Traffic Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers 1

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering (KIE) has an opening for a dynamic Entry-Level Traffic Engineer in our growing Design Engineering Services Group. You will be part of our rapidly growing Infrastructure Design Department, which includes structural, geotechnical, civil, drainage, roadway, rail, and materials disciplines, is a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the design-build delivery of infrastructure projects.

District Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering's Design-Build team is driving clients to turn to Kiewit during all stages of design-build projects. Through our integrated design and construction approach, our multi-disciplinary team works together to improve schedule, control costs, and minimize risk. Our construction-focused engineers work collaboratively with our estimators and builders to design solutions that are innovative, constructible, and designed with a focus on safety. Clients benefit from the proven processes and tools used by Kiewit to minimize project risk. We are an in-house resource that supports projects throughout the company. Our staff shares experiences gained innovative concepts, and best practices for all projects that we support.

Kiewit’s management and implementation of this process lead to safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that exceed client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to see more, touch more, and do more than you ever imagined. Working hard will not only bring you satisfaction from a job well done, but it will help propel your career forward faster than you might expect. We will train you, develop your skills, and allow you to take on projects that impact millions across North America. With top-notch health benefits, a wealth-building 401k plan, and unbeatable growth opportunities, by joining Kiewit, you’re ensuring a lifetime of success.

Location

This position will be based out of our Burnaby, BC office. 

Responsibilities

• Produce and deliver traffic components for North American projects through coordination with multi-disciplinary design teams
• Conduct traffic operations and safety analysis, macroscopic to microscopic simulation modeling, and various engineering studies
• Oversee Traffic investigations in the field and recommend traffic safety enhancements on basis of field studies
• Analyze and evaluate complex design and construction phasing plans to formulate effective traffic engineering strategies, and to ensure compliance with the feasibility and safety issues
• Create preliminary design concepts and alternatives for traffic signals, signing and striping, lighting/electrical, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) features to support cost estimating
• Execute final design of project traffic elements such as traffic signals, ITS, signing and striping, lighting/electrical, and maintenance of traffic (MOT) plans 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or greater in Civil Engineering
• EIT required. PE required for more experienced engineers 
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in designing traffic signal systems, signing/striping, ITS, and/or lighting/electrical elements for transportation projects
• Familiarity with design-build delivery is preferred
• Working knowledge and experience of MicroStation or AutoCAD platforms
• Skills in traffic simulation/ modeling software including Synchro/SimTraffic, Vissim, HCS, or other similar platforms are desired
• General knowledge of MOT is preferred, and experience developing construction plans for transportation projects is ideal.