Transportation Engineer (Highway Operations)MWCOGJob PostingJun. 11, 2026The Department of Transportation Planning (DTP) of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) is seeking a Transportation Engineer or Senior Transportation Engineer to assist in professional‑level activities that support metropolitan transportation planning. The Transportation Engineer position, as part of the Multimodal Planning Team, will primarily play a role in facilitating regional coordination and communication of highway operations, analysis, and planning issues. The successful candidate will also have responsibilities including authoring technical and policy‑oriented reports on metropolitan transportation issues; collecting and analyzing relevant data for transportation planning studies; contributing to the metropolitan transportation plan and other departmental initiatives; and presenting to the Transportation Planning Board (TPB) and COG committees and subcommittees. The position requires strong program management and analysis skills, ability to establish and maintain relationships with partners, and the candidate should be familiar with general transportation technical and planning issues, metropolitan transportation issues, and transportation performance measurement.#J-18808-Ljbffr