Senior Traffic Engineer - Lead SD Projects & Teams

Silverspace Inc; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Silverspace Inc. in San Diego is seeking a confident Traffic Engineer to join our Traffic Division. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team on landmark projects in the San Diego region, supporting clients and communities turn their dreams into reality.

You will help shape the future of tomorrow by providing municipal traffic engineering services, preparing traffic plans, and delivering traffic analyses with leadership and client engagement. Southern California experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• California PE license (Civil or Traffic) required.
• 3–12 years of traffic engineering experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of management experience supervising traffic designers and CAD drafters/technicians.
• Strong independent thought and decision‑making with leadership abilities.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with clients, public agencies, and staff.
• Recent Southern California experience, preferably in San Diego County.

Responsibilities

• Manage project schedules and budgets.
• Prepare contracts, fee proposals, and scopes of work.
• Work directly with clients and public agencies.
• Provide municipal traffic engineering services, including in‑house work.
• Prepare final traffic engineering plans (signals, signing/striping, etc.).
• Prepare Traffic Impact Analyses and related reports.
• Transit planning and design experience is a plus.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Leadership

Project management

Client relations

Independent thinking

Education

Professional Engineer (CA)

Tools

HCS

Vistro

Synchro

Traffic software

Job description

Silverspace Inc. in San Diego is seeking a confident Traffic Engineer to join our Traffic Division. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team on landmark projects in the San Diego region, supporting clients and communities turn their dreams into reality.

You will help shape the future of tomorrow by providing municipal traffic engineering services, preparing traffic plans, and delivering traffic analyses with leadership and client engagement. Southern California experience is preferred.