AVAILABLE POSITIONS
Highway Engineer – 2-5 Years of Experience:
Freeman Companies, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm based in Hartford, CT, has an immediate opportunity for a 2-5 year experienced highway engineer to join our growing traffic/safety and transportation engineering practice.
Job Description: Under direction of the project manager, performs professional highway engineering functions in field and office including design of construction projects; and other related work as required.
Examples of Duties: Preparation of plans for the development of road construction or reconstruction plans and specifications, including recommended route locations, minimum design standards, laying grades and computing quantities of materials; determines right-of-way widths to be acquired; supervises work in the field and interprets plans and specifications on job site to insure standards are met; verifies contract quantities and payments
Education and Experience: A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and two years of highway construction and design experience. Experience that demonstrates knowledge of CADD is required.
Knowledge and Abilities: Knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices applied to highway and bridge design and construction; knowledge of the basic principles and practices of engineering field and office work.
Traffic Project Engineers and Staff Engineers:
Seeking entry-level, junior and/or mid-level Traffic Engineers to join our Hartford office and fulfill Project Engineering and Staff Engineering rolls. These are excellent opportunities for traffic engineers with 1-10+ years of experience to join a dynamic organization and work on major traffic engineering studies and signal design projects. The successful candidates must be familiar in all areas of traffic engineering field including: traffic impact studies, basic intersection design, traffic signal control studies and design.
Responsibilities:
- Traffic data collection and tabulation
- Development, analysis and evaluation of traffic improvements
- Research to support traffic policy decisions
- General traffic and safety studies
- Design of traffic control devices
- Intersection and roadway level of service analyses
- Assessment of impacts
Qualifications:
- Experience with AutoCAD and traffic operational analysis tools such as HCS and Synchro applications
- BS Civil Engineering and 2-10 years of experience
- PE a plus
- Familiarity with engineering guidelines and standards
- Strong oral presentation, communication, and teamwork skills are essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A strong work ethic with the desire to learn and achieve