Transportation Engineers are the professionals who are responsible for planning designing and constructing roadways, railways and waterways/ports besides performing inspections and maintenance tasks to keep these routes useable as well as safe for travellers.
Transportation Engineers are apt to do their work with the application of technology and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of all kind of transport modes.
Transportation Engineer Eligibility
The minimum educational qualification for becoming Transportation Engineer is a Bachelor’s degree in relevant filed like Civil Engineering Followed by a Master’s degree in the specialized field.
Transportation Engineer Required Skills
- The foremost required skill for a prospective Transportation Engineer is to have a sharp, analytical as well as a practical mind.
- One should have the flair to give utmost attention to minute details of the project.
- Transportation Engineer should be able to communicate effectively with different kind of people in both private as well as public sector.
- He/She should be able to work effectively under acute pressure and keep calm under tight conditions. He may have to accomplish a task within a specified time frame that too within limit time periods.
- He/She should be able to coordinate and work as a team member as he may have to work on big projects with other engineers and professionals.
How to become a Transportation Engineer?
Aspiring candidates have to follow the following steps to become a Transportation Engineer:
Step 1
After passing 12th class in a Non-Medical stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, as main subjects’ students have to possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related subjects like B.E in Transportation Engineering.
To get admission to some of the best institutes providing this course students may have to clear some state level or national level entrance exams like JEE (Joint Entrance Exam).
Step 2
After completing Bachelors degree the student has to join Master’s Degree in the related field like M.E/M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering. For getting admission to Master’s Degree course the candidate may have to take National Level entrance exam like GATE.
Step 3
Once equipped with the Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering the candidates can look for gain full employment in the public or private sector or go for research work by joining PhD in related subjects/fields.
Some of the Top Institutes offering Courses for Transportation Engineer
- Indian Institute of Delhi
- Indian Institute of Madras
- Indian Institute of Kharagpur
- Indian Institute of Roorkee
- National Institute of Technology Bhopal
- National Institute of Technology Warangal
- National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
- BMS College of Engineer Bangalore
- ICFAI University Jaipur
- Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh
Transportation Engineer Job Description
- Transportation Engineer job description includes designing new transportation systems and infrastructure that includes National and State Highways, Airports, Railways as well as bridges.
- They perform their specific job by analyzing data, identifying problems and solving them using most modern techniques.
- A transportation engineer also has to conduct regular safety inspections to ensure that train tracks, roads, bridges and waterways are in working conditions besides taking care of the repair work whenever required.
- Besides transportation engineer job include studying the mindset and mannerisms of transportation system users to come up with appropriate solutions to minimise the negative impact of transportation and handling other such issues.
Transportation Engineer Career Prospects
India has added more than 10,000 km of state highways and upgraded nearly 50,000 km of state highways into the national highways. Authorities are looking to invest about Rs.1 lakh crore in infrastructure projects for expanding the transportation system. Besides they are planning to integrate main rivers for navigation and development of inland water transport system as well as the expansion of airports and air routes. These facts are enough of indications for the future prospects of Transportation Engineer. Owing to growing urbanization all over the world has increased the demand for Transportation Engineer. They can find work with:
- Private consulting firm as consultants in their projects
- Government infrastructure development departments like PWD, BRO etc.
- Transportation firms involved in the manufacturing and development of airports, etc.
- Transportation Engineer with good entrepreneurial skill can go for their own infrastructure development firms.
- Besides these, transportation engineers can work as instructors or researchers at universities or other educational institutes.
Transportation Engineer Salary
Transportation Engineers monthly salary depends on some of the factors like market salary trends, a profile of the company and academic records of candidates. But on an average basis, they are given between Rs.30,000 to Rs.35,000 per month to start with. However, with some experience and expertise, they can demand as high as Rs.1,00,000 for a month which increase with more experience and expertise.
