Senior Microsimulation Traffic Specialist - AECOM

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AECOM is thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transportation Microsimulation Analyst to join our team and provide in-house consulting services with Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise.

Step into a pivotal role where you’ll be at the heart of a major traffic program, influencing over 500 miles of toll roadways across Florida. You’ll play a key part in high-profile projects, bringing innovative ideas to life in planning and design, and driving future transportation improvements on both existing roadways and new corridors.

Join our dynamic team and make a significant impact on the future of transportation in Florida. This is your chance to work on a major traffic engineering program that affects countless travelers every day. An exceptional opportunity awaits.

We are seeking a candidate with a strong technical background, excellent writing and communication skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and drive excellence in traffic analysis, we want to hear from you! Apply now and be part of our dynamic team.

• Lead transportation planning assignments corridor studies, safety studies, Interchange Access Request (IAR) documentation and Transportation System Management and Operations (TSM&O) studies.
• Coordinate with other technical disciplines including conceptual design, environmental management, traffic operations, right of way and others to develop recommendations for proposed improvements.
• Prepare written reports and presentations of project findings that support Project Development and Environment (PD&E) studies, Design projects, signal warrant analysis, and corridor retiming studies.
• Develop small, medium, and large-scale microsimulation models in VISSIM.

Minimum:

• BS in Civil Engineering or related field + 8 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Professional Engineer 
• Knowledge and experience with the development and calibration of models in VISSIM
• Experience in dynamic traffic assignment and multi-resolution modeling in VISUM/VISSIM.
• Experience in statistical analysis software (i.e. SPSS,R) and programming (i.e, VBA, C+, Python)
• Experience with Safety analysis using software such as HSM, SPICE, ISATe, IHSMD, or similar applications.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in a related engineering discipline can substitute for up to two years of work experience 
• PhD degree in a related engineering discipline can substitute for up to three years of experience
• Experience and knowledge with the FDOT Traffic Analysis Handbook, FHWA Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume 3, Highway Capacity Manual, MUTCD, and Highway Safety Manual, FDOT Interchange Access Request User Guide.
• Knowledge and experience with the development and calibration of models in VISSIM
• Experience in dynamic traffic assignment and multi-resolution modeling in VISUM/VISSIM.
• Experience in statistical analysis software (i.e. SPSS,R) and programming (i.e, VBA, C+, Python)
• Hands-on experience in Safety analysis such as HSM, SPICE, ISATe, and IHSMD.
• Experience conducting presentations to clients 

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position 
• Relocation is not available for this role.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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