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**Traffic/Transportation Engineer**
> Traffic/Transportation Engineer
An *Engineering News-Record* Top 250 Engineering Design, Planning and Construction Management firm, Neel-Schaffer has an opportunity for a **Traffic/Transportation Engineer** to work in one of our Mississippi Gulf Coast offices, either in Biloxi, Gulfport, Hancock County, or Pascagoula. **MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST**
We are an employee-owned firm seeking an engineer with the desire to grow personally and professionally while working in a creative and collaborative environment to help deliver transportation projects and perform traffic studies throughout Mississippi. The successful candidate will provide transportation/traffic engineering services including traffic impact studies, traffic signal timing, traffic modeling and traffic operations, and help develop other leading-edge technology projects.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
* Develop and optimize traffic signal timing and coordination plans
* Conduct and implement traffic signal timing plans
* Model complex traffic operations conditions involving multiple transportation modes
* Interact with clients
* Assist in preparation of traffic and ITS planning and operations studies
* Take ownership of projects from start to finish
* Perform field observation work when necessary
**Education and/or Experience Requirements:**
* Bachelors or Masters degree (preferred) in civil engineering from an ABET EAC accredited program
* Experience in traffic operations: 1 year (preferred)
* Experience in traffic modeling software: 1 year (preferred)
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Self-motivated, detail-oriented professional with strong organizational skills
* Knowledge of and experience with Synchro/SimTraffic, Tru-Traffic or other applicable traffic modeling software
* Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office products
**Required License or Certification:**
* Fundamentals of Engineering
* Professional Engineering License (preferred)
* Professional Traffic Operations Engineer certification (preferred)
**Equal Opportunity Employer**