Traffic Project Engineer
Austin, TXFull-timePosted 5 days agoStill listed today
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Volkert is seeking an experienced Traffic Project Engineer for its Southwest Region, based in Austin, Round Rock, or San Antonio, Texas. The engineer will provide technical expertise on transportation design projects, serve as a task manager, and guide multidisciplinary project teams. The role focuses on traffic design for roadway, bridge, interchange, intersection, and pedestrian/bike projects, with opportunities to mentor junior engineers and support client projects.
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Are we the road to your future? We are currently searching for an experienced Traffic Project Engineer to support our Southwest Region located in either Austin, Round Rock, or San Antonio, TX.
The successful candidate will work on challenging transportation design projects providing technical expertise and ensuring compliance with locality and state DOT standards. The candidate will serve as Task Manager and collaborate with multidisciplinary team and provide guidance and direction to project team for various traffic design tasks on roadway, bridge and interchange improvements, intersection modifications and pedestrian/bike facilities projects. This position offers an excellent career opportunity with tremendous growth potential.
What you’ll be doing:
- Prepare traffic signal design plans for new intersections and signal modifications to facilitate multimodal accommodations
- Prepare temporary traffic control plan/traffic management plan (TMP) and signing, pavement marking plans
- Prepare streetlight design plan and perform photometric analysis using Agi32
- Prepare technical reports for IJR/IMR, and traffic/safety/road diet studies
- Prepare Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) design plans
- Prepare quantities and develop PS&E packages supporting highway design projects
- Assist in preparing conceptual intersection layouts, schematics, signal timings and engineering reports
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers
- Attend project meetings with clients
What you need to have:
- BS in Civil Engineering
- 5-10 years of traffic engineering experience
- EIT is required
- Proficiency in OpenRoads
- Familiarity with TxDOT and/or general DOT traffic design standards, MUTCD and AASHTO
- Proficiency in traffic analyses software such as VISSIM, Synchro/Simtraffic, Sidra Intersection, HCS
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening to ensure a safe and productive work environment. Volkert adheres to federal guidelines, which may include testing for substances such as marijuana. Please note that federal regulations may differ from state-specific guidelines
- Valid driver’s license and a satisfactory motor vehicle report (MVR)
Bonus points if you have:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- PE in Texas
- Self-starter and capable of completing tasks with minimal oversight
Why Volkert?
Volkert is employee owned and a Top 100 design firm, committed to providing clients with creative solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities. At Volkert, we pride ourselves on providing all of our employees with competitive compensation, positive work/life balance, and professional development opportunities, as well as fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace in all of our offices nationwide.
Key Benefits:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
- Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
- Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
- Wellness incentives
- Student Debt Retirement Match
- Additional voluntary benefits
The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.
“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.” – Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,396 open Civil Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$100–140K/yr446 salary ranges
- US median$22–30/hr291 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 128 open Civil Engineering jobs in Texas and 1,396 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Civil Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (711 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 682 of the 1,396 open Civil Engineering jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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