Transportation Planner / Engineer

Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities’ built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders’ interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.
At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust:  We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect:  We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork:  We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun:  We take our work seriously…not ourselves.
Well-Being:  We care about each other’s health, safety, and total wellness.
Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Our cultural programs include:

• DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint.
• DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office-based giving, and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
• eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
• DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care.

 
At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm. Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs) operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek’s work community more inclusive. We currently have ERGs for:

• Women at Dudek
• Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
• Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)

Learn more about our culture.
About The Job
Dudek is seeking experienced candidates for a full-time, junior-level Transportation Planner or Engineer position to join our Environmental Technical Group’s (ETG) Transportation Team to support a broad range of client projects throughout California and elsewhere in the U.S. The candidate Dudek hires will work directly with a high-performing inter-office crew comprising junior, middle, and senior-level Transportation Planners and engineers, including multiple AICP, EIT, and PE members that serve many clients and their transportation, renewable energy, transmission, commercial and industrial development, environmental, and construction-related projects. The position would require fitness for duty to conduct outdoor field work and associated physical demands; and, some travel to and from client project sites will be required. Dudek office locations for this position include Encinitas, San Diego (Liberty Station), Santa Barbara, Oakland, and Sacramento.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.
Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.
Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below): 

• Report to Dudek’s ETG – Transportation Team’s supervisor and work cooperatively with the Transportation Team members and other Dudek staff.
• Report to a physical Dudek office at least twice per week to receive direction and training; interact with staff from other Dudek technical specialties.
• Attend virtual and in-person meetings, as needed.
• Conduct traffic operations analyses (e.g., level of service – LOS, circulation, queuing analyses, etc.).
• Conduct vehicle miles traveled (VMT) analyses.
• Prepare traffic engineering design plans such as: signing and striping plans, sight distance analysis, traffic control plans, etc.
• Report writing and preparation of graphics/figures.
• Travel to/from project sites to conduct investigative field work.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in urban planning, civil engineering, environmental sciences, or related technical disciplines.
• 1 to 3 years of related job experience; Master’s degree may substitute for related job experience.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment.

* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.
Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of traffic operations in terms of LOS, vehicular delay, and roadway capacity; traffic simulation; VMT; and, general principles of traffic operations such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) methodologies.
• Understanding of basic traffic engineering design and analysis including sight distance analysis; conceptual signing and striping plans; and, site circulation (turn radius analysis).
• Experience with transportation analysis software such as: Highway Capacity Software (HCS), Synchro/SimTraffic, Vistro/VISSIM, SIDRA, etc.
• Experience with other industry software such as: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.), GIS, AutoCAD, and Illustrator for use in transportation analyses and report preparation.
• Technical report and memoranda writing.
• Experience with transportation impact or adverse effect assessment vis-à-vis federal (NEPA), state (CEQA), or local standards (General Plan Circulation Elements and Transportation Analysis Guidelines).

Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:

• This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
• This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• This job requires working on a computer, sitting, or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
• This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing, and listening are required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Outdoor activity may involve walking/trekking in uneven terrain over long distances in extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Proposed Salary Range: $55,000 - $70,000 per year*
*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.
Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work–life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.
We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides a generous vacation package. If you’re tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.
 

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