Transportation Engineers

Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.

Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting.

Confer with contractors, utility companies, or government agencies to discuss plans, specifications, or work schedules.

Design or engineer drainage, erosion, or sedimentation control systems for transportation projects.

Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.

Plan alteration or modification of existing transportation structures to improve safety or function.

Investigate traffic problems and recommend methods to improve traffic flow or safety.

Prepare final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.

Estimate transportation project costs.

Present data, maps, or other information at construction-related public hearings or meetings.

Prepare administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices.

Evaluate transportation systems or traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion.

Review development plans to determine potential traffic impact.

Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure safety or compliance with applicable standards or regulations.

Evaluate traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion.

Direct the surveying, staking, or laying-out of construction projects.

Participate in contract bidding, negotiation, or administration.

Model transportation scenarios to evaluate the impacts of activities such as new development or to identify possible solutions to transportation problems.

Investigate or test specific construction project materials to determine compliance to specifications or standards.

Supervise the maintenance or repair of transportation systems or system components.

Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Evaluate construction project materials for compliance with environmental standards.

Develop plans to deconstruct damaged or obsolete roadways or other transportation structures in a manner that is environmentally sound or prepares the land for sustainable development.

Analyze environmental impact statements for transportation projects.

Design transportation systems or structures, using sustainable materials or products, such as porous pavement or bioretention structures.

Develop or assist in the development of transportation-related computer software or computer processes.