Project Engineer-Traffic

HNTB; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB seeks an experienced traffic engineer to lead analyses, forecasts, and modeling for projects across the Carolinas and beyond. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams, guide technical work, and ensure client satisfaction.

Ideal candidates bring strong project management skills, PE certification preferred, and the ability to mentor junior staff while coordinating with clients and partners across staff levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred
• PhD in Engineering with relevant experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead traffic analyses, forecasts, and modeling efforts for projects in the Carolinas and beyond.
• Oversee and contribute to multidisciplinary teams to ensure on-time, on-budget deliveries.
• Mentor, train, and review work of team members and junior engineers.
• Coordinate technical aspects with clients and partners at staff level.

Skills

Traffic analyses

Project management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree considered a plus

Tools

Synchro

HCS

VISSIM

TransModeler

TransCad

Sidra

Job description

What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This is an opportunity to join HNTB’s strong Traffic Engineering practice to lead and deliver traffic analyses, traffic forecasts, and traffic modeling efforts for our clients in North Carolina and South Carolina. You will be responsible for overseeing and contributing on traffic engineering tasks and deliverables as part of larger, multi-disciplined teams on projects in the Carolinas and beyond. The role will include leveraging technical expertise and relationships to deliver quality projects on time, within budget and to the client’s satisfaction. This opportunity also includes leading, mentoring, training, and reviewing work of members of our current team of professionals.

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline. Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience,
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience,
• PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring:

• Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design, schedule, and budget.
• Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines.
• Prepares high quality deliverables that are on time, and within budget and scope.

What We Prefer:

• 8 years relevant experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Proficiency in Traffic Analysis tools like Synchro, HCS, VISSIM, TransModeler, TransCad, and Sidra
• Previous project management or task management experience

Additional Information:

• Benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
• Locations: Charlotte, NC, Columbia, SC, North Charleston, SC, Raleigh, NC
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