Transportation Planning and Traffic Operations Engineer

Location

Reston, VA | United States

Job description

Our Reston, VA office is seeking an ambitious transportation planning and traffic operations (TPTO) engineer to support a variety of large transportation planning projects for public and private clients in Virginia. We are looking for an engineer with 4+ years of experience performing traffic analyses for public clients, utilizing Vissim traffic simulation software and Synchro signal timing software. Kimley-Horn is celebrating 16 years as one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For.

At Kimley-Horn, our analysts benefit from hands-on experience, technical and consulting trainings, mentorship opportunities, and developmental programs geared towards growing the firm’s next generation of leaders. You will have opportunities to quickly gain exposure to client interactions, project financials, and serve in task management roles. As a valuable addition to our team, you will solve complex problems, exercise creativity, and collaborate with partners to provide excellent products for our clients. Your contributions will support the effective long-range planning of multimodal corridors across the Commonwealth.

Our team is looking for an analyst to support several large-scale traffic analysis projects in performing traffic analyses and forecasting travel demand. These projects require the use of PTV Vissim, Synchro, Cube, Microsoft Excel, ArcGIS, and other related softwares. We are looking for an experienced engineer to quickly step into a task management role and support training and growth of recent graduates.

Kimley-Horn is a large firm with the heart of a small company. Over time, this would open opportunities to work with the firmwide modeling and simulation team on projects located across the country. Our one-profit-center allows us to collaborate between offices seamlessly, facilitating great opportunities for career growth. 

• Passion for transportation planning and traffic operations, specifically interest in performing large traffic analysis projects
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant program and 4+ years of relevant experience 
• Intermediate traffic analysis skills using most of the following applications:
  • PTV Vissim – experience developing models, calibrating models, performing future year analyses, and reporting results
  • Synchro – experience performing traffic analyses and taking signal timings from Synchro to Vissim
  • Cube or related travel demand modeling software – experience running travel demand models and forecasting future year travel demand
  • Microsoft Excel – proficiency in using Excel to compile traffic counts, balance volumes, create reporting tables and figures
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills exhibited by experience writing reports and giving presentations to technical and non-technical audiences
• Passion and demonstrated drive to achieve goals
• Use of creativity to recommend solutions to challenging problems
• Attention to details and ability to contribute to a positive work environment
• Clear sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro to perform spatial analyses and produce maps
• Experience managing tasks or small projects
• Experience teaching or delegating tasks to younger staff

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