Traffic Engineering Intern

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Job Description

Parsons' Atlanta office is seeking a qualified Traffic Engineering Intern to join our multidisciplinary team. This role offers hands-on experience with traffic engineering applications across a diverse portfolio of transportation infrastructure projects of varying scale and complexity.

What You'll Be Doing

• Traffic Analysis: Process turning movement counts, speed data, and travel time runs, and evaluate roadway and intersection performance using tools such as Synchro and SimTraffic.
• Safety Analysis: Review historical crash reports to identify high-collision patterns (hot spots), calculate crash rates, and evaluate potential countermeasure treatments.
• Geospatial and CAD Support: Create, edit, and organize GIS layers and CAD drawings (e.g., ArcGIS, MicroStation, AutoCAD) to map roadway networks and develop signage and striping plans.
• Documentation: Build and maintain structured spreadsheets (e.g., capacity analyses, signal warrant checks, sight distance calculations).
• Team Collaboration: Coordinate daily task deliverables with senior project engineers, participate in progress meetings, and conduct on-site field visits.
• Technical Reporting: Draft technical memoranda, methodology sections, Level of Service tables, and summary figures that outline traffic findings and proposed engineering recommendations.

Required Skills

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program in Civil Engineering (or a related field) at an accredited college or university.
• Completed at least one year of undergraduate coursework within the degree program.

Desired Skills

• Basic knowledge of AutoCAD, MicroStation, or GIS for mapping.
• Familiarity with basic traffic engineering concepts (e.g., volume, speed, delay) and manuals such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Highway Safety Manual (HSM), and MUTCD.
• Familiarity with tools such as Synchro, SimTraffic, Vissim, or Highway Capacity Software (HCS).

Security Clearance Requirement

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take pride in projects and solutions that improve communities and people's quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination needed to support our customers' visions and help them see what's next!

We value our employees and want them to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as a 401K.

We truly invest in and care about our employees' wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities. Imagine next and join the Parsons quest.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.