A Roadway and Traffic Engineer plans, designs, and optimizes transportation infrastructure—including roads, highways, and intersections—to ensure safe and efficient mobility. They develop geometric designs, traffic signal systems, and signage, while conducting studies on traffic flow, safety, and capacity. Key roles include using AutoCAD or MicroStation, managing project budgets, and ensuring compliance with regulations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and Planning: Develop roadway alignment, profiles, and cross-sections; prepare construction plans and specifications.
- Traffic Operations: Design traffic signals, roundabouts, signs, pavement markings, and temporary traffic control (maintenance of traffic) plans.
- Data Analysis: Conduct traffic impact studies, capacity analyses, crash data analysis, and warrant studies for new traffic signals or signs.
- Safety and Maintenance: Inspect infrastructure, evaluate safety improvements, and manage traffic signal timing.
- Collaboration: Coordinate with surveyors, urban planners, and government agencies, and present designs at public meetings.
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
- Licensure: EIT required.
- Software Proficiency: Experience with AutoCAD, MicroStation, GIS, or traffic simulation software (e.g., Synchro, VISSIM).
- Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and state Department of Transportation (DOT) standards.
