Engineer I - Traffic

Traffic Engineering Engineer I

Washington County Public Works is looking for a motivated and curious emerging engineer to join our Traffic Engineering team—an essential part of keeping our communities moving safely and efficiently. This entry level role offers an exceptional opportunity to make a real impact on a countywide highway system that includes approximately 100 traffic signals, 17 roundabouts, 16,000 road signs, 114 miles of fiber optic lines, and roughly 700 highway permits each year.

As an Engineer in our traffic section, you'll play a hands-on role in ensuring safe work zones, reviewing construction plans, managing traffic data collection efforts, and overseeing roadway striping contracts. You'll work closely with a wide range of partners—design engineers, project managers, field maintenance staff, consultants, agency partners, residents, and elected officials—so strong communication and collaboration skills are key.

This is a learning-focused position. The successful candidate will receive direct mentoring and support from experienced Traffic Engineering staff, including the incumbent currently serving in this role. You'll have opportunities to grow your technical expertise, strengthen your engineering judgment, and build a meaningful foundation for a long and successful career in transportation engineering.

DESIRABLE

EXPERIENCE:

• Successful completion of college-level coursework in topics specific to roadway engineering
• Previous experience in roadway engineering work, which could include summer internships or other seasonal work
• Previous experience working with consultants and/or contractors
• Participation in student or professional organizations related to roadway engineering

SELECTION TECHNIQUE:
Your training and experience will be rated based on the required application material submitted and the top-scoring candidates will be forwarded to the hiring department for further consideration.

HOURS / DAYS: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm / Monday - Friday plus overtime hours as needed. Work schedules (hours and days) are subject to change based on department needs.

ANTICIPATED PAY RATE: $38.59 - $45.71 Hourly

E-Verify Participation:
Washington County participates in the federal E-Verify program. This means that Washington County will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

The Engineer I provides basic highway design or traffic engineering support to ensure the successful development and implementation of highway construction and traffic engineering projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

This position requires graduation from an accredited university or college with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, and certification as an Engineer in Training (EIT), working toward a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Minnesota.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Prior experience in highway design, drainage design, transportation engineering, traffic engineering or project management.

CORE COMPETENCIES, JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL JOB PERFORMANCE Core Competencies outline essential business and professional traits necessary to perform this job.

• Support and prioritize a welcoming and respectful workplace that fosters diversity and encourages contributions from all individuals.
• Provide inclusive and equitable service to all members of the community with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate support for the County's diversity, equity and inclusion program.
• Promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement in the workplace.
• Demonstrates knowledge of, or ability to learn, quality/continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates knowledge of principles and practices of highway engineering.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current design methods and programs, practices, techniques of highway design, hydrology, hydraulics, pavement design, signal design, signing and striping layouts, and temporary traffic control and detour layouts.
• Demonstrates knowledge of environmental policies, preparing environmental permits and reports.
• Demonstrates…