Professional Traffic Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 8, 2026. alliantinc scores A on the Alion truth index.
You deserve a job that you feel proud of, where you can channel your knowledge and skills into projects that positively affect communities, and where you design your own path. This is Alliant. Become an employee-owner of a growing engineering and consulting firm where we strive to provide a diverse and equitable culture of support and opportunities. Our success is driven by our employee-owners, and we're excited to have you be a part of it.
The Impact You’ll Have:
Alliant Engineering, Inc. has an exciting opening for a Professional Traffic Engineer to join the Traffic team in our Salt Lake City office.
As a Professional Traffic Engineer and an experienced self-motivated individual, you will use your project engineer skills to work in a team environment and lead on a variety of design projects in Utah and across the country.
Responsibilities:
Our team is looking for someone that possesses the following skills:
- Independently apply standard civil and traffic engineering principles and techniques
- Design traffic engineering elements of infrastructure projects, such as roadway lighting, traffic signals, signing, and pavement markings
- Prepare traffic design bid packages, including plans, specifications and engineer’s estimates
- Perform quality assurance detail checking reviews of plans, specifications and estimates prior to submittal
- Prepare Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) studies
- Conduct various transportation studies, including traffic operations analysis, traffic safety analysis, and concept alternatives development
- Write proposals, scopes of work and preparing project budgets
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
- 4+ years of experience in Traffic Engineering
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- Proficient with MicroStation and SignCAD
- Familiarity with traffic final design manuals and standards
- Working knowledge of traffic operations software such as Synchro/Sim Traffic, Highway Capacity Manual, and VISSIM
- Attention to detail and detailed design
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities, organization and multi-tasking skills
- Excellent technical, written and oral communication skills
- Familiarity of industry practices and traffic engineering principles
- Ability to lead and mentor staff
Benefits:
At Alliant, we take care of our employees by offering a competitive benefit package including:
- Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
- Generous Profit Sharing, ESOP, and 401k contribution programs
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Company paid Life Insurance, Short-term disability, and Long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
- Wellness Programs & Competitions
- Generous Annual Leave and Compensatory Time Off programs
- Flexible Schedules
- Casual work environment
- Paid Professional Development and Training
- Community Involvement/Charity Events
- Numerous Employee Focused Events (Lunch & Learns, Quarterly Off-Site Socials, etc.)
Who We Are:
Alliant Engineering, Inc., an employee-owned company, is a growing engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying firm with a strong culture of customer service, quality, delivery, and innovation. At Alliant we work hard; we have fun; and we love it.
We design solutions that address current needs while paving the way for a brighter future. We approach every project with unwavering confidence yet remain humbly committed to designing work that speaks for itself. At Alliant, our employee-owners are the force behind our success, and we can't wait for you to join us to build better communities with excellence and passion.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.