procedures. The ideal applicant will have excellent oral, written and organizational skills.  Applicants must possess their PE in PA. A PTOE certification is desirable. 

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. The Fairfax, Virginia based firm is locally and family-owned. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. By joining our firm, you'll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call "Dewberry at Work," that have inspired our employees to be successful for over 60 years.

Responsibilities

• Develop traffic plans and designs with a focus on quality
• Lead and mentor younger staff
• Quality control oversight for all aspects of traffic engineering tasks
• Maintain team building and project communication with both internal and external clients

Required Skills & Required Experience

• BSCE
• PA Professional Engineer license
• 10+ years of experience in traffic engineering or transportation planning
• Desire to help grow regional traffic engineering services
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Experience with other State DOTs and clients a plus
• Working knowledge of Transportation Planning principles and practices as applicable to Corridor, Subarea and Local Circulation Studies, Feasibility Studies, and complete streets concepts.
• Working knowledge of contract plans preparation for all traffic control devices (signals, signing, striping and pavement markings, among others)

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.