Traffic Engineer

Title:Traffic Engineer
KBR is look for Traffic Engineer - Infrastructure Majnoon Project based in Abu Dhabi - UAE
Description

The Traffic Engineer is responsible for coordinating and conducting engineering and field operational studies including collecting and analyzing volume, speed, and delay data for vehicles and pedestrians, as well as, collecting other field engineering and observational data. Actual engineering studies include a variety of traffic related studies including, but not limited to, warrant studies, speed hump studies, volume and speed studies, and Level of Service. Also responsible to monitor traffic accident data and provide various reports.

Responsibilities

• Prepare/review Traffic Management Plans including Traffic detouring, Staging plans, Lane shift/closure schemes in accordance with traffic standards.
• Coordinates and conducts engineering and operational field studies and clarifies engineering studies.
• Performs traffic operational and capacity studies utilizing current transportation software.
• Administers the traffic accident data program, traffic engineering analysis record and filing system, and the traffic count program.
• Extracts intersection and highway volume counts from mechanical counters.
• Prepares engineering reports, traffic accident collision diagrams, and traffic accident summaries.
• Maintains accident databases.
• Performs other engineering operations duties of a similar nature or level.

Requirements:

Education:Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on Traffic or Transportation.

Preferred:Certified PToE (Professional Traffic Operations Engineer) or equivalent.

Experience:Five (5) years of experience in an engineering related field, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this job.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of recent versions of Traffic simulation and Engineering Software applications e.g. vissim.
• Knowledge of computer software for database maintenance, word processing and traffic studies and capacity analyses applications.
• Knowledge of job related material primarily through oral instruction and observation, which takes place mainly in an on-the-job setting.
• Knowledge of basic engineering principals, operations and study methodologies.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics, including formula for calculating speed, distance, and time.