Willdan,

Associate Traffic Engineer

Willdan,$70K — $95K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Civil Engineering
  • 7+ years relevant experience in traffic engineering
  • EIT certification with pathway to PE licensure
  • Proficient in AutoCAD or Civil 3D
  • Knowledge of California MUTCD and local design standards
  • Strong technical writing and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Design traffic engineering plans including signals and markings
  • Support traffic impact studies and safety evaluations
  • Develop traffic signal timing and operational analyses
  • Conduct field investigations and data collection
  • Coordinate with teams, agencies, and stakeholders
  • Ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards
  • Review junior staff's engineering work for accuracy

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and licensing
  • Collaborative work environment with experienced engineers
  • Diverse range of projects across California
  • Potential for increasing responsibility in project management
  • Engagement with public agencies and the community
Full Job Description
In this role, you will contribute to a wide range of traffic engineering and transportation planning projects for municipal and regional clients. You will work alongside experienced engineers and project managers to deliver practical, data-driven transportation solutions that improve mobility, accessibility, and safety throughout California.

This position is ideal for an engineer who is building toward professional licensure and is ready to assume increasing responsibility in technical design, project delivery, and client coordination. Candidates who already hold a California PE license are encouraged to apply.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Design - Prepare traffic engineering designs, including:
    • Traffic signal plans
    • Signing, striping, and pavement marking plans
    • Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) plans
    • Street lighting plans and photometric analyses
    • Prepare Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) packages for transportation improvement projects
  • Traffic Operations and Analysis
    • Support preparation of traffic impact studies, safety evaluations, and technical memoranda
    • Develop or assist in developing traffic signal timing plans, coordination strategies, and operational analyses using industry-standard software
    • Conduct field investigations and data collection efforts
    • Perform intersection capacity and operational analyses using Synchro
    • Assist in evaluating multimodal transportation improvements for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users
  • Project Delivery
    • Coordinate with internal teams, public agency staff, utility companies, and external stakeholders
    • Ensure designs comply with applicable standards, including California MUTCD, HCM, Caltrans, and local agency guidelines
    • Support project management tasks including:
      • Scheduling
      • Budget tracking
      • Client communications
      • Preparation of project deliverables
    • Review engineering work prepared by junior staff for technical accuracy and completeness
    • Participate in proposal preparation, scope development, and technical interviews as opportunities arise

Job Requirements / Qualifications
  • Required Qualifications
    • Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering
    • Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in traffic engineering or transportation design
    • Engineering-in-Training (EIT) certification with the ability to obtain PE licensure
    • Proficiency in AutoCAD or Civil 3D
    • Working knowledge of the California MUTCD, Highway Design Manual, Caltrans Standard Plans and Specifications, and local agency design standards
    • Strong technical writing and communication skills
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • California Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
    • Experience with Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, AutoTURN, or similar traffic engineering software
    • Experience preparing PS&E packages for public agency projects
    • Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Bluebeam
    • Experience coordinating with municipal and state transportation agencies

About Willdan,

Willdan Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded company selling professional technical and consulting services to public and private utilities, public agencies at all levels of government, and commercial and industrial firms. The company operates offices in more than a dozen states, with its key operations in California and New York. In 1964, the company was built by William Stookey and Dan Heil in southern California on a then-unique model of providing outsourced engineering services exclusively to municipalities, especially newly urbanizing cities. Over the next 50 years, the company's expansion has reflected the increasingly complex challenges facing communities, with a forward-looking focus on energy efficiency, energy engineering, cogeneration, Energy Savings Performance Contract, Community Choice Aggregation, smart city, microgrid consulting, and Transactive energy software. In 2006, Willdan Group, Inc. completed its initial public offerings in NASDAQ, becoming a publicly traded company under the symbol WLDN. In 2008, Willdan acquired Intergy Corporation, then renamed Willdan Energy Solutions, offering energy efficiency utility program management. In 2015, Willdan acquired 360 Energy Engineers and Abacus Resource Management, expanding its capabilities into Energy Service Company and Energy Savings Performance Contract services. Willdan acquired NYC-based Genesys Engineering, P.C., in 2016, bringing Power Engineering services into its portfolio, with an eye to evolution of U.S. power systems toward Distributed generation and microgrids.
Learn more about Willdan,
Size
1,560 employees
Market Cap
$248.5 million
Industry
Net Income
-$14.5 million
Founded
1964
5 Year Trend
+11.1%
Revenue
$390.9 million
NASDAQ

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