Traffic Engineer

At Jacobs, we’re helping communities move more safely and efficiently through thoughtful, innovative transportation design. As a Traffic Engineer, you’ll join a collaborative transportation team delivering roadway improvements that enhance safety, mobility, and the overall travel experience.

This is an opportunity for an engineer ready to take the next step in their career. You’ll build on your design experience while taking greater ownership of roadway lighting, traffic signals, signing, pavement markings, and Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plans. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and clients while contributing to transportation projects from design development through final delivery.

What you'll do

• Develop roadway lighting, traffic signal, signing, pavement marking, and MOT plans
• Prepare plans, specifications, estimates, calculations, and other technical deliverables
• Apply applicable design standards and agency requirements to transportation projects
• Coordinate traffic design elements with roadway, drainage, structural, utility, and other disciplines
• Take increasing ownership of technical assignments, schedules, and project deliverables
• Support quality reviews and help resolve design challenges throughout project delivery
• Collaborate with clients, transportation agencies, and project teams
• Participate in project meetings and site visits as needed
• Provide technical guidance to early-career team members as your experience grows
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Experience designing roadway lighting, traffic signals, signing, pavement markings, or MOT plans for VDOT and other local transportation agencies
• Knowledge and experience using CADD/MicroStation
• Experience preparing plans, specifications, and cost estimates
• Experience coordinating traffic design with other roadway disciplines
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Ability to independently manage technical assignments, solve problems, and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams

Ideally, you'll also have

• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Interest in growing into greater project delivery, client coordination, and technical leadership responsibilities

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.