Senior Traffic Engineer

Job Description

Description

Position Purpose

The Senior Engineer is responsible to provide overall leadership and guidance on large and complex engineering projects.  Position ensures technical portion of projects are executed in-line with KLJ’s quality expectations and standards that ultimately deliver on our strategy of providing an exceptional client experience.  The candidate’s focus will be on many traffic engineering tasks, including traffic operations, corridor studies, traffic impact studies, and safety studies.

Essential Functions

• Apply civil engineering principles and standards to perform and direct engineering tasks
• Traffic Operations Analyses
• Corridor Studies
• Traffic Impact Studies
• Design of, and the direction of the design of, project elements
  • Traffic Signals
  • Signing, Striping and Lighting
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control review to ensure compliance with KLJ quality standards
• Participate in and facilitate meetings with stakeholders and clients
• Instruct, train and mentor group members
• Utilize effective written and oral communication

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated civil engineering competencies
  • Traffic Operations
  • Corridor Studies
  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Responsible for the completion of project tasks independently or in teams
• Prepare, and review written reports and other documents
• Assist with preparing for and facilitating public and/or client meetings with support from senior staff
• Prepare project scopes, fees and schedules 
• May market to existing or potential clients to obtain work
• May be Engineer of Record for deliverables
• Serve as technical lead on projects or tasks for large scale projects
• Lead proposal and interview development with support from senior staff

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited post-secondary institution
• PE is required
• Demonstrated competency with markets, clients and projects of specific service offering
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to operate motorized vehicles.

Preferences:

• PTOE is desired
• Post graduate degree in specialized field
• Certifications in identified specialization
• Project Management experience
• Prior Engineering Consultant Experience                                   

Hours and Travel

This position requires the individual work 40+ hours per week with 80% of the time spent in the office and 20% out of the office.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described represent 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.The employee is regularly required to:

• Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, and crawl
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
• Talk or hear and communicate clearly

The employee must:

• Frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.At KLJ, we have a vested interest in the personal, financial, and professional goals of our employees. We offer a competitive full suite benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, short term incentive program, 401k, and employee stock ownership program. The options available for the 2021 plan year are described at www.kljeng.com/careers/benefits.All applicants must be authorized to work in the US, without employer-sponsorship. KLJ does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas and does not participate in any OPT training program.KLJ will not be partnering with third-party recruiters on this position.  Please review our third-party recruiting policy at www.kljeng.com/careers.Position will be posted until filled.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)