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Overview
Transport engineers design transport systems and set engineering specifications for roads, railways, canals, airports and other infrastructure that moves people or goods.
In job descriptions, look for transport system design, technical drawings, civil engineering, urban planning, traffic simulation, sustainable transport, safety engineering, budgets and construction procedures.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Transport engineering links civil engineering, planning and mobility systems. The work can include designing transport networks, setting technical specifications, preparing drawings, simulating transport problems and checking safety procedures during infrastructure projects.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include transport system design, technical drawing software, analytical calculations, urban planning, road transport rules, multimodal logistics, sustainable transport and construction health and safety. Specialization may focus on roads, rail, airports, canals or traffic modelling.
Salary context
Compare roles by project size, design authority, budget responsibility, technical sign-off, modelling depth, construction interface and whether the post coordinates several transport modes. Advisory design work differs from site support or drafting work.
Career paths
Development can move from design support and calculations into project engineering, transport planning, safety engineering, infrastructure management, senior design review or specialist modelling for network capacity and sustainable transport.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the transport mode, project phase, drawing tools, modelling methods, budget role and construction interface. Clear adverts state whether the work is conceptual planning, detailed design, analysis or delivery support.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 3
Transportation Planners
19-3099.01
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETCivil Engineers
17-2051.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETTransportation Engineers
17-2051.01
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
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Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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Alternative labels
traffic engineer
transportation project engineer
transport infrastructure engineer
transportation engineering adviser
transportation engineer
highways engineer
transportation engineering consultant
chartered transport engineer
roads engineer
transportation engineering specialist
transport projects engineer
transport project engineer
transportation engineering expert
transportation infrastructure engineer
Occupation group
civil engineer (2142.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aad7819e-d62e-41de-a594-9f2be186a6c2 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2142.1.9 |
| ISCO group | 2142 |
| Concept type | Occupation |