Traffic Engineer

 Sambatek, LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in civil engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services. We serve public and private clients throughout the country with office locations in Minnesota and North Carolina. We embrace challenging projects and work hard to help our clients find success.  

Summary

Sambatek is looking for an experienced and driven Traffic Engineer (Project Engineer) to support a team delivering high-impact traffic engineering projects. In this role, you’ll lead development of traffic tasks from start to finish while collaborating with a variety of project teams to success.

• Work Location: Hybrid- flexible to work in office and remotely; local to Minnetonka, MN office
• Expected Compensation Range: $45-65 per hour (Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications)
• Pay Rate Type: Hourly with overtime rate of 1.5x base pay for all hours worked over 40 in a week

Responsibilities

• Lead traffic tasks in study, preliminary design, and plan development phase
• Collaborate with internal teams to deliver high-quality work for state and county clients
• Evaluate traffic projects for freeways, arterial corridors, and intersections, including signals, roundabouts, and other innovative intersection control designs
• Represent Sambatek at meetings with clients, counties, cities, and other key stakeholders
• Complete quality reviews, risk management, and resource coordination
• Mentor, supervise, and train staff

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on traffic/transportation engineering
• PE in Civil Engineering, 4-10 years of relevant experience (PTOE license preferred)
• Experience leading traffic projects and/or tasks
• Ability and desire to effectively lead, mentor, train, coach, and develop team members
• Driven to exceed expectations, win over clients, and build strong relationships
• Experience with traffic engineering software such as: HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, Corsim, Rodel, and IHSDM
• Ability to complete traffic impact analyses (TIA), traffic operation modeling, traffic signal warrant studies, and intersection control evaluations (ICE)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate public engagement activities
• Possess critical thinking skills and independent engineering judgement
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local guidance and standards
• Previous experience delivering within the constraints of scopes, budgets, and schedules

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Work is primarily performed in an office environment
• Ability to occasionally move equipment/objects weighing up to 10 pounds

Benefit Information

Regular full-time employees will have access to:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• HSA and FSA options
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Voluntary benefits such as additional life insurance coverage, accident coverage, and critical illness coverage
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement 401(k) plan with company match
• Starting January 1, 2026, eligible Minnesota employees will be covered under Minnesota Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML), providing paid, job-protected time away from work for family, medical, or parental needs

Sambatek, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We select candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, and any other category protected by law.