Description
Design and deliver surface transportation projects in accordance with engineering standards and state and federal policies. Prepare designs, specifications, and cost estimates, and plan modifications to roads, highways, and related infrastructure to improve safety and traffic flow.
- • Review development plans to assess traffic impacts.
- • Present data, maps, and project information at public meetings and hearings.
- • Prepare technical and statistical traffic operations reports (accidents, safety, pedestrian volumes).
- • Evaluate transportation systems, traffic control devices, and lighting for modification or expansion needs.
- • Develop or support transportation-related software, models, or computational processes.
- • Prepare project budgets, schedules, and labor/material specifications.
- • Produce final layout drawings with design details and stress calculations.
- • Plan modifications to existing streets, highways, and interchanges to improve safety and flow.
- • Participate in bidding, negotiation, and contract administration.
- • Model transportation scenarios to evaluate development impacts and solutions.
- • Investigate traffic problems and recommend safety and operations improvements.
- • Test construction materials for compliance with specifications and standards.
- • Inspect completed projects for safety and environmental regulatory compliance.
- • Direct surveying, staking, and layout activities.
- • Develop cost estimates for transportation projects.
- • Coordinate with contractors, utilities, and agencies on plans, specifications, and schedules.
- • Check plans, design calculations, and estimates for accuracy and conformance to standards.
- • Analyze environmental impact documents for transportation projects.
- • Supervise maintenance and repair of transportation assets.
- • Design transportation facilities and components (roads, bridges, drainage, lighting).
- • Design drainage, erosion, and sediment control for transportation projects.
- • Incorporate sustainable materials and practices (porous pavement, bioretention).
- • Plan deconstruction of damaged or obsolete infrastructure to enable sustainable redevelopment.
- • Evaluate construction materials for compliance with environmental standards.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
