Transportation Engineer

Toole Design Group in Oakland, CA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Transportation Engineer. Do you understand the nuts and bolts of conventional transportation engineering, but believe an auto-centric approach is outdated? Are you looking for the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable? Do you enjoy leading projects and building industry relationships? If so, please consider joining our Oakland team.

This engineering position, with a focus on transportation engineering, sidewalk/bikeway/Complete Streets design, and project/task management, earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

Our design projects are at all different scales, from street reconstruction projects to concept development and design for high-comfort bikeways for states, cities, and counties. Our engineers, planners, and landscape architects work on multimodal corridor studies, Vision Zero projects, transit plans and studies, Safe Routes to School plans and designs, active transportation plans, new mobility and curbside management, trails and greenways, Complete Streets, design guidelines, and more. We remind ourselves and our clients to proactively think about equity every step of the way.

A Day in the Life of a Project Transportation Engineer

You are at the forefront of brainstorming creative solutions for challenging projects. You support interdisciplinary project teams to help deliver multimodal transportation projects in a wide range of contexts, including roadway reconfigurations, intersection redesigns, and bikeway and trail design. You use programs such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, ArcGIS, and Synchro to oversee and contribute to production work on your projects, and state-of-the-art approaches to create sustainable multimodal transportation networks.

You work on a wide spectrum of projects that inform your design work, including multimodal corridor and intersection studies, traffic and crash analysis, and design guidance and standards. You share your knowledge with staff and clients to develop feasibility studies, Vision Zero and safety plans, streetscape plans, conceptual designs, cost estimates, and construction documents including signing and striping plans and traffic signal plans.

You lead small Oakland and western region design projects and serve in other project leadership roles on larger/complex projects. You contribute to and lead some engineering business development efforts and pursuits for Northern California. You get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that you serve.

We are targeting a salary range of $104,000 to $119,000 for this position. Candidates with more years of experience or exceptional qualifications may fall into a different pay range.

Work Schedule for a Project Transportation Engineer

This full-time position typically works a hybrid schedule of 40 hours per week. Our team enjoys working together in the office on 2-3 planned "team" days per week, including Wednesdays. We provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home up to 3 days per week. Our Oakland office is located in the heart of downtown Oakland and is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Qualifications of a Transportation Engineer:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in civil/transportation engineering
• Professional engineering license (California preferred)
• 6+ years of relevant experience including but not limited to developing concept design drawings, construction documents including signing and pavement marking plans, cost estimates, and traffic engineering studies (If you have 10+ years of experience, please apply to our Senior or Principal level roles)
• Experience serving in a project or design management role
• A broad knowledge base in aspects of street design and understanding of civil engineering drawings
• Basic to advanced experience with collision data, safety countermeasure selection, and safety audits
• Proficient in Computer Automated Design (AutoCAD)
• Experience in Complete Streets design, including the design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities
• Understanding of the MUTCD at the state and federal level
• Experience in leading business development efforts
• Experience in leading marketing pursuits

It would be a plus if you had any of the following:

• Experience working on engineering projects for Caltrans District 4, the City of Oakland, and other public agencies in Alameda County and throughout California
• Interest in multimodal transportation issues and design (specifically for bicycle, pedestrian, Safe Routes to School, Complete Streets, Vision Zero, and/or transit integration)
• Knowledge base in civil engineering with a transportation or roadway focus and specific knowledge of horizontal and vertical roadway geometric design (MUTCD and AASHTO)
• Experience in Highway Capacity Software, Synchro, SIDRA, and/or VISSIM
• Experience with operational analysis
• Experience preparing transportation and local agency permit documents
• Experience conducting public outreach and engagement
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects
• Experience coordinating utility, right-of-way, street lighting, traffic signals, and landscape and hardscape layout
• Knowledge of ADA and drainage requirements
• Knowledge of maintenance of traffic plan development

You'll be great here if:

You have strong leadership skills.
You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built.
You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphical.
You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable.

About Our Oakland Office

Our Oakland team is a dynamic mix of engineers, urban designers, and planners who strive to support each other and our communities. We have a diverse portfolio of multimodal transportation projects that range from citywide plans to street transformations in the Bay Area and northern California and throughout North America.

Our staff enjoy bicycling or riding the bus or BART to work and will happily join you on a post-work hike, happy hour, or bike ride in the East Bay. You will experience a company and office culture that is rooted in family, fun, and creative thinking. Strong values, flexibility, and exceptional quality work are just a few of the characteristics we hold in high regard.

Ready to Join our Oakland Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Project Transportation Engineer position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities-women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities, and people at all the intersections in between-to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing [email protected].