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Traffic/ITS Engineer III

HNTB

Tampa, FLFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Location
Tampa, FL
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

HNTB seeks a Traffic/ITS Engineer III to support transportation project delivery for public agencies. The role develops traffic and ITS designs, calculations, plans, specifications, and technical documentation, including signalization, signing, pavement marking, and roadway lighting. The engineer collaborates with project managers and multidisciplinary teams, applies applicable design standards, and may mentor junior staff and review technical work.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering EstimatesConcept PlanningConstruction PlanningTraffic Signal DesignSigning and Pavement MarkingRoadway Lighting DesignITS DesignAGi32Photometric ModelingElectrical Service DesignFDOT StandardsFDOT Design ManualStandard PlansRoad and Bridge Construction SpecificationsFlorida GreenbookOpenRoads DesignerAutoCAD Civil 3DTechnical ReportingEngineering CalculationsTSM&O Principles

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Master's in Engineering or PhD in EngineeringBachelor's+4, Master's+3 or PhD+2 YearsProfessional Engineer License

Full job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can build a career that is meaningful to you while helping shape the communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have delivered innovative solutions for some of the nation’s largest and most complex infrastructure projects. With HNTB experiencing historic growth, this is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails supporting delivery of transportation projects through the preparation and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans, specifications, and other project deliverables. The successful candidate will join an industry-leading team serving state departments of transportation, regional tolling agencies, and city and county transportation agencies. The position will support a diverse range of transportation engineering services, including traffic design, Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and emerging transportation technologies. Traffic design responsibilities may include signalization, signing and pavement marking, and lighting analysis and design, along with other multidisciplinary transportation infrastructure improvements.

The candidate will leverage technical knowledge and engineering experience to work closely with project managers, technical leads, and multidisciplinary teams to develop practical and innovative solutions. Responsibilities will include completing assigned tasks in accordance with project scope, schedule, budget, and applicable design requirements. The candidate will develop conceptual and detailed designs, engineering calculations, plans, and supporting documentation using current engineering design tools, software, standards, and established practices. The candidate may mentor and train junior engineering staff, review technical work, and provide constructive feedback to support their professional development and maintain the quality of project deliverables.

What You'll Do:

  • Completes assigned work within the schedule and number of hours provided.

  • Assist in the development of project specifications.

  • Responsible for development of discipline specific engineering project elements/deliverables such as reports, designs, and plans.

  • Aids in the coordination and productivity of project team members.

  • Provides technical guidance to less experienced engineering project team members.

  • Works closely with other disciplines and on multi-discipline projects.

  • Performs quality control reviews of discipline - specific engineering project elements/deliverables.

  • Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work within discipline.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience, or

  • Master’s degree in Engineering and 3 year of relevant experience, or

  • PhD in Engineering and 2 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

  • Prepare engineer’s estimates, concept plans, and detailed construction plans.

  • Develop construction plans for traffic signalization, signing and pavement markings, roadway lighting, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).

  • Perform roadway lighting calculations and develop photometric models using software such as AGi32.

  • Develop lighting layouts and apply fundamental roadway lighting design principles to determine appropriate fixture placement and configuration.

  • Develop electrical service designs for roadway lighting and ITS projects.

  • Apply in-depth knowledge of FDOT standards, guidelines, specifications, and design processes throughout project development.

  • Prepare plans in accordance with the FDOT Design Manual (FDM), Standard Plans, Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, and Florida Greenbook, as applicable.

  • Utilize OpenRoads Designer (ORD) and AutoCAD Civil 3D to develop engineering plans and design deliverables.

  • Prepare technical reports, design documentation, calculations, and supporting engineering materials.

  • Coordinate closely with roadway, drainage, structures, utilities, and other disciplines on multidisciplinary transportation projects.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O) principles and project scopes.

What We Prefer:

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Additional Information

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-32083

How this job compares

Set against the 860 open Transportation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$87–152K/yr502 salary ranges
  • US median$29–47/hr37 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 57 open Transportation Engineer jobs in Florida and 860 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Transportation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 665 postings).
Education
460 of the 860 open Transportation Engineer jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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