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Job Status :   Full Time, Employee
Company :   URS Corporation
Posting Date :   October 9
Closing Date :   OPEN
Relevant Experience :   7 Year(s)
Number of Positions :   1
Location :   Raleigh, North Carolina
Category :   GIS
Transportation Planning
Reference Number :   IE96670

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URS Corporation

Transportation Planner/Engineer

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Planning with studies in Civil Engineering, transportation planning, environmental planning or related field
• Minimum 7 years of experience in planning and or planning-related field
• Proficient in Excel, and MSWord
• Must have one or more of the following certifications: Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Certified Environmental Professional (CEP)

Must have the following experience and skills:
• Experience in project management and transportation engineering and planning task management, coordination and/or and oversight
• Preparation of and usage of project management tools such as scopes of service, budgets and schedules
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
• Successful management of at least one Environmental Impact Statements and/or Multiple Environmental Assessments compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA
• Excellent understanding of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) NEPA compliance and procedures as administered by NC Department of Transportation
• Experience with MicroSoft Office Suite including MSProject, MSWord, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as Microstation, and GIS
• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test

Job Description: The Environmental and Infrastructure Division of URS is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Transportation Planner/Engineer for immediate employment in the Morrisville (Raleigh) office. The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate an established career in transportation planning and project management specific to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. URS is proud to provide our employees with exciting, challenging projects. The incumbent can look forward to managing and supporting projects such as major transportation environmental impacts statements and environmental assessments, feasibility studies, and comprehensive transportation plans.

Incumbent Responsibilities:
• Manage, coordinate and/or oversee transportation related projects and task assignments to include traffic engineering, traffic forecasting, travel demand modeling, traffic capacity analyses, interchange modification/justification reports
• Develops and evaluates plans and criteria for a variety of projects and activities to be carried out by others
• Assesses the feasibility and soundness of proposed planning products
• Performs as a staff advisor and consultant as to a technical specialty, a type of facility, industry, equipment or program function
• Monitors and ensures compliance with local, state and federal laws
• Oversees specialized planning functions, such as large-scale new development proposals and environmental studies
• Provides overall management of IE-related planning issues
• Advises on all planning-related matters
• Advises various councils, boards, commissions and elected officials in planning related issues
• Evaluates operations and activities of assigned responsibilities
• Prepares reports on operations and activities, recommending improvements and modifications
• Analyzes planning projects related to transportation for information, including land use policies, impact of projects and long-range planning needs
• Defines regional and local transportation planning problems and priorities
• Prepares reports, recommendations, assessments and impact statements on transportation planning
• Recommends transportation system projects based on economic, population, land-use, and traffic projections
• Develops or tests new methods and models of transportation analysis
• Analyzes data from modeling software, geographic information systems or associated databases
• Collaborates with engineers to research, analyze, or resolve complex transportation and aviation design issues
• Develops design ideas for new or improved transport infrastructure, such as junction improvements, pedestrian projects, bicycle planning, transit facilities, and car parking areas
• Participates in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs
• Reviews development plans for transportation system effects, infrastructure requirements, or compliance with applicable transportation regulations
• Analyzes transportation-related consequences of federal and state legislative proposals
• Supplies transportation planning, engineering, and infrastructure advice to clients

Do the best work of your life! URS is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a broad range of planning, engineering and architectural design, environmental, construction, program and construction management, systems integration, operations and maintenance, management and a wide range of specialized technical services for the U.S. federal government, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and other multinational corporations. We provide services for transportation, hazardous waste, industrial infrastructure and process, petrochemical, general building, water/wastewater, military facilities and equipment platforms, and defense and security programs.
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