Traffic Engineer

Overview

This role is eligible for the following locations:

West Des Moines, IA: Iowa City, IA: Cedar Rapids, IA: Quad Cities: St Louis, MO: Omaha, NE

As a Traffic Engineer, you will work with clients across Shive-Hattery’s multitude of sectors from public infrastructure, large institutions, expanding industries, and commercial development. Your leadership will be crucial to the implementation of traffic solutions such as roundabouts, traffic signals, raised crosswalks and numerous other safety improvements. Further, planning and traffic studies will guide the path forward for numerous public clients along with shaping development plans for private commercial and industry partners.

You can expect to work with a team of traffic and transportation engineers providing guidance, project leadership, project management, and leading interactions with our clients. Along with the team you will serve numerous municipal and State clients across all Shive-Hattery’s geographic footprint. Additionally, you will provide valuable input on Shive-Hattery projects from new schools, healthcare expansions, campus level walkability studies, and numerous other projects where traffic expertise and solutions are needed.

Requirements

Education and Experience

• 7+ years of experience in traffic engineering.
• Ability to build relationships with others internally at Shive-Hattery and externally with new and existing clients.
• Experience and understanding of implementation of traffic solutions, with a particular focus on traffic signal technology.
• Experience working directly with clients.
• Experience with project management including determination of project scope, budget, and schedule.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• Professional engineer license in Iowa or the ability to obtain license within 12 months. Licensure in Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin may also be desirable.
• Experience leading project teams and interfacing with clients is required.

Why Shive-Hattery?

Our learning and teaching culture is founded on collaboration. You will learn from and teach other employees while working across disciplines. You will grow your skills and continue your professional growth at Shive-Hattery.

For certain clients, we are required to conduct drug and/or alcohol testing on employees who perform work at the client site or on the client project. Consequently, employees and/or applicants will be required to satisfactorily pass a drug and/or alcohol test prior to any such work assignment.

Shive-Hattery offers a flexible work environment and supports balancing personal and professional responsibilities. We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to afford equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, veteran status or genetic information.