Graduate Engineer
Grontmij
Total years of experience :14 years, 0 Months
I currently work for a civil engineering consultancy. I work as a traffic engineer involved in Traffic Impact Assessments, Traffic Modelling and general traffic forecasting. I also have experience in signal design and several public sector schemes.
Graduate Engineer
Monaghan County Council
Sept 2010 - Ongoing
N2 Clontibret to N.I Border, Trunk Road Scheme Development (Client Adviser)
I am part of the Traffic and Economics team that has input into the constraints study for this new section of road on one of the major strategic corridors linking Ireland to Northern Ireland. I analysed traffic flow data obtained from permanent traffic counters for the related scheme, processing the recent traffic count figures and constructed a matrix suitable for SATURN modelling. The model was used to inform the economic assessment and route selection process.
August 2010 - Present Grontmij, Edinburgh. Graduate Engineer (Traffic & Transport Planning, Transportation & Mobility)
In my current role as Graduate Engineer, I work alongside other Graduate Engineers, the Traffic & Transport Team Leader and Technical Director on a day-to-day basis, providing them with technical support on a broad range of public and private sector commissions.
My current duties involve commissioning traffic surveys, preparing web travel surveys, designing for signal installations, preparing transport assessments for small and large scale developments
During my time at University and in my current employment, I have acquired strong verbal and written communication skills, together with strong IT, organisational and diplomatic skills. I am comfortable liaising with people from all walks of life and have developed and maintain a strong working relationship with external clients and colleagues alike.
I relish new challenges and opportunities and enjoy working as part of a team and as an individual and feel confident in my ability to make informed decisions. I am also very enthusiastic to pursue chartership options.
Key Project Experience
Graduate Engineer
LXB3 Properties (Winchburgh) Ltd
May 2011 - Ongoing
Winchburgh, Short Term Access & Appropriate Appraisal
I have been part of the project team carrying out the Appropriate Appraisal for the Winchburgh Development Initiative to determine the level of transportation infrastructure required to support approx 3500 residential units. I have assisted in the investigation into the availability and accessibility of Public Transport facilities to the residents of Winchburgh due to the expansion of the town. I also prepared a transport statement for the initial phase of the full Winchburgh development.
Graduate Transport Planner
Transport Scotland
February 2011 - Ongoing
A82 Crianlarich
Analysis of traffic flow through the major junction in Crianlarich for the A82 to understand the peak periods of traffic congestion. Queue analysis was then undertaken using PICADY to model the current traffic behaviour to understand what improvements are required. I then used this data compared to Paramics modelling outputs to better understand the congestion levels and effects.
Graduate Engineer
North Ayrshire Council
Jan 2011 - Ongoing
North Ayrshire Council, Car Parking Study
I evaluated raw data from parking surveys for both on and off street parking in 7 areas throughout North Ayrshire. The data is presented as part of a report with indicative tables and drawings representing the behaviour of parking in the area. Data analysis using ArcGIS gave an overview of the parking behaviour in the specified areas. This report was sent to the client with suggestion for future works, which proved successful in gaining further parking studies in more areas within the Council's catchment.
Graduate Transport Planner
Falkirk Council
Sep 2010 - December 2010
Falkirk Council, Falkirk Abbotsford Development
I analysed the existing traffic conditions for the site surroundings then factored these figures to obtain a projection of future traffic conditions. Using TRICS to calculate future trip rates using sites of a similar nature. I then processed the trip generation data using ARCADY to evaluate the impact the site would have on the surrounding area. Using this information to build TA for the site which has been reported to the client.
Summers 2006, 07, 08 Student Engineer, AECOM (Faber Maunsell), Edinburgh
Provided support to a team of traffic engineers, transport planners & transport modellers on a range of public and private sector projects. Gained experience traffic management and traffic modelling by working on projects such as the Olympic Route Network, Edinburgh CPZ and Buchanan Street Bus Station.
2009 - 2010 Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh MSc, Transport Planning & Engineering.
2005 - 2009 Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh BSc (Hons.), Civil Engineering.