ABOUT THE POSITION
Together, we work to improve mobility, enhance communities and economic vitality, and balance development and infrastructure needs with environmental stewardship. The right candidate would be joining a tight-knit team of transportation planners and traffic safety engineers who value technical excellence, career development, pride in our work, a collaborative team environment, and a passion for finding the right solutions that enhance mobility and safety.
At VHB, we’re invested in what we do, compelled by intellectual curiosity, and driven to work collectively to best serve our clients and help shape the future of our communities in a meaningful way. We’re proud, yet humbled, to have been doing this for over 40 years. We are dedicated to making a positive impact and providing opportunities to grow personally and professionally.
This position is for an Active Transportation Engineer. In this role, you will be part of the Metro DC team and more specifically reporting to the VHB office in Tysons, Virginia. Coordinating with our planning and engineering staff, you will contribute to active transportation studies, pedestrian and bicycle planning and design, complete streets, and safety planning and design projects, for a variety of clients and project scales.
Responsibilities
- Work with a team of professionals in a variety of transportation-related areas to develop mobility solutions which consider all users integrating Complete Street concepts within urban and suburban communities
- Conduct multi-modal safety transportation analyses
- Prepare corridor and intersection safety and improvement studies
- Conduct research, prepare reports, and present findings and results to clients
- Develop proposals and scopes of work, track project budgets, and manage project teams
- Work within a team of professionals to develop transportation planning and engineering solutions for a multitude of multimodal transportation projects
- Conduct transportation planning and scoping analyses
- Collect and tabulate multimodal safety (including traffic volume, roadway, and crash) data
- Work with Federal clients on identifying and applying best practices
- Prepare written planning documents, summarize information collected by others, and assemble reports
Skills and Attributes
- Ability to work well in a collaborative and integrated team environment
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Self-motivation
- Excellent attention to detail
- Enthusiasm to learn and ability to take responsibility
- Ability to work effectively in both in-office and virtual environments
- Ability to balance concurrent projects and priorities
Qualifications
- 8+ years of professional transportation engineering and/or planning experience, preferably in a consulting environment required
- 10+ years of professional transportation / planning experience preferred
- PE strongly preferred
- Experience with AutoCAD/Microstation strongly preferred
- Experience with multimodal analysis (Synchro and HCS experience a plus)
- Familiarity with national and/or local transportation engineering standards, including VDOT, AASHTO, MUTCD, Highway Capacity Manual, Highway Safety Manual and/or ITE guidance documents
WE ARE VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments.
Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.
Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience.
- Inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation.
- Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects.
- Amazing co-workers
- A focus on learning and development
- Flexible, hybrid workplace
It’s not surprising that VHB has consistently been rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing and we hope you’ll join us!
VHB is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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