Assistant Civil Engineer - Traffic (Kansas City)


Job Details

**Description**


As an Assistant Civil Engineer in our Traffic group, you will work under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer (PE) and Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) to assist multidisciplinary project teams to create world class designs for public and private clients on a variety of transportation and development projects.


Our traffic engineers assist our transportation teams through each phase of the project development lifecycle (feasibility study, Schematic & Environmental, Plans, Specification and Estimates. Projects range in type and scale from City/County arterial widenings, innovative intersection designs and traffic impact assessments to billion-dollar multi-level freeway designs, intelligent transportation system architecture, and railway designs.


Opportunities as an Assistant Civil Engineer in the Traffic Services department include:


+ Working with a close-knit team of multi-discipline professionals to ensure project success.


+ Corresponding and/or meeting with clients, contractors, and vendors.


+ Developing traffic operations and safety studies, microsimulation traffic models, traffic impact analyses, and highway capacity analyses.


+ Developing traffic phasing for traffic control plans.


+ Developing skills in software such as MicroStation, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, HCS, Synchro, PTV Vissim, & OpenRoads.


+ Designing traffic control infrastructure (such as signing, striping, lighting, and traffic signal plans).


+ Analyzing crash data to identify patterns and develop safety improvement strategies.


**Qualifications**


+ Bachelors or Masters of Science in Civil Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program.?


+ Or Bachelor of Science in Civil or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.


+ Master of Science degree in Engineering may be substituted for one year of experience.


+ Successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) strongly preferred.


+ Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.?


+ Prior internship and/or related consulting experience preferred.?


+ Involvement on campus or in the community.?


+ Basic knowledge in standard civil engineering techniques, principles and procedures.? ?


+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


+ Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.


+ Proficient computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite)


+ Basic computer skills and understanding of civil and traffic analysis programs (e.g. AutoCAD, MicroStation, OpenRoads, BIM (Revit), Civil 3D, HCS, Synchro, PTV Vissim, PLS, PLS-CADD, RISA-3D, MathCADD),


+ Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem solving skills.


+ Demonstrated leadership skills.


+ Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring future sponsorship for employment visa status.


This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled


EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans


**Job** Civil Engineering

**Primary Location** US-MO-Kansas City

**Schedule:** Full-time

**Travel:** Yes, 10 % of the Time

**Req ID:** 232416

**Job Hire Type** New Grad #LI-CO #TRN






 Burns & McDonnell

 06/01/2024

 Kansas City,MO