Senior Traffic Engineer/Project Manager - Hybrid

WSP Global Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineer/Project Manager for its Traffic practice in North Carolina. This role, based in Charlotte or Raleigh, requires overseeing traffic engineering projects and analyses, managing cross-functional teams, and ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards. Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, 10+ years of relevant experience, state registration, and proficiency in traffic engineering software. An opportunity to lead significant projects while enhancing engineering practices awaits you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering with traffic design.
• Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina.
• Knowledge of DOT advisory circulars and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project manager for traffic engineering projects.
• Conduct traffic studies and analyses for NCDOT and municipalities.
• Manage cross-functional teams on concurrent projects.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Project management

Traffic analyses

Civil engineering principles

Technical writing

Safety management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Tools

HCS

Synchro

VISSIM

ArcGIS

TransModeler

Job description

Overview

WSP is currently seeking an experienced Senior Traffic Engineer/Project Manager for our North Carolina Traffic practice. This position can sit out of our Charlotte or Raleigh, NC office.

This Opportunity

This position will be a key hire to help grow our Traffic Engineering practice, including traffic engineering analysis, feasibility, modelling, and traffic studies. The WSP North Carolina group serves clients from around the state on a wide variety of projects ranging from corridor studies, complex roadway projects, greenways, transit and more. This role is an excellent opportunity to continue to enhance analysis and production skills and build relationships within WSP and a broad spectrum of clients around the state.

Provides high level technical assistance and guidance for operations of streets and highways, their networks, adjacent land uses, and interaction with other modes of transportation and their terminals. Tasks include performing capacity analyses, reviewing permitting, and engaging with civil design teams, concept development, and construction of roadways, traffic patterns, and recommendations for roadway and traffic design. Substantiates reports and documentation to advise on materials and construction specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Your Impact

• Serve as project manager for traffic engineering projects.
• Work on traffic analyses, crash analyses, feasibility, Express Design, and transit projects for NCDOT and municipal projects.
• Complete traffic studies as well as traffic impact study review.
• May also support design-build or other traffic engineering projects as needed.
• Intersection and corridor improvement studies and interchange modification studies.
• Safety studies (accident analysis, collision diagrams).
• Perform professional traffic engineering work and conduct investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, roadways, intersections, signage, signals, pavement markings, and transportation corridors to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
• Develop and design innovative concepts for strategic intersection and corridor improvements, including near term initiatives and longer-term capital improvement projects and studies that require coordination with authorities, sub-consultants, and clients.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of engineers, planners, and scientific professionals to execute project work on mid-level and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, cost and quantities of materials/equipment/labor, technical calculations, permit applications, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in engineering and prior traffic design experience.
• Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina.
• Knowledge of traffic engineering and planning software (HCS, Synchro, VISSIM, ArcGIS, TransModeler).
• Individual Prequalification with NCDOT for the following:
  • Capacity Analysis Level 1 (026)
  • Capacity Analysis Level 2 (027)
  • Traffic Impact Studies (252)
• Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience of DOT advisory circulars and procedures.
• Proficient and extensive knowledge of traffic engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build related to traffic control equipment, capacity and operational analysis, project management, and related communications systems.
• Experience with roadway planning, design, and construction management; including project involvement in a variety of larger and more complex infrastructure projects, rehabilitation and construction of pavement, navigational aids, grading design, and safety management.
• Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, or similar software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.