Transportation Design Engineer (4-7 years)
Job Location:
Seattle, WA - USA
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Job Summary
As a Transportation Design Engineer you will help grow Fehr & Peers transportation engineering practice in Washington while leading the delivery of impactful community-based transportation projects. Based out of our Seattle or Tacoma offices you will work in person at least three days per week collaborating with colleagues. You will work with clients and community partners while helping expand our presence in the local market. This position will be particularly tied to the growth and mentorship of design staff in our Tacoma office so the ideal candidate will be based out of Tacoma but any successful candidate would spend at least one day per week physically in our Tacoma office working with local staff and clients.
Your work will combine technical leadership project management and client development. You will deliver innovative thoughtful design solutions that align with client objectives and reflect current best practices. You will also manage projects oversee tasks and mentor technical staff to deliver high-quality engineering work for our clients. At Fehr & Peers youll have the opportunity to grow your career while helping shape the future of transportation in communities across the region.
We partner with public private and institutional clients to provide cutting-edge transportation planning and engineering expertise. For public sector clients we lead PS&E corridor studies master plans conceptual designs environmental documents and processes and related services. Our private sector clients include civil engineers urban designers developers and technology firms.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with public agency institutional and private-sector clients throughout Washington
- Serve as a project manager and trusted advisor leading client communication and ensuring successful project delivery of traffic engineering design and planning studies
- Prepare plans specifications and estimates (PS&E) for transportation engineering projects including complete streets bikeways traffic signals signing/striping and lighting projects for Pacific Northwest public agencies
- Mentor and develop junior engineers and planners while contributing to a collaborative office culture
- Identify pursue and help secure new business opportunities through networking client engagement proposal preparation and development and interview participation
- Prepare and oversee engineering conceptual designs that are technically sound feasible and visually compelling
- Perform some field work including site reviews design verification and construction management support
- Engage with community members stakeholders and agency staff through public outreach and engagement efforts
- 4-7 years of experience in transportation and traffic engineering including preparing and reviewing traffic signals roadway illumination ITS and signing & striping plans specifications and estimates; selecting and designing transportation safety countermeasures and complete streets elements
- The ideal candidate will have experience applying Washington State local agency design standards WSDOT Design Manual MUTCD AASHTO design standards on a variety of transportation projects
- Strong project management skills and client-facing responsibilities
- Bachelors degree in transportation civil electrical engineering urban planning or related field
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Washington State or the ability to obtain Washington P.E. licensure within six months of hire date
- Understanding of WSDOT and local agency operational standards with experience applying them on Washington projects
- Familiarity with safety & mobility issues and how they affect transportation engineering
- Demonstrated success developing client relationships leading proposals and contributing to business development efforts
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with clients teaming partners stakeholders and internal project teams with a passion for listening to and engaging with communities across different backgrounds and experiences.
- Interest and experience in mentoring and developing staff
- Experience practicing engineering in Oregon or Alaska
- Additional professional credentials such as: Road Safety Professional (RSP) Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) Project Management Profession (PMP) certification
- Existing relationships with Washington State regional or local agency clients
- Active transportation planning and design experience
- Road safety planning and design experience
- Quick-build project design and implementation experience
We value the unique experiences perspectives and contributions of our employees and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
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About Company
We are passionate about transforming transportation solutions to improve the communities we serve through innovation and creativity.
