Description:
Traffic Control Designer
Your work environment at EXP
In this role you will be a part of the Infrastructure and Transportation team and have the opportunity to work on a broad range of projects designing and drafting traffic control plans for utility construction projects throughout the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.
What a day at EXP has in store for you
- Prepares site sketches, traffic control plans, permit planning and DOT application for a portion or all of a utility construction project at a fast pace environment. Manages and gathers information, data, reports, field notes from work management systems & software.
- Utilize basic knowledge of utility piping systems & networks
- Works with dynamic design teams including senior traffic engineers, utility engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and structural engineers, at a fast and progressive environment
- Work may include generating drawings from scratch with minimal direction and oversight to revising drawings based on mark-ups from others under a EIT or PE supervision.
- Prepares project drawings, calculations, and specifications
- Familiar with all aspects of construction document preparation and capable of independently making design decisions and preparing the construction document package
What Your Experience Looks Like
- Associate degree, technical certification, or equivalent work experience in drafting, engineering technology, civil engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience preparing Temporary Traffic Control (TCP) or Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plans for utility or infrastructure projects.
- 3 to 5+ years of traffic control plan development experience preferred.
- Experience supporting utility construction activities within public rights-of-way.
- Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD.
- Strong understanding of TCP drafting standards, layouts, and symbology.
- Ability to interpret utility design drawings, permit requirements, work orders, and construction scopes.
- Working knowledge of MUTCD and traffic control design principles.
- Ability to create and modify permit-ready traffic control drawings.
- Experience utilizing aerial imagery, GIS mapping resources, and jurisdictional mapping tools to develop accurate base maps.
- Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet permitting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience preparing TCPs for projects within Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
- Familiarity with DDOT, VDOT, MDOT SHA, and local county permitting requirements.
- Utility industry experience supporting electric, gas, water, sewer, telecommunications, or fiber-optic construction.
- ATSSA Traffic Control Technician (TCT), Traffic Control Supervisor (TCS), or Traffic Control Design Specialist (TCDS) certification preferred.
- Microsoft Office Suite.
- Adobe Acrobat.
- Electronic permitting and document management systems.