Experienced/Senior Traffic Engineer

RecruitR Pty; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RecruitR Pty in Brisbane seeks an experienced traffic engineer to join a Tier 1 consultancy's Transport team. You will own the traffic engineering on major projects from planning through construction, working daily with road and civil design engineers.

You will lead analyses, mentor graduates, and have the opportunity to broaden into broader design exposure within a supportive, high-profile environment.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years post-graduate traffic engineering experience.
• Consulting background with exposure to major or large-scale projects.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to validate model inputs and results.
• Experience with traffic modelling tools and design integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead traffic analysis and modelling to inform road design and upgrades.
• Collaborate with design engineers to explain results and optimise designs.
• Turn analyses around quickly to match a busy design office.
• Support planning through modelling and analysis; provide input during construction.
• Mentor a graduate to support traffic-related tasks.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Modelling (Aimsun/VISSIM)

Mentoring

Project ownership

Client liaison

Tools

Aimsun

VISSIM

EMME

CUBE

VISUM

Job description

• Be the traffic 2IC: own your projects with no layers of review
• Part of the wider Transport team, working daily with design engineers
• Tier 1 major projects from planning and design through to construction

Tier 1 projects, without the layers

Do you like the calibre of project at a tier 1 consultancy, but get frustrated by the layers? Several senior engineers between you and the work, a siloed traffic team, and being moved from task to task without ever seeing a project through?

Our client is a respected tier 1 engineering consultancy delivering major road and transport projects across Queensland. Their Brisbane traffic engineering function sits inside the wider Transport team. It isn’t tucked away on the side. You’ll work day to day alongside the road and civil design engineers, and your analysis will directly shape the design.

Why this role exists

The team leader wants a 2IC for traffic engineering in Brisbane: someone to take the lead on the day-to-day traffic work so they can step back from detailed delivery and focus on the bigger picture. They'll still be there to review and support you. But this isn’t a role where your work passes through several layers of review. You’ll own your projects and the traffic engineering in them, and you’ll have room to make the function your own.

What’s in it for you

• Real ownership. You lead the traffic engineering on your projects. Nobody sits between you and the design team.
• The whole project lifecycle. Planning, design, then construction, including analysis of temporary traffic management schemes. You see a project from start to finish.
• A small team where you’ll be noticed. Good work gets seen, and there’s a clear path to grow with the function as it expands locally.
• Developing others. There are civil graduates across the Transport team, doing drainage and alignment work, and you’ll have the chance to train them up to support the traffic work.
• Design exposure if you want it. If you’d like to broaden into design, you can.
• Tier 1 work and backing. You’ll be on major projects, with a wider national pool of expertise behind you when you need it.

The role

• Lead traffic analysis and modelling to inform road design and road upgrade projects
• Work closely with design engineers to explain what the numbers mean for a design and how to optimise it
• Turn analysis around quickly to keep pace with a busy design office
• Support planning work through traffic engineering, modelling and analysis
• Provide traffic input during construction, including temporary traffic management analysis
• Mentor a graduate to support traffic-related tasks

What you’ll bring

• 5-10yrs post-graduate traffic engineering experience would suit well
• A consulting background, ideally with exposure to major or large-scale projects
• Strong analytical skills. You can sanity-check the inputs before they go into a model, and you know when a result doesn’t stack up. You’re not just turning the handle.
• Modelling experience, ideally microsimulation (Aimsun, VISSIM). Strategic modelling (EMME, CUBE, VISUM) is also valued.
• The ability to apply modelling to design and explain the “why” to design engineers and clients
• Curiosity, and a real drive to keep building your technical knowledge