Multimodal Transportation Engineer Engineering

Alta is looking for a Multimodal Transportation Engineer to join our growing Baltimore office design team.
This production-level position is a fantastic opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and who is interested in growing their career as a transportation engineering professional.
In this role, you will work on the design of a variety of sustainable transportation projects and work on projects focused on making a positive impact on communities around Maryland and across the country.
This may include concept-level design for projects like complete street reconfigurations, development of construction documents, and production of high-quality graphics.

Specific project work will involve bikeway design, shared use path design and feasibility, streetscape design, civil design, and urban design.
You will be challenged to think at various scales from the systems-level down to specific sites or intersections and learn from industry leaders in active transport.
Engineers who enjoy working closely with other disciplines will appreciate our Baltimore team's multi-disciplinary approach that encourages collaboration with our planners, landscape architects, graphics designers, outreach specialists, and data analysts.
If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today!

About Alta
Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs.
Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States.
We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life.
As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

Day to Day

You will be a part of a multidisciplinary team responsible for leading and delivering a wide range of multimodal projects ranging from quick-build intersections, complex bikeway design, complete streets, and trails.
You will be responsible for a variety of design tasks including geometric layout, grading, signing and striping, storm drainage, green infrastructure, traffic control plans, construction staging, details, and engineer's estimates for large- and small-scale bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects, complete streets, and multimodal projects.
You will progressively develop abilities in solving complex transportation problems with creative solutions.

From time to time, you may participate in and lead some site visits to project sites to investigate existing conditions and observe construction activities.
You will lead some project tasks and assist in creating project documents to prepare a complete, bid-ready Plans, Specification, and Estimate package.
You may be designated as the project design lead or support a project design lead and/or project manager in client coordination, sub-consultant coordination, and document review.
You will participate in and be encouraged to lead some project coordination meetings with clients (both internal and external).

Some support may be requested when pursuing projects including writing the scope of work, preparing fee estimates, preparing technical graphics and concepts, reviewing proposals for other technical content, and coordinating with internal staff.

You will also support a variety of internal and external clients on creating conceptual designs and plans for grant applications, feasibility studies, corridor studies, and other planning documents.

What We Offer

Flexible Schedule Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week.
In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values.

Compensation The pay range for Engineering Designers in Baltimore is $67,500-$107,500 annually.
Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.

Benefits Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:

• Medical:
  PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost
• Dental/Vision:
  PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance:
  Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation
• 401(k):
  Alta provides a match up to 3%
• PTO:
  21 days accrued annually to start
• Holidays:
  11 total company paid holidays
• Additional Benefits:
  Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities

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