Traffic Engineering Design - Entry Level
This entry-level Traffic Engineering Design role at Confidential Client involves preparing and reviewing traffic control plans, signals, signing, and lighting to ensure compliance with WVDOH standards. The position requires data collection, traffic study analysis, and field inspections, supporting safe and functional roadway operations. The role offers opportunities to develop technical expertise while collaborating with cross-functional teams and clients in a dynamic consulting environment.
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Role Overview
Confidential Client is seeking an entry-level Traffic Engineering professional to support traffic study, design, and field operations across state Department of Highways (DOH/DOT) projects. This role is hands-on and ideal for new grads or early-career engineers who want practical experience preparing traffic control plans, signal timing, signing/striping plans, and crash data analysis while working with multidisciplinary teams.
This is a full-time, permanent position based in Morgantown, WV. Candidates should expect a mix of office work, field visits, and collaboration with municipal/state agencies.
Responsibilities
- Prepare traffic control, signing, pavement marking, signal, lighting, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) plan sets and specifications.
- Support development and implementation of traffic signal timing parameters and perform operational checks to verify proper function.
- Collect field data (sight distance, traffic counts, crash data, infrastructure inventory) and prepare special studies and reports.
- Use GIS and LRS tools to update and maintain crash databases and produce detailed crash studies.
- Review construction plans for traffic-related accuracy and provide technical comments.
- Provide technical assistance to construction inspectors and verify construction conforms to WVDOH traffic specifications and plans.
- Create, update, and archive as-built plans and prepare work orders for signal, signing, and pavement marking modifications.
- Assist with implementing temporary and permanent traffic control plans in the field and verify lighting, signing, and striping meet specifications.
- Respond to public and client inquiries by translating technical information into clear, actionable guidance.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
- Any level of experience in traffic engineering is considered; entry-level and recent graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Strong familiarity with WVDOH design standards, specifications, and procedures.
- Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally and to work both independently and in teams.
- Reliable, professional, and able to perform field visits and client interactions as required.
Preferred Skills & Tools
- Proficiency with Civil 3D, OpenRoad Designer, Synchro, or similar traffic/roadway design tools.
- Experience with GIS software and Transportation Information Systems (TIS) for mapping and reporting.
- Familiarity with signal timing, ITS components, and traffic operations analysis.
- Knowledge of construction plan preparation and field inspection practices.
- Experience using Linear Referencing System (LRS) methods for crash and roadway analysis.
- Basic project management familiarity (e.g., MS Project) is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation (estimated market salary shown on source posting).
- Medical, life, and disability insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and 401(k) plan.
- Training and development opportunities within a multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
Location & Employment Type
- Location: Morgantown, West Virginia (on-site with field visits across WVDOH project areas)
- Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
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