Principal Traffic Engineer

Arcadis; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis Australia seeks a Principal Traffic Engineer to join our national Transport Planning team and lead delivery across a portfolio of Traffic Engineering and broader Transport Planning assignments. This role will be based on the East Coast with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Gold Coast, offering a supportive leadership environment and a hybrid working policy.

You will mentor junior staff, manage projects to budget and schedule, and grow our presence in the Transport Planning

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in transport planning and traffic engineering.
• Ability to translate strategic visions into practical design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, planning, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead transport planning projects, traffic impact assessments, and multi-modal strategies.
• Act as Project Manager to meet budget, schedule, and quality targets.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to business growth.
• Develop client propositions and grow industry connections.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Related field

Tools

GIS

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

Arcadis is seeking a Principal Traffic Engineer to join our national Transport Planning team and assist in the ongoing development and growth of the Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering business.

This role will be based on the East Coast and can therefore work out of one of our Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Gold Coast offices. This position will play a leading role in the providing delivery leadership across our national portfolio of Traffic Engineering and broader Transport Planning assignments.

Our transport planning team operates in a supportive leadership environment and we provide hybrid working policy and flexible working hours.

Role accountabilities

• Lead and contribute to transport planning projects, including traffic impact assessments, active transport plans, multimodal strategies, strategic studies and options assessments
• Undertake the role of Project Manager on Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering engagements to meet budget, schedule and quality targets
• Perform the role of Traffic and Transport Discipline Lead within large multi-disciplinary planning and delivery engagements
• Lead pursuits and proposals, collaborating effectively with our Sector teams to develop compelling client propositions
• Develop and grow a network of industry connections to increase the Arcadis presence within the broader Transport Planning community
• Actively contribute to business strategy and growth plans for the Transport Planning business.
• Ensure proactive collaboration and effective communication with multidisciplinary teams, clients and stakeholders, on projects and pursuits
• Mentor and support junior team members

Qualifications & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in transport planning, including traffic engineering, active transport, multi-modal network planning and/ or place-based transport planning.
• Demonstrated experience in developing transport strategies, plans, studies and options assessments
• Sound knowledge of traffic engineering principles, including road safety, intersection operations, and local area traffic management
• Ability to translate strategic transport visions into operational advice and practical design recommendations
• Excellent written communication
• Excellent verbal communication, relationship building and stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead self and others, including upskilling emerging professionals within the team, strong motivating and delegation skills
• Experience in project management and working within multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated technical and commercial acumen
• Experience with or working knowledge of pedestrian planning and analyses advantageous
• 10+ years relevant experience
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in engineering, planning, or a related field

We understand that applicants might not have all the relevant qualifications and experience listed above.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.