Profession transport engineer

Transport engineers design and set the engineering specifications for the construction and development of roadways and transport infrastructure. They apply engineering concepts and knowledge for developing sustainable and efficient modes of transportation ranging from roads to canals, railways, and airports.

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Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative

Knowledge

• Engineering principles

  The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects.

• Mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products

  The offered mining, construction and civil engineering machinery products, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.

• Urban planning

  Political and technical process that seeks to design the urban environment and optimize land use by considering various aspects such as infrastructure, water, and green and social spaces.

• Mathematics

  Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove the truth or falsity of these conjectures. There are many fields of mathematics, some of which are widely used for practical applications.

• Civil engineering

  The engineering discipline that studies the design, construction and maintenance of naturally built works such as roads, buildings, and canals.

• Zoning codes

  The division of land into zones where various uses and activities are allowed, such as residential, agricultural, and industrial activities. These zones are regulated by legislative procedures and local authorities.

• Transportation methods

  Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and optimal work strategies.

• Engineering processes

  The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems.

• Technical drawings

  Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings.

• Transportation engineering

  The subdiscipline of civil engineering that plans, designs and studies the operation and management of the transportation of people and goods in a safe, efficient, comfortable, economical and environmentally friendly manner.

• Design principles

  The elements used in design such as unity, scale, proportion, balance, symmetry, space, form, texture, colour, light, shade and congruence and their application into practice.

• Construction methods

  The various techniques and methods for erecting buildings and other constructions.

Skills

• Design transportation systems

  Outline and design airports, public transport systems and highways in order to assess how to move people and goods in a safe and efficient manner.

• Carry out statistical forecasts

  Undertake a systematic statistical examination of data representing past observed behaviour of the system to be forecast, including observations of useful predictors outside the system.

• Perform scientific research

  Gain, correct or improve knowledge about phenomena by using scientific methods and techniques, based on empirical or measurable observations.

• Ensure compliance with safety legislation

  Implement safety programmes to comply with national laws and legislation. Ensure that equipment and processes are compliant with safety regulations.

• Adjust engineering designs

  Adjust designs of products or parts of products so that they meet requirements.

• Manage budgets

  Plan, monitor and report on the budget.

• Execute analytical mathematical calculations

  Apply mathematical methods and make use of calculation technologies in order to perform analyses and devise solutions to specific problems.

• Approve engineering design

  Give consent to the finished engineering design to go over to the actual manufacturing and assembly of the product.

• Advise on use of land

  Recommend the best ways to use land and resources. Advise on locations for roads, schools, parks, etc.

• Use technical drawing software

  Create technical designs and technical drawings using specialised software.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB