Traffic Engineer

Garver is seeking a highly motivated Traffic Engineer in either our Round Rock or Austin, TX office to add to our growing traffic and transportation planning team. The ideal candidate would have 0-5 years of related experience, a sharp technical background, and strong passion for the profession. The position will offer the candidate an opportunity to play a key role in analyzing and designing exciting projects for our DOT and municipal clients across our client footprint.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills with a commitment to becoming a key member of this highly productive team. This position will be supervised by a Senior Project Manager and offers outstanding growth opportunity and career advancement to the right individual.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Performing traffic and safety studies
• Assessing traffic and crash datasets
• Performing traffic simulation and level of service analysis
• Developing access management plans and lane configurations for new or modified alignments
• Developing traffic signal timing plans
• Preparing summary documentation and reports
• Coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams and communicating concepts to clients

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in civil engineering
• EI/EIT certification or ability to obtain in 1 year
• 0 - 5 years of experience with traffic specific projects
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must be licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) or have ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
• Working knowledge of the Highway Capacity Manual & Trip Generation Manual
• Working knowledge in capacity analysis, traffic projections, and safety analysis (including HSM)
• Working knowledge of traffic simulation programs (VISSIM, CORSIM, etc.), Synchro, and HCS
• Experience in analyzing intersections, interchanges, and roundabouts
• Experience in Transportation planning and travel demand modeling (TransCAD)
• Experience using ArcGIS for data analysis including review of large sets of crash data to spatial map and analyze for trends and clusters.
• Experience with pedestrian and bicycle improvement projects and studies
• Experience working with State Departments of Transportation and various municipalities

Grow With Us

Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned multidisciplined engineering, planning, and environmental services firm with more than 1,200 employees across the United States. Offering a wide range of services focused on aviation, buildings, construction, enterprise solutions, federal, survey, transportation, water, and wastewater, Garver sits in the top 100 of the Engineering News-Record's prestigious Top 500 Design Firms list and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for. Learn more at GarverUSA.com.

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