WSP USA Senior Traffic Engineer Portland, Oregon Apply Now
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This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Traffic Engineer for our Pacific Mountain West Team. This position can be based out of our Portland-OR or Honolulu-HI offices. Be involved in projects with our Pacific Mountain West Traffic & Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
WSP is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineer that is innovative, results-oriented, and team focused. The Senior Traffic Engineer will bring leadership and skills to support project delivery with emphasis on operational analysis for our local, state and regional clients. While the focus of this position is operational analysis, candidates will also have opportunities to support traffic design tasks if desired in our blended traffic operations and design team. Tasks may include but are not limited to performing capacity analyses, safety analysis, multi-resolution modeling, traffic impact analysis, data analysis, and task and project management. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.
Your Impact
- Develop transportation solutions together with our traffic, transit, and planning teams.
- Use cutting-edge analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques to evaluate traffic operations alternatives to best improve safety, access, and mobility.
- Perform traffic operation analyses and travel demand forecasting for a variety of transportation engineering and planning projects.
- Support development of regional and project-level traffic forecasts.
- Perform traffic operations analysis using Vissim, Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS and other software.
- Prepare tables, figures, and technical reports/presentations to summarize impacts for communities, public agencies and decision-makers.
- Manage tasks and monitor scope, schedule, and budget.
- Ensure excellence in overall project delivery.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 5 to 7 years of relevant post education experience in engineering and prior traffic design experience.
- Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience with local client protocols and procedures.
- Proficient knowledge of traffic engineering principles, practices, capacity and operational analysis, and project management.
- Experience working on multi-disciplinary projects involving roadway planning, design, and construction management; including project involvement in a variety of larger infrastructure projects, rehabilitation and construction of pavement, and safety management.
- Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Proficiency with technical writing, technology, math principles, 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.
- Flexible to occasional schedule variation to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- Local Professional Engineer (PE) certification or ability to obtain within 1 year of employment.
- Experience managing small to mid-size projects.
- Dynameq/DTA Experience.
Additional Requirements
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Travel Required: 10%
Job Status: Regular
Employee Type: Full
Primary Location: PORTLAND - 1300 SW 5TH AVE
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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