Senior Traffic Engineer & Technical Lead — Hybrid/Remote

Baxter & Woodman; Saint Augustine (FL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Employee Stock Ownership plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Baxter & Woodman is seeking a Traffic Engineer Technical Lead to provide technical leadership across traffic engineering and transportation projects nationwide. The role supports multiple offices and requires collaboration with cross-functional teams in Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in traffic engineering, strong knowledge of traffic operations, and the ability to mentor staff while guiding project delivery and quality control.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive traffic engineering and transportation experience.
• Strong knowledge of traffic operations, traffic safety, traffic signal systems, and transportation planning principles.
• Experience managing and reviewing traffic impact studies, traffic signals improvements and general traffic engineering projects.
• Ability to travel throughout Baxter & Woodman’s Illinois service areas (own transportation) and attend client and in office meetings as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and oversight for traffic engineering and transportation planning projects.
• Lead, Manage, and Review traffic impact studies, transportation analyses, traffic signal warrant studies and corridor evaluations.
• Lead, Manage, and Review preparation of traffic signal designs, signing and pavement marking plans, maintenance of traffic plans, and related transportation documents.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor to engineering staff.
• Participate in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and quality control reviews.
• Lead or support proposal preparation, client or industry event presentations, and business development activities.
• Assist with traffic related strategic growth initiatives within the transportation practice.
• Develop and implement quality assurance and quality control standards to improve consistency, efficiency, and technical excellence across projects.
• Stay current on industry standards, FHWA guidance, MUTCD requirements, and evolving traffic engineering best practices.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Transportation planning

Leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Traffic operations

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering

PE license preferred

Tools

PTOE

Job description

Baxter & Woodman is seeking a Traffic Engineer Technical Lead to provide technical leadership across traffic engineering and transportation projects nationwide. The role supports multiple offices and requires collaboration with cross-functional teams in Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in traffic engineering, strong knowledge of traffic operations, and the ability to mentor staff while guiding project delivery and quality control.