Transportation Engineer

Our client is making a difference within the global transportation planning and design community.  The is an international leader, with offices around the world in the development of innovative and highly specialized software for transportation, civil infrastructure, aviation, and operational professionals.  They have been in business for over 20 in 150 countries worldwide.  They are looking for a Transportation Engineer in their Head Office in Richmond to provide technical guidance conduct research for software development projects and work collaboratively with software developers, product managers, marketing, sales, and technical support staff.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the sales team on any technical inquiries from prospects.
• Manage and lead technical research initiatives to support market research and market sizing exercises
• Prepare vision statements, use cases, technical specifications, and requirements documentation for use by Software Development and liaise with product users prior to, during, and after product launch, including alpha and beta test phases
• Capture market needs and define requirements, support the definition of product strategy, and prioritize product features and capabilities to define the product roadmap
• Build and maintain strong relationships with industry experts
• Review and understand the full capabilities and positioning of competitor products, including any competitive intelligence activities such as developing detailed reports and summaries for key stakeholders
• Provide input into new development ideas, develop marketing plans, report on customer feedback
• Conduct regular reviews and testing of prototypes during development to verify software outputs as well as provide user proxy feedback regarding UI & product functionality
• Assist in product branding, positioning, and messaging
• Assist in developing marketing assets including collaterals requiring technical content or substance (e.g., white papers, blogs, graphics, press releases, advertising content)
• Conduct product webcasts and presentations to showcase products or industry news
• Manage, maintain, and develop technical training content (including presentation content).
• Represent the company through client site visits, conferences/tradeshows.

Qualifications:

• Registration in good standing as a PEng (Canada) or PE (US), with a desirable PTOE (Professional Traffic Operations Engineer) designation
• 3+ years of relevant and progressive experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering for roadways and highways (after receiving your professional engineering license)
• An expert in generating engineering deliverables that include traffic signal timings, traffic management plans, traffic impact studies, conceptual designs, and other supporting documents and drawings
• Experience with transportation planning and engineering projects for roadways, highways, and transit facilities; You are proficient in engineering design, including geometric design of freeways, interchanges, highways, intersections, roundabouts, and streets
• Knowledge of AASHTO Green Book, TAC, MUTCD, and the Highway Capacity Manual.
• Experience with traffic signal timing, capacity and safety analysis, traffic impact analysis, traffic modeling, travel demand modeling, traffic signage and pavement marking plans, traffic signal system design, and traffic management plans during construction, intersection analysis, traffic calming studies, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and safety audits
• Detailed understanding of highway geometric design and traffic operations
• Aware of best practices and the latest technology in the transportation engineering industry
• Involvement in client relationship building and business development activities, including marketing and attendance at conferences and seminars
• Experience in developing concept designs and advancing them to the detailed design stage
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, respectfully, and tactfully
• Strong and working understanding of traffic engineering fundamentals and traffic operational analysis tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, SIDRA, HCS, and VISSIM
• Demonstrate proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D and MicroStation, particularly in the application of roadway and highway geometric design
• Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from an accredited university, with an MBA or business degree considered desirable.