South Florida Section of ITEWhat is SFITE?The South Florida Section of ITE (SFITE) covers Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee Counties in southeast Florida. SFITE organizes lunch meetings with industry speakers, volunteering opportunities, social outings, and an annual awards banquet.
ITE is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. ITE facilitates the application of technology and scientific principles to research, planning, functional design, implementation, operation, policy development, and management for any mode of ground transportation. Section LeadershipOfficers
President: Yue Liu Vice President: Sultan Ali Treasurer: Lorenzo Fuchs Secretary: Ian Stubbs Past President: Alexandra Lopez Section Representative: Omar Al-Sahili |
.Committe Chairs
Scholarship: Saurabh Basnet Sponsorship: Shelby Coke Nominations: Omar Al-Sahili Student Liaison: Wanyang Wu Communications: John Izquierdo Awards: Thuha Nguyen Events: Lance K. Jones Outreach: Jorge Montesino Membership: Ian Stubbs, and Nelson Huezo |
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Call for Nominations: SFITE Annual Awards 2024
It’s that time of year again! We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the SFITE Annual Awards. This is your chance to recognize the outstanding achievements of your peers who have made significant contributions to our industry and the ITE community.
🌟 Award Categories for this year include:
We invite you to nominate individuals or teams who have demonstrated excellence, innovation, leadership, and dedication in their work. Let’s take this opportunity to celebrate the talent, passion, and hard work of our colleagues. Together, we can honor those who are making a real impact in our field. For more information about the award categories and criteria, check the nomination form at the link below.
🗓️ Nomination Deadline: Friday, October 11th
📋 How to Nominate: Fill out the nominations form by clicking on the button below.
🌟 Award Categories for this year include:
- SFITE Public Sector Professional of the Year Award (Individual)
- SFITE Private Sector Professional of the Year Award (Individual)
- Transportation Achievement Award (Group)
- SFITE Member of the Year Award (Individual)
- SFITE Rising Star of the Year Award (Individual)
We invite you to nominate individuals or teams who have demonstrated excellence, innovation, leadership, and dedication in their work. Let’s take this opportunity to celebrate the talent, passion, and hard work of our colleagues. Together, we can honor those who are making a real impact in our field. For more information about the award categories and criteria, check the nomination form at the link below.
🗓️ Nomination Deadline: Friday, October 11th
📋 How to Nominate: Fill out the nominations form by clicking on the button below.
Call for Nominations: 2025 SFITE Treasurer Position
We are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the position of SFITE Treasurer! This is a great opportunity for members to take on a leadership role and help shape the future of our organization.
🌟 Treasurer Responsibilities:
🗓️ Nomination Deadline: Friday, October 11th
📋 How to Nominate: Nominate yourself or a fellow member by submitting the nomination form at https://forms.office.com/r/vhEnivrMjG.
🔹 Voting:
Once nominations close, all SFITE members will be invited to cast their vote. Your participation is crucial in ensuring we select a Treasurer who is committed to maintaining the financial stability and success of ITE.
Let your voice be heard—nominate and vote!
If you have any questions or want to learn more details on the Treasurer’s role and the election process, please email [email protected].
🌟 Treasurer Responsibilities:
- Oversee the financial operations of SFITE
- Manage the budget, accounting, and reporting processes
- Work closely with the executive board to ensure financial health
- Participate in planning and decision-making to support ITE’s strategic goals
- File tax, Sunbiz annual report and maintain the non-profit status of the Section
🗓️ Nomination Deadline: Friday, October 11th
📋 How to Nominate: Nominate yourself or a fellow member by submitting the nomination form at https://forms.office.com/r/vhEnivrMjG.
🔹 Voting:
Once nominations close, all SFITE members will be invited to cast their vote. Your participation is crucial in ensuring we select a Treasurer who is committed to maintaining the financial stability and success of ITE.
Let your voice be heard—nominate and vote!
If you have any questions or want to learn more details on the Treasurer’s role and the election process, please email [email protected].
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Recent Past Events - 2024
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Established in 2014, via planning, inc. is a certified small women-owned business enterprise located in southeast Florida. We specialize in traffic engineering and transportation planning. Our clients include FDOT, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Cities and Planning Council. We are seeking 2 to 3 outstanding candidates to join us. Please send resume to [email protected]
Mid-Level Traffic Engineer ($100,000 to $135,000 base salary + benefits)
Mid-Level Traffic Engineer ($100,000 to $135,000 base salary + benefits)
- Remote or onsite, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- PE or the ability to obtain a PE within 6 months of employment
- BS in Civil Engineering with at least 5 years of practical experience, or MS/ME in Transportation Engineering with at least 4 years of practical experience
- Solid knowledge of traffic engineering and transportation planning concepts
- Proficient in traffic analysis software packages such as HCS, Synchro, SIDRA, and VISSIM
- Knowledge in spatial science and data analysis; experience in ArcGIS is a plus
- Working knowledge of Cube/TransCAD/TransModeler
- Relationship with FDOT, traffic engineering/planning agencies, and municipalities
- Basic knowledge of project management
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Self-motivated, organized, adaptive, and flexible
- Remote or onsite, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- BS in Civil Engineering
- MS/ME in Transportation Engineering preferred
- Engineering Intern/Engineering in Training (EI/EIT) license or the ability to obtain a EI/EIT within 6 months of employment
- Fundamental understanding of traffic operations, transportation planning, safety, and design
- Knowledge in spatial science and data analysis; experience in ArcGIS is a plus
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Basic understanding of HCM/HCS, Synchro, SIDRA, TranCAD, and HSM
- Self-motivated, eager to learn, adaptive, and flexible
- Retirement contribution of 15% of base salary
- Holidays and Paid Time Off
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Membership to professional organization
- Approved trainings, travel expenses, and cell phone expense
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Street Plans Opportunities:
Plangineer
What we’re looking for: A skilled transportation engineer and/or planner with a broad skill set interested in working on designing and delivering a variety of complete streets planning, urban design, and implementation projects in Miami-Dade County. In this role, the “plangineer” will support and participate in all stages of project development including design, implementation, operation and oversight of bicycle/pedestrian projects, conducting engineering analyses, and overseeing the production of conceptual drawings, detailed striping and signage plans, and technical plans and reports.
The role will support local municipalities in delivering key bicycle-pedestrian projects and initiatives as well as address current bicycle-pedestrian safety and accessibility issues.
Location: Miami Office
Role Overview
Experience
Skills
The Plangineer position combines urban and land use planning skills with professional engineering and project management expertise. More specifically, the ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:
To Apply: Email [email protected] with “Plangineer” in the subject of your email. Please include your Resume, Cover Letter, and any relevant work samples you’d like to highlight for this position – and a short description of your favorite street or public space – tell us why you love it in 250 words or less.
What we’re looking for: A skilled transportation engineer and/or planner with a broad skill set interested in working on designing and delivering a variety of complete streets planning, urban design, and implementation projects in Miami-Dade County. In this role, the “plangineer” will support and participate in all stages of project development including design, implementation, operation and oversight of bicycle/pedestrian projects, conducting engineering analyses, and overseeing the production of conceptual drawings, detailed striping and signage plans, and technical plans and reports.
The role will support local municipalities in delivering key bicycle-pedestrian projects and initiatives as well as address current bicycle-pedestrian safety and accessibility issues.
Location: Miami Office
Role Overview
- Assisting cities with creation of Vision Zero Action Plans, working with FDOT and Miami-Dade County Transportation and Public Works on bike/ped projects
- Catalyze long-term street transformations by assisting with the design and implementation of Tactical Urbanism demonstration, pilot, and interim design projects;
- Support Street Plans’ Principals with the development and management of complete streets planning projects (such as citywide bicycle and pedestrian master plans, corridor plans, policy development etc.);
- Lead or contribute to multi-modal traffic studies with an emphasis on moving people, not just vehicles, safely;
- Assist with design and execution of public meetings and workshops;
- Develop data collection and evaluation plans
Experience
- Min. 5 years’ experience contributing to or leading community and key stakeholder engagement efforts, with a minimum of three years managing the planning and implementation of active transportation projects.
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in civil or transportation engineering is required; any additional degrees in urban planning, urban design, architecture is a plus but not required.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or Professional Transportation Operations Engineer (P.T.O.E.) is a plus;
- Experience designing and delivering tactical “quick build” projects is a big plus!
Skills
The Plangineer position combines urban and land use planning skills with professional engineering and project management expertise. More specifically, the ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate:
- Interest and passion for multimodal, context-sensitive transportation!
- Capacity for community-facing activities such as in-person and digital workshops, charrettes, community meetings etc.
- Fluency with Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Drive, Sheets, Docs, Meet, Chat)
- Experience in design software (i.e. AutoCAD, MicroStation, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, etc.)
- Experience with traffic analysis using modeling software (Synchro Studio, AutoTURN, SimTraffic, PTV Vissim, etc.), roadway geometric design software (Civil 3D, GEOPAK or InRoads)
- Non-software traffic engineering tasks (network assessment, crash analysis, safety studies)
- Spanish language fluency is a plus!
- $80,000 - $130,000 / yr
- IRA match
- Medical & Dental Health coverage through United Healthcare
- Flex PTO
- Paid family leave
- 12 paid holidays off
- Winter Break holiday from Dec 26 - Dec 31
- early closure for Summer Fridays
- Flexible and casual work environment
- Hybrid schedule – staff are expected to split their time between the office and working from home
To Apply: Email [email protected] with “Plangineer” in the subject of your email. Please include your Resume, Cover Letter, and any relevant work samples you’d like to highlight for this position – and a short description of your favorite street or public space – tell us why you love it in 250 words or less.
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