Fehrandpeers7mo ago

USD 76000–82000/yr

Entry-Level Transportation Engineer/Planner (Summer 2026)

Orange CountyFull-timeentry

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If you are interested in multiple locations please only apply once, your preference will be discussed during the screening process. At Fehr & Peers,

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OtherTransportation Engineer/Planner

If you are interested in multiple locations please only apply once, your preference will be discussed during the screening process.

At Fehr & Peers, we are a diverse group of individuals with one thing in common—a passion for transportation. We highly value that same passion in candidates for our team. Our Entry-Level Transportation Engineers and Planners may expect to build a career foundation through a wide variety of experiences. Our emphasis on the early development of project management and technical skills provides the tools for success as well as a foundation for increasing career growth. These opportunities for personal and professional growth are maximized through experience in both planning and engineering project work and by exposure to a multitude of project types and tasks, including the following:

- Transportation impact studies 

- Bicycle and pedestrian planning 

- Access, circulation, and parking studies 

- Multimodal operations assessments 

- Complete streets planning, operations, and design 

- Cost estimates and project specifications 

- Transit forecasting and operations 

- Travel behavior forecasting 

- Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) assessments 

- Systemic safety studies 

- Highway interchange/corridor studies 

- Climate action plans 

- Freight planning 

- Transportation demand management (TDM) plans 

- Design drawings from the conceptual stage all the way to construction-ready documents, including the following: 

- Bikeways/complete streets 

- Signing and striping 

- Traffic signals/ITS 

- Street lighting 

- Roundabouts 

- Temporary traffic control 

Please review the responsibilities below.

Conduct transportation analysis and write reports 

Participate in meetings, including preparing presentations and public outreach materials 

Handle project management responsibilities  

Participate in professional organizations 

Conduct site visits and collect field data  

Explore the Fehr & Peers internal Research and Development program 

Participate in on-the-job training and mentoring 

Work on a few different projects 

Seek additional work from project managers 

Work on a variety of projects with most staff in the office 

Use several technical software programs 

Prepare deliverables, including memos, reports, and presentations 

Attend multiple client meetings 

Increase responsibility for managing small projects 

An entrepreneurial spirit and proactive approach to communication and getting work done 

Genuine curiosity for the work and familiarity with the challenges of day-to-day travel within your community 

Completed bachelor’s  or in-process master’s degree in transportation, civil or electrical engineering, urban and regional planning, or a related major (e.g., geography, math, statistics, economics) 

Coursework in transportation, engineering, urban and regional planning, geography, math, statistics, economics, or other related courses (an EIT for engineering candidates is preferred) 

Experience or exposure related to the following topic areas (note that experience in all these areas is not required) Topic Areas: Field work, traffic operations analysis, signal design, transportation planning (e.g., bicycle or transit plans, infrastructure finance, transportation and land use policy, and/or travel demand modeling) 

Experience or exposure to relevant software (note that experience with all software is not required). General–Microsoft Excel, GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS), and/or CAD (AutoCAD, Microstation). Traffic Operations Analysis–HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic, Vistro, VISSIM, and/or Sidra.  Travel Demand Modeling–Cube/Voyager, TransCAD, VISUM, and/or Emme. Programming–Python and/or R. 

Previous work experience in an office setting related to a topic area listed above 

Experience with technical writing and public speaking through school and/or work experience 

Interpersonal skills, a desire to collaborate, and a creative approach to problem-solving 

Organizational skills and the ability to balance priorities between multiple tasks within a defined timeline 