Traffic EIT/Planner

Traffic EIT/Planner

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

Our fun, creative and talented Nebraska / Iowa traffic engineering and transportation planning group is looking for a Traffic EIT/Planner to join our team. The ideal candidate will work well in a team environment, enjoy tackling new challenges, have strong written and verbal communication skills, and have a passion to advance the transportation profession. They will be comfortable working collaboratively and independently.

As a Traffic EIT/Coordinator, we'll count on you to:

• Collaborate with multimodal teams of planners, engineers, technical specialists, and communications specialists at times under compressed timelines.
• Collect and evaluate project-related data, which may include GIS analysis, analysis of big data, Census data, and research.
• Provide transportation planning services for state and federal agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, cities and counties.
• Assess traffic operations and safety using modeling software.
• Evaluate multimodal needs.
• Identify geometric, traffic control or technological solutions to address existing transportation system deficiencies.
• Research and identify new and innovative solutions to plan for and adapt to the growth of technology in transportation.
• Work with our team to write data-backed and compelling multimodal statewide, regional, and small-area plans; comprehensive safety action plans; transportation grant applications; and multimodal corridor studies.
• Share project work and conclusions with project team members, clients and the public.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning or closely related field
• Traffic Engineer candidates: Engineer in Training (EIT) certificate. Candidates hired without their EIT will have the title of "Coordinator" and will be expected to obtain their EIT for career progression.
• 0-4 years' experience.
• Experience with traffic analysis modeling software (e.g., Highway Capacity Software, Synchro, Vissim)
• Experience with MicroStation or AutoCAD
• Understanding and experience with planning-level traffic analysis preferred.
• ArcGIS/Pro.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• A willingness and ability to learn new skills, self-start, manage time, and think through tasks.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem solving and analytical abilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Ability to multitask while working on many projects at once
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.