Transportation Planning Analysis Engineering Associate

Every day, we set new directions in the rapidly advancing world of transportation. As a DKS employee-owner, you will work on challenging projects in a collaborative team environment with leaders in the transportation field.

Position: Transportation Planning Analysis Engineering Associate

Location: Salem, OR

Job : 536

Transportation Planning/Analysis Engineering Associate
DKS Associates is currently hiring a Transportation Planning/Analysis Engineering Associate. This position will assist with the planning and operations analysis tasks of various transportation planning projects that may involve multimodal corridor studies, long-range planning, travel demand modeling and forecasting, safety evaluations, intersection operations analysis and simulation, electric vehicle charging station plans, and data analytics. This position will apply technical analysis and tools to develop findings and recommendations.

We are looking for candidates who enjoy learning, innovation, and collaboration. The ideal candidate will be proactive with a positive attitude and a willingness to take on new challenges. DKS is committed to a “one company” experience, encouraging cross-training and cross-office project work, a practice that benefits both our clients and employees. DKS’ Core Values permeate everything we do:
Meaningful Difference, Expertise, Client Satisfaction, Opportunity, Trustworthy, and Teamwork.

• Performing technical tasks, assisting with the review of technical work prepared by others, and conducting advanced analysis.
• Safety Analysis:
  Support transportation safety planning through crash data analysis, safety evaluations, and applying the Safe System Approach.
• Conducting technical transportation analysis; including traffic operational analysis using Synchro, Vissim, and other traffic and modeling software to analyze the performance or impacts between various travel modes and vehicle types (cars, trucks, bus, light rail, pedestrians, bikes, e-scooters, etc.)
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams on a variety of complex corridor studies, transit operations, area plans, system plans, and other technical transportation projects.
• Communicating technical findings to project managers and group managers.
• Working on significant projects across the west coast and in your own community.

Don't meet every requirement or looking to start after graduation? At DKS Associates, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so even if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just who we're looking for.

• Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation, or similar field;
  Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering or Urban and Regional Planning desired
• 3 or more years of experience in Transportation and Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning, GIS, Statistics, Traffic Flow Theory, or Travel Demand Modeling
• Interest in transportation systems, active transportation, traffic flow and transportation operations
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Attention to detail and ability to perform self-review of work
• Ability to write scripts to automate procedures and emulate control logic desired, but not required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• 10 Vacation Days & 8.66 Sick Pay Days
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Employer paid Disability, Life, AD&DD Insurance Coverage
• 100% DKS paid Medical Premium for our employee-owners
• 80% DKS paid Medical Premium for spouse and dependents of our employee-owners
• Extremely affordable Dental & Vision Plans
• Flexible Spending Account (Health Care & Dependent Care), Transit Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account Options
• Paid Jury/Witness Duty
• Paid Bereavement
• Leave without Pay
• Transit Subsidy
• Pre-tax Commuter Option
• Referral Bonus Program
• DKS funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401k Pre-tax and Roth options
• Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement

• Training & Educational Assistance
• Professional Registration Support
• Technical &…