Entry-Level Transportation Engineer​/Planner; Summer

Overview

At Fehr & Peers, we are a diverse group of individuals with one thing in common—a passion for transportation. We highly value that same passion in candidates for our team. Our Entry-Level Engineers and Planners may expect to build a career foundation through a wide variety of experiences. Our emphasis on the early development of project management and technical skills provides the tools for success as well as a foundation for increasing career growth.

These opportunities for personal and professional growth are maximized through experience in both planning and engineering project work and by exposure to a multitude of project types and tasks, including the following:

• Transportation impact studies
• Bicycle and pedestrian planning
• Access, circulation, and parking studies
• Multimodal operations assessments
• Complete streets planning, operations, and design
• Cost estimates and project specifications
• Transit forecasting and operations
• Travel behavior forecasting
• Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) assessments
• Systemic safety studies
• Highway interchange/corridor studies
• Climate action plans
• Freight planning
• Transportation demand management (TDM) plans
• Design drawings from the conceptual stage all the way to construction-ready documents, including bikeways/complete streets, signing and striping, traffic signals/ITS, street lighting, roundabouts, and temporary traffic control

Please review the responsibilities below.

• Ongoing:
  Conduct transportation analysis and write reports
• Participate in meetings, including preparing presentations and public outreach materials
• Handle project management responsibilities
• Participate in professional organizations
• Conduct site visits and collect field data
• Explore the Fehr & Peers internal Research and Development program

• By the end of the first month:
  Participate in on-the-job training and mentoring; work on a few different projects; seek additional work from project managers
• By the end of six months:
  Work on a variety of projects with most staff in the office; use several technical software programs; prepare deliverables, including memos, reports, and presentations
• By the end of the first year:
  Attend multiple client meetings; increase responsibility for managing small projects

We encourage all applicants to apply, even if you don’t meet all of the qualifications listed below:

• An entrepreneurial spirit and proactive approach to communication and getting work done
• Genuine curiosity for the work and familiarity with the challenges of day-to-day travel within your community
• Completed bachelor’s or in-process master’s degree in transportation, civil or electrical engineering, urban and regional planning, or a related major (e.g., geography, math, statistics, economics)
• Coursework in transportation, engineering, urban and regional planning, geography, math, statistics, economics, or other related courses (an EIT for engineering candidates is preferred)
• Experience or exposure related to topic areas (note that experience in all areas is not required):
  Field work, traffic operations analysis, signal design, transportation planning (e.g., bicycle or transit plans, infrastructure finance, transportation and land use policy, and/or travel demand modeling)
• Experience or exposure to relevant software (note that experience with all software is not required). General – Microsoft Excel, GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS), and/or CAD (AutoCAD, Microstation). Traffic Operations Analysis – HCS, Synchro/Sim Traffic, Vistro, VISSIM, and/or Sidra. Travel Demand Modeling – Cube/Voyager, Trans
  
  CAD, VISUM, and/or Emme. Programming – Python and/or R.
• Previous work experience in an office setting related to a topic area listed above
• Experience with technical writing and public speaking through school and/or work experience
• Interpersonal skills, a desire to collaborate, and a creative approach to problem-solving
• Organizational skills and the ability to balance priorities between multiple tasks within a defined timeline

$75,000 - $85,000 a year

Placement within the stated pay range will be determined based upon education, experience, and qualifications.

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