Lead Traffic Engineer
Company: WSP
Location: Chattanooga
Posted on: May 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Lead Traffic Engineer
Req ID 12099
Lead Traffic Engineer
Who We Are
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to
innovate. We're looking to grow our teams with people who are ready
to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines.
To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets,
backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work
environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of
our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through
our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional
diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with
the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our
commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work
environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP
employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
This Opportunity
WSP is currently seeking an experienced LeadTraffic Engineer for
our growing Tennessee Traffic practice in our Nashville, Memphis,
Knoxville, or Chattanooga office. This position will be a key hire
to help grow our Traffic Engineering practice, including Traffic
Engineering design, signal design, traffic analysis, and traffic
studies. The WSP Nashville group serves clients from around the
state on a wide variety of projects ranging from signal design and
ITS system design, corridor studies, complex roadway projects,
greenways, and more. This position is an excellent opportunity to
continue to enhance design, analysis, and production skills and
build relationships within WSP as well as with a large number of
clients around the state.
Provides high level technical assistance and guidance for
operations of streets and highways, their networks, adjacent land
uses, and interaction with other modes of transportation and their
terminals. Tasks include performing capacity analyses, reviewing
permitting, and engaging in the design, concept development, and
construction of roadways, traffic patterns, and traffic signal
design and timing. Substantiates reports and documentation to
advise on materials and construction specifications. Ensures that
responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of
quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for
design, safety, and functionality.
Your Impact
Serve as project manager for traffic engineering projects.
Work on Signal Design and Operational Improvements projects, signal
optimization projects, as well as traffic engineering projects for
TDOT.
Work on traffic analyses and crash analyses for TDOT and municipal
projects.
Complete traffic studies as well as traffic impact study
review.
May also support design-build or other traffic engineering projects
as needed.
Signal timing development and implementation.
Intersection and corridor improvement studies and interchange
modification studies.
Safety studies (accident analysis, collision diagrams).
Perform professional traffic engineering work and conduct
investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site
conditions, roadways, intersections, signage, signals, pavement
markings, and transportation corridors to determine conformance
with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating
permits.
Develop and design innovative concepts for strategic intersection
and corridor improvements, including near term initiatives and
longer-term capital improvement projects and studies that require
coordination with authorities, sub-consultants, and clients.
Design communications networks and traffic signal improvements to
facilitate remote, real time corridor operations.
Involved from project inception to completion in the management of
design and construction of traffic projects, including pavement
rehabilitation and reconstruction, grading, drainage, pavement
design, specifications, phasing, and construction safety plans.
Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of engineers, planners,
and scientific professionals to execute project work on mid-level
and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking
hours and expenses, task completion, cost and quantities of
materials/equipment/labor, technical calculations, permit
applications, construction, compliance documentation, and
regulatory and technical analysis memos.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or closely related
discipline.
7+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and
prior traffic design experience.
Registered Professional Engineer.
ITS and Signals Design experience.
Microstation or other CAD program proficiency.
Knowledge of traffic engineering and planning software (HCS,
Synchro, VISSIM, ArcGIS).
Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience of DOT advisory
circulars and procedures.
Proficient and extensive knowledge of traffic engineering
principles, practices, process, and design/build related to traffic
control equipment, capacity and operational analysis, project
management, and related communications systems.
Experience with roadway planning, design, and construction
management; including project involvement in a variety of larger
and more complex infrastructure projects, rehabilitation and
construction of pavement, navigational aids, grading design, and
safety management.
Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation,
AutoCAD, Microstation, or similar software, technology, math
principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to
abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment
policies.#LI-MC4
Additional Requirements
Additional Details
Travel Required: N/A - No travel required
Job Status: Regular
Employee Type: Full
Primary Location: NASHVILLE - WEST END AVE
All locations: US-TN-Chattanooga, US-TN-Knoxville, US-TN-Memphis,
US-TN-Nashville
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's
leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to
serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical
experts, strategic advisors and construction management
professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings,
transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more
than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we
partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting
client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of
benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and
retirement savings focused on providing health and financial
stability throughout the employee's career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to
grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to
your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and
challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity
Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender
Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran
Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United
States.
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