If you are looking for a career where you will:
- be part of the world’s true movers and shakers
- contribute to solving community challenges
- help to keep your communities moving forward
- plan, design and operate facilities for public spaces
- determine improvements to accommodate increasing traffic
- plan and design systems for air, rail, ports, highways, pedestrians
- identify development that takes into account energy issues, air and noise pollution, environmental impacts
- apply technology to increase safety and reduce congestion
- increase the capacity of transportation systems to accommodate growth
…then you should consider moving into the transportation industry! and must visit the Career Center!
Transportation careers encompass such fields as planning, design, construction, operations, research, and consulting. Employers include private industry firms in architecture, engineering, design, sciences, urban planning, economics, public administration, and research. Local, state and federal agencies hires transportation professionals and private firms to perform all levels of work at all stages of project development and operation.
Education for a career in transportation includes science, mathematics, communication, engineering, and an understanding of government. Courses may include civil, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering; environmental planning; traffic and railroad engineering; highway, airport, and urban designing and planning; computer science; statistics; business management and public administration.
Positions as technicians, surveyors, programmers, installers, inspectors etc., may be obtained with training outside of four-year college programs.
The WTS Career Center provides job postings from industry employers and a place for job seekers to post resumes and review available positions. For the HR professional, the Career Center can be a one-stop shop to post a job and look through current resumes. WTS is the international organization focused on advancing women in transportation and we hope to assist HR professionals to locate qualified candidates who bring not only expertise and competence, but who also add to the employer’s breadth of workers representing a diversity of talent.