Senior Traffic Engineer & Technical Lead (Remote/Hybrid)

baxterwoodman; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Employee Stock Ownership

Job summary

Baxter & Woodman is seeking a Traffic Engineer Technical Lead to provide expert leadership across our national service area, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas. You will guide transportation projects, oversee traffic studies, signal design, signing and pavement marking plans, and maintain quality control across teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with State, County, Municipal, and private-sector clients, mentoring staff, and developing innovative transportation solutions

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 & Woodmans Illinois service areas (own transportation) and attend client and in office meetings as required.
• Strong written, verbal, computer, and organizational skills.
• Work within a Team-first culture that encourages individual development and accomplishment of goals.

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

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering

Job description

Baxter & Woodman is seeking a Traffic Engineer Technical Lead to provide expert leadership across our national service area, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas. You will guide transportation projects, oversee traffic studies, signal design, signing and pavement marking plans, and maintain quality control across teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with State, County, Municipal, and private-sector clients, mentoring staff, and developing innovative transportation solutions