Job Description:

Ardurra is looking for a practiced and versatile Transportation Engineer who can be a support specialist to assist with transportation planning and project development products for state, MPO, city, and county jurisdictional projects, also on behalf of private development pursuits to join our Northwest Transportation Group! 

The ideal candidate will report to our Spokane, WA office but open to considering candidate's that can report to any of our other Northwest office locations.

Locations:

• Spokane, WA


• Wenatchee, WA


• Coeur d'Alene, ID


• Meridian, ID


• Nampa, ID


• Cody, WY


• Cheyenne, WY

Position Summary & Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will have experience with transportation data collection, travel forecasts, operations analyses, highway capacity evaluation, multimodal review, and various safety analyses, having supported development of transportation studies/plans, traffic impact analyses, design reports, and multimodal mobility planning projects.


• Strengths in research and analysis related to agency plans and policies, signals, roundabouts, intersections, interchanges, urban and rural roads, highways, active transportation facilities, and transit corridors.


• Understand, design and practical implications of planning recommendations.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills


• Very conscientious about accuracy, quality, and presentability of work products.


• Position is ideal for a knowledgeable and competent specialist who, while starting in a support role, will actively seek increased responsibility until they find themselves in a project management role for Ardurra, as a quickly growing and highly-regarded consulting firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.


• 4+ years’ experience working with private parties, local agencies, MPOs, state DOT’s, and Federal agencies.


• Ability to secure P.E. within two (2) years of hire, with eventual willingness to take ownership of transportation study/plan projects in any of our NW offices.


• Understanding of the Comprehensive and Transportation planning and programming processes.


• Understanding of multimodal forecasting concepts used with various traffic studies.


• Experience with traffic operations/capacity and microsimulation software’s (Synchro, SIMTRAFFIC, SIDRA, HCS, and VISSIM).


• Experience with Highway Capacity Manual and Highway Safety Manual concepts.


• Experience with ITE, MUTCD, AASHTO, and NACTO guides in design application.


• Understanding of corridor and network analysis concepts, including coordination of signal and roundabout corridors.


• Understanding of multimodal analysis, including application with transit and active transportation measures-of-effectiveness.


• Confidence with one-on-one coordination and comfort presenting to groups.


• Ambition to secure traffic operations engineer (PTOE) licensure within 4 years of hire desired.


• Experience with travel demand modeling software (TransCAD, VISSUM, or CUBE, in particular) is desired.


• Willingness to assist in business development is a plus.

Salary Range

$75,000 to $90,000 (DOE)

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun.  We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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