Transportation Planning/Analysis Engineering Associate
DKS Associates is currently hiring a Transportation Planning/Analysis Engineering Associate. This position will assist with the planning and operations analysis tasks of various transportation planning projects that may involve multimodal corridor studies, long-range planning, travel demand modeling and forecasting, safety evaluations, intersection operations analysis and simulation, electric vehicle charging station plans, and data analytics. This position will apply technical analysis and tools to develop findings and recommendations.
We are looking for candidates who are eager to learn, innovative, and collaborative. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes initiative, demonstrates a proactive mindset, and maintains a positive attitude while embracing new challenges. DKS is committed to delivering a “one company” experience by promoting cross-training and cross-office collaboration—an approach that benefits both our clients and our employees. Our Core Values—Meaningful Difference, Expertise, Client Satisfaction, Opportunity, Trustworthiness, and Teamwork—guide everything we do.
What will you be doing?
- Performing technical tasks, assisting with the review of technical work prepared by others, and conducting advanced analysis.
- Safety Analysis: Support transportation safety planning through crash data analysis, safety evaluations, and applying the Safe System Approach.
- Conducting technical transportation analysis; including traffic operational analysis using Synchro, Vissim, and other traffic and modeling software to analyze the performance or impacts between various travel modes and vehicle types (cars, trucks, bus, light rail, pedestrians, bikes, e-scooters, etc.)
- Working with multi-disciplinary teams on a variety of complex corridor studies, transit operations, area plans, system plans, and other technical transportation projects.
- Communicating technical findings to project managers and group managers
- Working on significant project across the west coast and in your own community
Don't meet every requirement or looking to start after graduation? At DKS Associates, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so even if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just who we're looking for.
What are we looking for?
- Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation, or similar field; Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering or Urban and Regional Planning desired
- Preferred - 3 years of experience in Transportation and Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning, GIS, Statistics, Traffic Flow Theory, or Travel Demand Modeling
- Interest in transportation systems, active transportation, traffic flow and transportation operations
- Ability to work in a team and independently
- Attention to detail and ability to perform self-review of work
- Ability to write scripts to automate procedures and emulate control logic desired, but not required
- EIT Certification desired, but not required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Creative problem solver
What are our Benefits?
DKS offers its employee-owners a comprehensive benefits package. We have designed a benefit plan we are proud of. One that encourages happy, healthy, and engaged employee-owners. We offer:
- 10 Vacation Days amp; 8.66 Sick Pay Days
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Employer paid Disability, Life, AD amp;D Insurance Coverage
- 100% DKS paid Medical Premium for our employee-owners
- 80% DKS paid Medical Premium for spouse and dependents of our employee-owners
- Extremely affordable Dental amp; Vision Plans
- Flexible Spending Account (Health Care amp; Dependent Care), Transit Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account Options
- Paid Jury/Witness Duty
- Paid Bereavement
- Leave without Pay
- Transit Subsidy
- Pre-tax Commuter Option
- Referral Bonus Program
- DKS funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401k Pre-tax and Roth options
- Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement
Our Commitment to your Professional Growth
- Training amp; Educational Assistance
- Professional Registration Support
- Technical amp; Professional Societies
- Conferences amp; Seminars
- Annual Bonus Program
- Years of Service Awards
- Hybrid Work Schedule
Pay Range:
Associate (posted job): $94,000 - 108,600 per year
Assistant: $39.47 - $42.88 per hour
EIT: $36.77 - $38.84 per hour
DKS is proud to be 100% employee-owned with a commitment to making a meaningful difference in our communities. As part of the DKS team you will be part of a collaborative environment where every employee-owner is encouraged to share ideas and participate in strategic discussions focused on shaping the future of transportation and of our firm. At DKS we put our employee-owners first. We realize our unique and diverse employee-owners are the heart of our firm. Not only do we work hard to accomplish our goals, we also play hard to celebrate our victories! We welcome the opportunity for you to become an employee-owner of DKS!
DKS Associates is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age.
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