Senior Engineer - Manchester - HDR, Inc.

Description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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At HDR, we believe that how we work can add meaning and value to the world. We inspire positive change, encourage fresh perspectives, and understand that small details can lead to important realizations. But above all, we believe that team collaboration is the heart of our approach. We foster a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone's contribution is valued and respected.

Every role throughout our organization contributes to changing the world for the better. We are committed to creating impactful projects that not only improve our communities but also have a global reach. Read further to discover how you can help bring about positive change not only in your community but also around the world.

HDR New England Transportation Group is seeking to hire a Senior Engineer (Traffic) to work on various transportation and safety design projects.

The Senior Engineer's primary duties will include producing intersection, pavement marking and signing, maintenance of traffic, and traffic signal design plans and specifications, Traffic Impact Studies, design study reports, and safety analyses for transportation projects throughout New England. We're seeking someone who enjoys collaborating with a team and will help enhance the group's technical performance. This person will play an active role in mentoring staff and helping them develop their engineering skills while providing encouragement and motivation.

Primary Responsibilities

In the position of Senior Engineer (Traffic), we'll count on you to:

• Perform traffic engineering design, traffic modeling and analysis, traffic signal design, traffic safety analyses, signing and striping design, safety planning and analysis for strategic highway safety plan development
• Assist with the preparation of traffic signal design plans, signing and striping plans, maintenance of traffic plans and PS&E packages, and work with the roadway design team to evaluate to evaluate traffic systems and recommend solutions.
• Perform crash analysis and safety studies as part of more extensive transportation assessments.
• Conduct operational traffic analysis using various modeling tools, ranging from highway capacity software to complex micro-simulation models, and apply results to sound engineering practice; analyze everything from isolated intersections and roundabouts to urban arterials and freeway segments.
• Write traffic impact and transportation assessment reports to communicate analysis results and recommendations clearly and present findings to the team.
• Perform detailed checks and quality control reviews of design work performed by other design team members.
• Perform as traffic engineering task leader, coordinating with other disciplines.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in adaptive signalization, transit signal design, and ITS, is a plus
• Knowledge and experience with New England transportation agency, Complete Streets, NACTO, FHWA, and AASHTO policies and procedures
• Experience in the design of traffic control Tactics, systems management, and sequencing plans is a plus
• Experience using Vissim, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office is a plus
• Local candidates preferred
• PTOE Certification is a plus
• RSP Certification is a plus

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 10 years' experience in ITS and traffic engineering for urban and rural highways, major and minor interchanges and intersections
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Knowledge of regulations of state and federal transportation agencies
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Experience using HCS, CORSIM, Synchro/SIM Traffic and other software packages
• Strong oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and ability to work in a team environment
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ , People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.