What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Traffic Engineer position at KLJ?
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
- 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
- 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
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 RequirementsThe 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 .
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 .
Position will be posted until filled.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
