Transportation Safety Planner or Engineer

ABOUT THE POSITION

Transportation Safety Planner or Engineer | Washington D.C. | Hybrid

Together, we work to improve mobility, enhance communities and economic vitality, and balance development and infrastructure needs with environmental stewardship.  The right candidate would be joining a tight-knit team of transportation planners and traffic safety engineers who value technical excellence, career development, pride in our work, a collaborative team environment, and a passion for finding the right solutions that enhance mobility and safety.

At VHB, we’re invested in what we do, compelled by intellectual curiosity, and driven to work collectively to best serve our clients and help shape the future of our communities in a meaningful way. We’re proud, yet humbled, to have been doing this for over 40 years. We are dedicated to making a positive impact and providing opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

This position is for a Transportation Safety Planner/Engineer. In this role, you will be part of the Metro DC team and, more specifically, reporting to the VHB office in Washington, DC. The selected candidate will support our clients’ efforts to plan, design, and analyze new and improved transportation facilities that support and enhance mobility for all transportation modes while reducing crashes, saving lives, and preventing injuries.

Responsibilities

• Work within a team of professionals in developing transportation engineering, safety, and planning solutions for multimodal transportation projects
• Develop creative solutions to address challenging safety and mobility problems in urban, suburban, and rural environments
• Conduct multimodal safety transportation analyses, including both network -wide and individual corridor or intersection safety and improvement studies
• Conduct research, prepare reports, and present findings and results to clients, including both taking on a leadership role and also supporting other team members in the development
• Be able to lead and interpret data analysis and perform national-level state-of-the-practice and literature reviews
• Assist in the development of proposals and scopes of work, track project budgets, and manage tasks
• Work within a team of professionals to develop transportation planning and engineering solutions for a multitude of multimodal transportation projects, including the development of conceptual designs
• Participate in and lead field data collection and other on-site project support activities
• Facilitate meetings and prepare detailed meeting notes
• Monitor and update client facing project coordination sites
• Prepare technical presentations and materials to support public, stakeholder, or client meetings (in-person and virtual)
• Conduct transportation planning and scoping analyses
• Work with Federal, state, and local clients on identifying and applying best practices and the development of guidance documents and other publications
• Maintain a client-service approach to deliver projects that exceed client expectations
• Provide mentorship to junior staff
• Be able to lead client and stakeholder meetings, client workshops, and public meetings
• Prepare written documents, summarize data, and assemble technical reports
• Work within a team of professionals in developing transportation engineering, safety, and planning solutions for multimodal transportation projects

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to work well in a collaborative and integrated team environment
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Is self-motivated and has excellent organization and attention to detail
• Ability to think critically and solve problems
• Has an enthusiasm to learn and innovate
• Ability to take initiative on tasks while still collaborating across the team
• Ability to take on leadership of junior staff including providing positive direction, review, and delegation
• Ability to work effectively in both in-office and virtual environments
• Ability to balance concurrent projects and priorities
• Understanding of highway safety fundamentals
• Ability to read and interpret federal and state terminology
• Understanding of highway safety fundamentals, including behavioral safety factors, and safety treatments
• Ability to understand and interpret traffic engineering analysis
• Has Road Safety Audit (RSA) experience
• Experience with state DOT planning, design, and/or safety work

 Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional transportation engineering and/or planning experience, preferably in a consulting environment, required
• Strong interest and foundation in safety and multimodal transportation
• BS or MS in Civil Engineering, Planning, or related field
• PE or AICP expected
• Experience with MicroStation/AutoCAD, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience with multimodal analysis
• Familiarity with national and/or local transportation engineering standards, including VDOT, AASHTO, MUTCD, Highway Capacity Manual, Highway Safety Manual and/or ITE guidance documents

The full-time annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $135,000 if located in the DC Metro area. The base salary offered will be determined based on job-related factors, including geographic location, internal equity, experience, credentials, skills, education, work schedule, and other factors permitted by law. The posted salary range reflects base pay only. Additional compensation and benefits available to eligible employees are outlined in our Total Rewards Program.

Annual base salary is one component of VHB’s Total Rewards package. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation bonuses, spot bonuses, and merit-based salary increases, providing opportunities to increase earnings beyond base pay. VHB also offers a differentiating work experience, including a comprehensive benefits package that includes eligibility to participate in the VHB 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs. 

Details on VHB’s benefits package can be found here: Benefits Checklist  

Building what’s next, together.

Our people make the difference. We foster a technology-empowered, people‑driven, future‑ready culture where agility, innovation, and collaboration shape how we work every day.

When you join VHB, you’ll find:

• Meaningful work on complex projects with real community impact
• A collaborative, inclusive culture that values curiosity and shared success
• Support to grow your skills and lead through change
• Learning and development supported by evolving tools and technologies, including AI
• Best-in-class benefits and a flexible, hybrid work environment

We’re growing across the East Coast and are consistently recognized as a great place to work. Ready to shape what’s next? Learn more about what sets our employee experience apart and connect with us.  

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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