Lead Project Engineer (Traffic Engineering)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Overland Park, KS, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
- Excellent listening and reading skills, including proofreading
- Effective problem solving and decision making skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain client and employee relationships
- Ability to lead, train, and mentor others
- Knowledge of highway design standards, DOT design policies and plan preparation criteria
- Practical Knowledge in use of Highway Capacity Manual, Roadside Design Guide, MUTCD, and AASHTO Standards
- Self-awareness: Knowing one’s strengths and limits with a strong sense of one’s self-worth and capabilities
- Self-regulation: Keeping emotions in check; trustworthy; taking responsibility for personal performance; flexibility; innovative
- Customer service orientation
- Collaborative
- Ability to negotiate
- Analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to achieve business results
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain appropriate amount of detail
- Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and problem analysis and resolution
- Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Proficiency in Microstation, Visum, AutoCAD, Civil 3D
- Ability to embrace new technology and processes including learning other software programs as needed (Synchro, Deltek Vision accounting and project planning software, Client Relationship Management so
- Exhibits initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership
- Good time management skills with ability to handle complex deadline driven workload
- Ability to work independently and within a team successfully
Full description
Overview
About Us: Bartlett & West is an engineering, architecture, technology, and other professional services firm headquartered in Topeka, KS with 19 offices in seven states throughout the Midwest. As a completely employee-owned company, Bartlett & West has a “We Before Me” mentality. We prioritize service to our clients, communities, and each other. We’re less concerned about titles and more concerned about how each person can be supported to make the greatest impact.
Position Summary:
This position will design civil engineering projects including focus area of transportation adn traffic. This position is recognized as a technical specialist with an in-depth knowledge in focus area. The focus of this position may include serving as an internal consulting resource to other professionals on projects throughout the company. Working closely with the Project Manager in charge of the project, the position may identify and develop the scope of work, meet customer expectations, assist in pricing contracts, perform engineering services, oversee project quality, identify resources and manage them relative to a specific project, and meet project deadlines and profitability goals. Position may be expected to serve as the Engineer of Record on project plans and documents.
This position has a focus in traffic projects. Project work will include: traffic studies, modeling and design.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Acts as a technical specialist in transportation projects.
- Develops plans and specifications for state and municipal transportation projects.
- Will focus on roadway, drainage, and traffic signal design work.
- Performs traffic analysis/traffic studies as needed.
- Utilizes Microstation and OpenRoads or AutoCAD and Visum or Syncho.
- Writes technical reports and conducts conceptual design studies.
- Provides internal technical advice to project managers throughout the company for the purpose of preparing proposals and developing client presentations.
- Collaborates with a project manager with project planning and provides technical guidance on the development of the project scope, concepts and strategies to be used, task organization, estimates of effort, fee structure and amount, risk management, the identification of other required resources, and schedules necessary to complete the project. Collaborates with the development of cost and budget estimates for the project.
- Directs, manages and participates in the production of the project deliverables, up to and including signing and sealing of work products as a Registered Professional Engineer. Performs or participates in some or all of the following: