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Senior Traffic Engineer

Location: Birmingham, Alabama (Flexible within Alabama)

The Traffic/ITS Department is actively seeking a creative, self-driven, highly talented Senior Traffic Engineer for employment in the Alabama market area. This role will be responsible for managing traffic engineering projects from proposal development through final delivery, coordinating with clients and stakeholders, mentoring technical staff, and supporting strategic growth initiatives throughout Alabama.

If you are a successful applicant, you can look forward to joining a large, dynamic, and highly technical team of engineers and analysts who are driven to provide exceptional work to our clients. Activities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and manage traffic engineering, transportation planning, and traffic operations projects from proposal development through project completion
• Lead and manage analysis of corridors, intersections, and network operations to identify mobility, safety, and capacity improvement opportunities.
• Lead and manage traffic operations evaluations using industry-standard software and methodologies.
• Coordinate with state DOTs, municipalities, and MPOs clients to deliver quality projects.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, scopes, resource allocation, and quality control efforts.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, public meeting materials, and project documentation.
• Lead proposal development efforts, client interviews, and business development initiatives.
• Establish and maintain strong client relationships and identify opportunities for growth and expanded services.
• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) reviews for project deliverables.
• Mentor and develop junior engineering staff and support professional development initiatives.
• Collaborate with planners, roadway engineers, environmental specialists, and other transportation professionals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field and
• Six years of experience in traffic engineering, including signal optimization, municipal traffic engineering, and operational analysis or demonstrated equivalency of experience and or education.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Alabama.
• Experience in traffic engineering principles, construction phasing, traffic control plans, and transportation planning.
• Experience with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and emerging transportation technologies
• Communication and leadership experience to effectively manage teams and build strong client relationships.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in civil engineering or related field
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification.
• Proficient in verbal and written communication skills, time management skills, and work accuracy.
• Experience in signal design, communications, or electrical details.
• Proficiency in traffic engineering software such as Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM, Aimsun, HCS, and AutoCAD.