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Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way.
Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
At GHD we are looking for our next Transportation Roadway Engineer to join the Highways Roads & Bridges team based out of our Golden, CO or Des Moines, IA office. In this role you will perform engineering duties in planning and design.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Developing and preparing contract plans and specifications
- Utilizing computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) software in plans preparation and development
- Ensuring plans and specifications are developed in accordance with appropriate design criteria, policy, and procedures
- Assembling roadway design plans, signing and pavement marking plans, signalization plans, lighting plans, typical section packages, scopes of work, design exceptions and variations, and utility conflict reports
- Performing complex engineering/geometric calculations in the development of project design
- Determining bid items, associated quantities, and compiling quantity summaries
- Developing special designs as required for intersections, maintenance of traffic, profile grades, and other roadway design components with minimal supervision
- Preparing calculations for quantities and costing of projects
- Carrying out quality checks and procedures
- Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
- Engineering Standards Specification: Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
- Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What you will bring to the Team:
- Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil3d (preferred) and MicroStation (desired) and possess ability to become proficient in each, preferred
- Proficiency with grading and working with 3D surfaces, and storm drain design is desired.
- Strong teammate, with the ability to work independently when required, cooperative in open sharing of information and knowledge with team
- Good time management ability, ability to handle conflicting priorities and work in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail and ability to complete diverse assignments - Must have strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to meet challenging deadlines
- Some traffic engineering experience such as completing Traffic Impact Studies and familiarity with HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic and SIDRA/RODEL traffic capacity analysis software is desired, but not required
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or related degree
- Professional Engineering License or the ability to obtain PE within a reasonable time period
Experience
- Minimum 5 years transportation engineering experience
COMPENSATION
- Salary: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00, varies based on location and experience
BENEFITS
- 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation, sick, and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
- Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
- Wellness Benefit- Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees, Home exercise equipment purchases, Bicycles, Race, run & marathon entrance fees, Smoking cessation programs, Weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices
As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
LOCATION
- Location: Golden, CO or Des Moines, IA
Take on some of the world’s toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way. We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact. See where your commitment could take you with GHD.
OUR PLEDGE TO YOU
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. See where your commitment could take you.
WHO WE ARE
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
INTRODUCTION
Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way.
Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
At GHD we are looking for our next Transportation Roadway Engineer to join the Highways Roads & Bridges team based out of our Golden, CO or Des Moines, IA office. In this role you will perform engineering duties in planning and design.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Developing and preparing contract plans and specifications
- Utilizing computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) software in plans preparation and development
- Ensuring plans and specifications are developed in accordance with appropriate design criteria, policy, and procedures
- Assembling roadway design plans, signing and pavement marking plans, signalization plans, lighting plans, typical section packages, scopes of work, design exceptions and variations, and utility conflict reports
- Performing complex engineering/geometric calculations in the development of project design
- Determining bid items, associated quantities, and compiling quantity summaries
- Developing special designs as required for intersections, maintenance of traffic, profile grades, and other roadway design components with minimal supervision
- Preparing calculations for quantities and costing of projects
- Carrying out quality checks and procedures
- Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
- Engineering Standards Specification: Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
- Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What you will bring to the Team:
- Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil3d (preferred) and MicroStation (desired) and possess ability to become proficient in each, preferred
- Proficiency with grading and working with 3D surfaces, and storm drain design is desired.
- Strong teammate, with the ability to work independently when required, cooperative in open sharing of information and knowledge with team
- Good time management ability, ability to handle conflicting priorities and work in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail and ability to complete diverse assignments - Must have strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to meet challenging deadlines
- Some traffic engineering experience such as completing Traffic Impact Studies and familiarity with HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic and SIDRA/RODEL traffic capacity analysis software is desired, but not required
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or related degree
- Professional Engineering License or the ability to obtain PE within a reasonable time period
Experience
- Minimum 5 years transportation engineering experience
COMPENSATION
- Salary: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00, varies based on location and experience
BENEFITS
- 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation, sick, and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
- Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
- Wellness Benefit- Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees, Home exercise equipment purchases, Bicycles, Race, run & marathon entrance fees, Smoking cessation programs, Weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices
As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
LOCATION
- Location: Golden, CO or Des Moines, IA
Take on some of the world’s toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way. We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact. See where your commitment could take you with GHD.
OUR PLEDGE TO YOU
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. See where your commitment could take you.
WHO WE ARE
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Traffic Engineer
Match your credentials to EB-2 or EB-3
If you hold a bachelor's in civil or transportation engineering, you qualify under EB-3. A master's or PE licensure combined with specialized traffic modeling experience can support an EB-2 advanced-degree petition, which skips PERM entirely through the National Interest Waiver route.
Target employers with active PERM filings
State DOTs, metropolitan planning organizations, and engineering consultancies like AECOM, WSP, and Kimley-Horn regularly file PERM applications for traffic engineers. Search DOL PERM disclosure data to confirm which employers have sponsored this specific occupation before approaching them.
Find green card sponsors using Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to filter Traffic Engineer openings by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. This cuts the time you'd otherwise spend manually cross-referencing PERM filings against job postings across dozens of agency and consultancy career portals.
Verify your PE license transfers across states
PERM job requirements must match the position you'll actually perform. If your employer requires a Professional Engineer license, confirm your foreign credentials qualify for NCEES comity or state licensure by endorsement before your employer locks in the PERM job description.
Understand the PERM recruitment window
Your employer must complete DOL-mandated recruitment, including newspaper ads and an internal job posting, within 180 days before filing PERM. Any gap or misstep resets the clock, so ask your employer's attorney to start the prevailing wage determination from OFLC Wage Search before posting the position.
Prepare for priority date backlogs if born in India or China
EB-3 is current for most countries, but applicants born in India or China face multi-year waits at the adjustment of status stage. Check the USCIS monthly Visa Bulletin to understand when your priority date will become current before accepting a role that's purely EB-3.
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Find Traffic Engineer JobsTraffic Engineer Green Card Sponsorship: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Traffic Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Traffic Engineer positions typically qualify under both categories. EB-3 covers roles requiring a bachelor's degree in civil or transportation engineering. EB-2 applies when the position requires an advanced degree or when you can document advanced credentials in traffic operations, modeling, or signal design. PERM labor certification is required for employer-sponsored petitions under both categories.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for traffic engineers?
H-1B status is temporary and subject to an annual lottery cap, which creates uncertainty for both you and your employer. EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency with no annual lottery. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM processing at DOL takes six to twelve months before the I-140 petition even begins, compared to H-1B status which can start within months.
Which types of employers sponsor Traffic Engineers for green cards?
State and local departments of transportation are among the most consistent sponsors because they have ongoing hiring needs and established HR processes for PERM filings. Large engineering consultancies that handle federal highway, transit, and safety projects also sponsor regularly. Smaller firms sponsor less often because PERM legal costs are significant regardless of company size.
How can I find Traffic Engineer jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Traffic Engineer openings filtered by employers with verified green card sponsorship history, so you're not relying on vague job descriptions that say 'sponsorship available.' Targeting employers who have already completed PERM filings for this occupation reduces the risk that a company will back out once they learn what the process involves.
What role does the prevailing wage determination play in my green card case?
Before filing PERM, your employer must obtain a prevailing wage determination from OFLC that sets the minimum salary DOL considers appropriate for your role and location. If your offered salary falls below that figure, your employer must raise it before filing or the application will be denied. You can preview wage levels by occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search tool before accepting an offer.
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