IBI Group Looking for Transportation Systems Engineer at Southfield, MI Full Time

We are a global team of dedicated and experienced architects, engineers, planners, designers and technology professionals who share a common desire – to help our clients create livable, sustainable, and advanced urban environments.

From high-rises to industrial buildings, schools to state-of-the-art hospitals, transit stations to highways, airports to toll systems, bike lanes to parks, we design every aspect of a truly integrated city for people to live, work, and play.

Our collaborative and combined approach focuses not only on creating the best solutions today, but also determining the right solutions for tomorrow. We believe cities in the future must be designed with intelligent systems, sustainable buildings, efficient infrastructure, and a human touch.

With over 3,000 employees and 60+ offices around the world, we understand what it takes to work locally and scale globally.

As a leader in the planning, design and implementation of advanced mobility systems for highway, transit and marine transportation, IBI Group’s Intelligence practice helps public agencies make better use of their investments in ways that meet their needs, the needs of their customers, and the needs of the broader community. We don’t just “engineer” solutions, using our fundamental knowledge of mobility and technology, we take time to understand the problem, identify creative solutions, and help our clients make the best decisions based on both todays needs and what we see coming up in the future.

IBI Group’s Intelligence practice works on unique and leading-edge transportation technology projects for agencies across North America. We are looking for great people with a keen interest in transportation and technology to join our Intelligent Transportation System and Tolling teams to assist public and private entities across North America plan, design, procure, deploy and utilize technologies and systems for application to tolling, traffic operations traveler information, transit and other transportation business functions. Examples of the types of projects that we typically work on include electronic payment systems for tolling and transit, ITS systems for incident detection and management, data analysis for performance monitoring and operational improvement, mobile apps for payment, planning and information dissemination.

Our client base is broad and located across the US. They range from transportation and transit agencies, toll facilities to DOTs, counties to privatized transportation operations. A hallmark of our work is that we have gained the long-term trust of our transit agency partners, maintaining long term relationships and being able to respond to whatever they needs. Some of these include: MDOT, VDOT, MassDOT, MDOT, DelDOT, WMATA, MARTA, San Francisco MTC, Las Vegas RTC, LA Metro, Portland TriMet, Sound Transit, Boston MBTA, Westchester County Beeline, Washington Metro, Tampa HART, Chicago RTA, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and others.

We would like the candidate to be in the Michigan area. Other locations will also be considered for well qualified candidates. We also know the world has changed as a result of COVID-19 and will continue to have a flexible work from home schedule for our great professionals.

Most of the things you’ll work on:

• Proactively support public agency clients in the planning, design, procurement and implementation of technology systems utilized by transit agencies and DOTs for fleet management, customer information, fare collection, maintenance management, business intelligence, traffic management, toll collection and other business needs. This will include working with colleagues and agency staff to understand their needs, and helping to translate those into requirements, plans and documents to help the agency procure, implement and operate new or replacement systems
• Coordinating project activities, taking responsibility for tasks and deliverables, working with colleagues and subject matter experts from across the firm to come up with creative ideas and solutions, and preparing the materials and deliverables required for the project
• Oversee vendor testing, implementation activities and verify and validate conformance with contractual requirements, including from time-to-time onsite inspections and working with both clients and vendors
• Prepare project deliverables such as technical memos, reports, and engineering cost estimates
• Help with proposal preparation to pursue new work
• Work with colleagues both within our group and with other planning, engineering and architecture professionals to determine how to integrate technologies with the environment around us
• May travel 15 – 25 % of time to project locations for client-facing assignments

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering, City Planning, Urban Planning, Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field
• Experience of 0-5 years with transportation projects or the practical implementation of technology
• Knowledge of, or interest in, transportation and transit systems and data
• Interest in emerging transportation mobility concepts and the evolving alignment of technology, user needs and mobility
• Problem solving skills and a practical thinker
• Strong organizational skills and self-motivated
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

Office Description:

Located on the 3rd floor of the award-winning Mars Building in Southfield, our office is close to all major highways and just minutes from the exciting renaissance taking place in Downtown Detroit. Southfield has long been considered one of the best places to work in the metro area, with easy access to restaurants, shopping and residential life in the neighboring cities and suburbs.

Our employees enjoy collaborating in a newly renovated, open concept office, allowing us to take a creative approach to projects. Locally, you’ll be working with peers, members of management, and our enthusiastic project services team. As a global architecture, engineering and technology design firm, IBI Group also has offices across the country, continent and world.

IBI Group is pleased to provide a competitive benefit package and pays association dues and licensing fees.

As part of IBI Group’s selection process, candidates may be requested to consent to background checks relevant to the role under consideration for, prior to receiving a job offer (as applicable under state law). These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, credit report, criminal offence, drug testing and driver’s license record.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. IBI Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability.

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