Senior Project Engineer - Traffic - Columbus

Overview

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Group: Traffic

Position: Senior Project Engineer

Location: Columbus, OH

 

American Structurepoint is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to join our growing Ohio Traffic Group. This position will provide technical leadership and engineering oversight on a diverse range of traffic operations, safety, planning, and design projects for ODOT, municipalities, counties, MPOs, and other public- and private-sector clients throughout Ohio.

 

The ideal candidate is an Ohio-licensed Professional Engineer with progressive traffic engineering experience who can independently lead technical assignments, communicate effectively with clients and project teams, and help develop the next generation of traffic engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform traffic engineering assignments for ODOT, LPA, county, municipal, and private-sector projects throughout Ohio.
• Lead technical work involving traffic operations and capacity analysis, intersection and corridor studies, traffic impact studies, traffic forecasting, traffic safety studies, traffic signal design, signing and pavement marking, maintenance of traffic, and multimodal transportation improvements.
• Perform and oversee traffic operational analyses using software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, SIDRA, VISSIM, TransModeler, or similar analysis and simulation tools, as appropriate to the assignment.
• Conduct and oversee traffic safety analyses, including crash data evaluation, network screening, crash-pattern identification, countermeasure development, and evaluation of potential safety improvements.
• Develop and evaluate intersection and corridor improvement alternatives, including traffic signals, roundabouts, turn lanes, access-management improvements, innovative intersections, lane reconfigurations, and pedestrian/bicycle improvements.
• Lead and review traffic signal, signing, pavement marking, lighting, and maintenance-of-traffic plans, as applicable.
• Prepare and review technical memoranda, traffic studies, safety studies, engineering reports, calculations, exhibits, and other project deliverables.
• Serve as a technical lead and technical reviewer on assigned projects and ensure work complies with applicable ODOT, OMUTCD/MUTCD, AASHTO, FHWA, and local agency requirements.
• Perform and document QA/QC reviews to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, and quality of project deliverables.
• Coordinate effectively with roadway, planning, structures, environmental, survey, and other disciplines on multidisciplinary transportation projects.
• Support Project Managers in developing project scopes, fees, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and technical approaches.
• Monitor assigned task budgets and schedules and proactively communicate potential scope, schedule, or budget concerns to the Project Manager.
• Participate in meetings with clients, ODOT, municipalities, counties, MPOs, stakeholders, and reviewing agencies and serve as a technical representative for assigned projects.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and technical staff through task delegation, technical guidance, QA/QC, and regular feedback.
• Support business development activities, including proposal preparation, technical approaches, scopes and fees, project interviews, and client meetings.
• Participate in professional organizations and industry activities and help strengthen American Structurepoint's presence within Ohio's transportation engineering community.
• Promote collaboration and resource sharing across disciplines and design centers consistent with American Structurepoint's ONE company philosophy.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Ohio, or ability to obtain Ohio PE reciprocity within six months of employment.
• Minimum of 6 years of progressive traffic/transportation engineering experience, preferably including experience on Ohio transportation projects.
• Demonstrated experience performing and/or leading traffic engineering assignments for ODOT, municipalities, counties, MPOs, or similar transportation agencies.
• Working knowledge of ODOT project development processes, standards, specifications, manuals, and procedures, along with applicable MUTCD/OMUTCD, AASHTO, and FHWA guidance.
• Demonstrated technical experience in multiple traffic engineering disciplines, such as traffic operations, safety analysis, traffic forecasting, traffic impact studies, intersection/corridor studies, signal design, lighting design, signing and pavement marking, maintenance of traffic, and/or multimodal transportation.
• Experience with commonly used traffic engineering software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, SIDRA, VISSIM, TransModeler, or similar applications.
• Ability to independently develop engineering analyses, recommendations, technical memoranda, reports, plans, and other project deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical assignments, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and manage multiple concurrent priorities and deadlines.
• Strong understanding of QA/QC principles and demonstrated ability to review technical work prepared by others.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability and interest in mentoring and developing junior engineering staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and other standard engineering/project collaboration tools.

 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to see at close range for computer work, reading, and reviewing plans.
• Occasional standing, walking, bending, or reaching as required.
• Ability to lift up to 10–15 pounds.
• Regular, reliable attendance and punctuality.