Professional Engineer

Personna Employment Solutions; Pasco (WA); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Personna Employment Solutions is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineering Manager to lead traffic engineering, operations, planning, and safety initiatives for a local municipality in Washington. The role is a senior technical leadership position overseeing transportation capital projects and long-range mobility planning.

The ideal candidate will have eight+ years in traffic/transportation engineering, PE licensure in WA (or ability to obtain within six months), and proven leadership in

Formación

• Eight years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including at least five years in traffic or transportation engineering design.
• Demonstrated experience in traffic engineering, transportation engineering, traffic operations, roadway design, or transportation planning.
• Leadership, supervisory, project-management, or technical-lead experience.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Washington, or ability to obtain WA registration through reciprocity within six months of hire.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsabilidades

• Lead traffic engineering and traffic operations programs.
• Manage traffic signal systems, signal timing, and corridor operations.
• Analyze traffic patterns, collision data, intersection performance, and roadway conditions.
• Develop practical recommendations to improve safety, mobility, capacity, and overall system performance.
• Review traffic impact analyses, development proposals, access plans, and transportation mitigation measures.
• Lead or support transportation capital projects from planning through design and construction.
• Manage consultants, technical studies, project schedules, budgets, and engineering deliverables.
• Support long-range transportation planning and transportation improvement programs.
• Coordinate with developers, consultants, contractors, public agencies, regional partners, and community stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with applicable transportation standards, MUTCD requirements, accessibility requirements, and engineering regulations.
• Present technical recommendations to leadership, elected officials, public agencies, developers, and community members.
• Mentor engineering staff and provide technical guidance on complex traffic and transportation issues.
• Support grant applications, transportation funding strategies, and interagency coordination.

Conocimientos

Traffic engineering

Transportation planning

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Educación

PE License (WA)

Descripción del empleo

A growing local municipality is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineering Manager to lead traffic engineering, traffic operations, transportation planning, development review, roadway safety, and long-range mobility initiatives.

This is a highly visible leadership role for a transportation professional who wants to help shape how streets, intersections, traffic signals, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and future transportation investments are planned and delivered.

The Traffic Engineering Manager serves as a senior technical leader, providing oversight across traffic operations, engineering studies, development review, transportation capital projects, long-range planning, and roadway safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead traffic engineering and traffic operations programs.
• Manage traffic signal systems, signal timing, and corridor operations.
• Analyze traffic patterns, collision data, intersection performance, and roadway conditions.
• Develop practical recommendations to improve safety, mobility, capacity, and overall system performance.
• Review traffic impact analyses, development proposals, access plans, and transportation mitigation measures.
• Lead or support transportation capital projects from planning through design and construction.
• Manage consultants, technical studies, project schedules, budgets, and engineering deliverables.
• Support long-range transportation planning and transportation improvement programs.
• Coordinate with developers, consultants, contractors, public agencies, regional partners, and community stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with applicable transportation standards, MUTCD requirements, accessibility requirements, and engineering regulations.
• Present technical recommendations to leadership, elected officials, public agencies, developers, and community members.
• Mentor engineering staff and provide technical guidance on complex traffic and transportation issues.
• Support grant applications, transportation funding strategies, and interagency coordination.

Minimum Qualifications

• Eight years of progressively responsible engineering experience, including at least five years at the professional level in traffic or transportation engineering design.
• Demonstrated experience in traffic engineering, transportation engineering, traffic operations, roadway design, or transportation planning.
• Leadership, supervisory, project-management, or technical-lead experience.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Washington, or the ability to obtain Washington registration through reciprocity within six months of hire.
• Valid driver's license.

Preferred Qualification

Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification is highly preferred.

Candidates with a PTOE designation will be especially well aligned with the technical scope of the role, including traffic operations, signal systems, intersection and corridor analysis, roadway safety, traffic studies, capacity analysis, development review, and transportation system performance.

Candidates with strong traffic-engineering experience who meet the core requirements are also encouraged to apply.