Traffic/ITS Engineer

Company Description

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Job Description

The ITS/Traffic Department at AECOM is actively seeking a creative, self-driven, highly talented ITS/Traffic Associate for employment in the Atlanta, GA office.

This position is expected to begin September 2023.

As an ITS/Traffic Associate in the ITS/Traffic Department you will assist with a variety of work including traffic safety, traffic signal timing/operations, engineering studies, traffic signal design, ITS planning, ITS architecture, ITS design, and ITS communications. We regularly perform traffic engineering studies, signal design, and traffic safety engineering studies that include analyses and conceptual designs. If you are the successful applicant, you can look forward to joining a large, dynamic, and highly technical team of engineers and technicians who are driven to provide exceptional traffic and ITS services to our clients. This position reports to one of our project managers.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare traffic engineering reports.
• Conduct traffic signal warrant analyses.
• Perform intersection configuration evaluations (ICE).
• Design intersection improvements such as turn lane additions, roundabouts, restricted crossing U-turns, etc.
• Assist in Traffic data collection, growth rate determination and traffic forecasting per GDOT guidelines.
• Assist with development and implementation of coordinated traffic signal timing plans, including building and optimizing Synchro models, developing timing databases, coordinating with agency staff to determine implementation needs/desires, implementing new timings, fine tuning new timings, and conducting before and after travel time studies.
• Conduct crash analyses and geographic information system work.
• Prepare safety project studies and designs.
• Assist with road safety audits.
• Assist in traffic model development, capacity and operational analysis.
• Assist in performing planning level macro to micro traffic simulation models to compare present, and future traffic conditions and needs.
• Assist in creating visual presentations on transportation data.
• Assist in preparing and reviewing technical documents, alternative analysis reports, and other project-specific deliverables.
• Collaborate and participate in internal and external team meetings.
• Lead interns and other junior level staff in assignments as needed.
• Periodic travel is required within Georgia and neighboring states.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Planning from an ABET or similar accredited school + 2 Years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in transportation or traffic engineering preferred.
• Experience in Synchro/Sim Traffic, HCS, and Sidra.
• Experience with VISSIM or other microsimulation software
• Experience in ArcGIS, MicroStation and/or other CAD software,
• Experience with GDOT intersection control evaluation (ICE) analysis, crash data analysis, alternatives analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis, benefit-cost analysis, and other related planning and engineering tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good time management skills, self-starter with a strong work ethic, willingness to learn, commitment to quality, and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of various analysis, reporting, and presentation software such as Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Additional Information

• Sponsorship is available for this position.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10094184

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: On-Site