Traffic Engineer (Mid Career) - TX

Requisition ID: 167235 

Job Level: Mid Level 

Home District/Group: Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers 

Department: Design Engineering 

Market: Transportation 

Employment Type: Full Time 

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering (KIE) has immediate openings for several dynamic Traffic Engineers with 4+ years of experience, for our growing Traffic/ITS Group to work out of our Westlake Texas office and we do provide relocation assistance.  You will be part of our rapidly growing Infrastructure Design Department, which includes structural, geotechnical, MOT, pavement, utilities, drainage, roadway, rail, traffic, and materials disciplines. This infrastructure design group is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the design-build delivery of infrastructure projects.  

 

As a Traffic Engineer, you will be expected to coordinate with project teams in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to design and produce traffic engineering designs for design/build and other alternative delivery projects in North America.   If you have an interest in developing your skills in Maintenance of Traffic, we offer training and development in this area.  

 
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District Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering's Design Build/Alternative Delivery team are driving clients to turn to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects to manage their multi-disciplined design teams to improve schedule, control costs and minimize risk. Our construction-focused engineers work collaboratively with our estimators and builders to design solutions that are innovative, constructible, and designed with a focus on safety. They analyze problems, determine root causes, and resolve design issues before they impact schedule and budget. Particularly on large design-build projects, clients benefit from the proven processes and tools used by Kiewit to minimize project risk. We are an in-house resource that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff shares experiences gained, innovative concepts, and best design practices for all projects that we support.

 

Our participation leads to safe, cost effective, and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

 

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to see more, touch more, and do more than you ever imagined. Working hard will not only bring you satisfaction from a job well done, but it will help propel your career forward faster than you might expect. We provide training, develop your skills, and allow you to take on projects that impact millions across North America. With top-notch health benefits, a wealth-building 401k plan, and unbeatable growth opportunities, by joining Kiewit, you’re ensuring a lifetime of success.

Location

These positions are based in our Westlake Texas office.  

Responsibilities

• Lead/produce highway and traffic design tasks – in the following traffic sub-disciplines – for North America projects through coordination with multi-disciplinary design teams:
  • Signing
  • Pavement Markings
  • Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
  • Traffic Signals
  • Lighting / Electrical   
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate junior staff
• Conduct traffic operations and safety analysis, macroscopic to microscopic traffic simulation modeling, and various traffic engineering studies
• Oversee Traffic investigations in the field and recommend traffic safety enhancements on basis of field studies
• Analyze and evaluate complex design and construction phasing plans to formulate effective traffic engineering strategies, and to ensure compliance with the feasibility and safety requirements
• Create preliminary design concepts and alternatives for traffic signals, signing and striping, lighting/electrical, and ITS features to support cost estimating
• Execute final design of project traffic elements such as traffic signals, ITS, signing and striping, lighting/electrical, and maintenance of traffic (MOT) plans 
   

Qualifications

4+ years of transportation project experience, performing similar traffic engineering duties as outlined above
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering. An emphasis in traffic engineering is desirable.
Registered as a Professional Engineer. (Or able to obtain PE within 6 to 9 months). PTOE is desira