Director of Traffic Engineering

Red Tree Engineering; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive bonus potential

Health benefits

401(k) with company contribution

Paid time off

Hybrid work

Licensing reimbursement

Leadership opportunities

Job summary

Wooster & Associates is seeking a Director of Traffic Engineering to lead and grow our traffic engineering practice. This is a strategic leadership role combining practice ownership, business development, client and agency relationships, and organizational leadership, reporting directly to firm leadership and shaping the company’s long-term growth strategy.

This position is ideal for a senior engineering leader who balances strategic direction with ensuring technical excellence across a team’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering required.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• 12+ years of traffic engineering and transportation consulting experience with leadership experience at a practice/department level.
• Proven track record in developing and growing client relationships and revenue.
• Experience with traffic analysis software: Synchro, SimTraffic, SIDRA, HCS.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic direction, growth targets, and P&L performance of the traffic engineering practice.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineers, designers, PMs, and staff, including future leaders.
• Set and uphold technical standards, quality assurance, and a culture of accountability.
• Serve as the senior technical authority for traffic engineering on complex projects.
• Oversee Transportation Impact Studies and related traffic projects across the portfolio.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Client relationships

Executive communication

Team development

Project oversight

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Synchro

SimTraffic

SIDRA

HCS

Job description

Wooster & Associates is seeking a Director of Traffic Engineering to lead and grow our traffic engineering practice. This is a strategic leadership role combining practice ownership, business development, client and agency relationships, and organizational leadership, reporting directly to firm leadership and playing a key role in shaping the company’s long-term growth strategy.

This position is ideal for a senior engineering leader who is as comfortable setting practice strategy and growing client relationships as they are ensuring technical excellence across a team’s project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Practice Leadership

• Own the strategic direction, growth targets, and P&L performance of the traffic engineering practice.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the practice’s engineers, designers, project managers, and technical staff, including future team leads/managers as the group scales.
• Set and uphold technical standards, quality assurance processes, and a culture of accountability and professional growth across the practice.
• Serve as the firm’s senior technical authority for traffic engineering, providing final oversight on complex or high-visibility projects.

Project Delivery

• Provide executive oversight of Transportation Impact Studies (TIS), Traffic Impact Assessments (TIA), traffic operations analyses, parking studies, roadway safety evaluations, and transportation planning projects delivered across the practice.
• Set standards for project schedules, budgets, staffing, and resource allocation across a multi-project, multi-state portfolio.
• Maintain senior-level relationships with developers, architects, planners, municipalities, DOTs, and regulatory agencies.
• Ensure consistent delivery quality across jurisdictions, agency requirements, and company standards firm-wide.

Business Development, Client & Industry Leadership

• Represent Wooster & Associates as its senior spokesperson for traffic engineering at public meetings, planning commission hearings, zoning hearings, agency coordination meetings, industry conferences, and strategic partnership discussions.
• Own and grow strategic relationships with developers, land development firms, municipalities, transportation agencies, architects, planners, and institutional clients.
• Set the practice’s business development strategy and lead pursuit of new markets, service lines, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Lead proposal strategy, fee structuring, client presentations, and contract negotiations for major pursuits.
• Serve as a trusted executive advisor to clients throughout planning, permitting, and approval processes.
• Participate in firm-wide leadership discussions, contributing to company strategy beyond the traffic practice alone.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• 12+ years of traffic engineering and transportation consulting experience, including demonstrated leadership at a practice, department, or business-line level.
• Track record of leading and scaling engineering teams, including developing future leaders/managers.
• Demonstrated business development success, building a client base, winning new work, and growing a practice’s revenue.
• Proficiency with Synchro, SimTraffic, SIDRA, HCS, and related traffic analysis software.
• Strong working knowledge of traffic engineering principles, transportation planning, traffic operations, and roadway access management.
• Executive-level communication, leadership, and client relationship skills.

Highly Preferred

• PTOE certification.
• Multi-state project and licensure experience.
• Experience supporting commercial, residential, mixed-use, institutional, and industrial development projects.
• Existing client relationships within transportation, engineering, land development, or municipal markets.

Why Join Wooster & Associates?

• Lead and shape the strategic direction of a growing, highly respected traffic engineering practice.
• Sit at the intersection of technical leadership and executive strategy, with direct input into firm-wide growth decisions.
• Manage a multi-state portfolio of high-impact projects and client relationships.
• Partner directly with executive leadership on the company’s future direction.
• Hybrid work environment based out of Pittsburgh’s North Shore.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with executive-level performance-based bonus opportunity
• Comprehensive health benefits
• 401(k) with company contribution
• Paid vacation, personal time, and holidays
• Hybrid work flexibility
• Professional development and continuing education support
• PE and PTOE licensing reimbursement
• Multi-state licensure support and reimbursement
• Path to firm leadership / partnership-track opportunities