Common traffic engineering roles
Job titles vary by employer and country and can include traffic engineer, transportation engineer, traffic analyst, traffic operations engineer, transportation planner, traffic impact analyst and traffic modelling specialist.
Skills employers may ask for
Useful skills include traffic data collection and analysis, intersection and corridor analysis, traffic signal concepts, report writing, GIS, spreadsheets, statistics, Python and familiarity with traffic simulation or analysis software.
Software and technical tools
Depending on the role, employers may use Synchro, SIDRA, PTV VISSIM, PTV VISUM, SUMO, ArcGIS, QGIS, spreadsheets and Python. Requirements differ, so learn the underlying engineering workflow rather than treating one software package as the whole skill.
Build a traffic engineering portfolio
A portfolio can demonstrate a traffic count analysis, turning-movement summary, intersection analysis, GIS map, queue or signal analysis, simulation calibration exercise, Python data workflow or concise technical report. Use representative or synthetic data when project information is confidential.