Senior Traffic Engineering Manager

Aecom2; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

AD&D

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Leaves of absence

Voluntary benefits

Flexible work options

Well-being resources

Employee assistance

Travel insurance

Recognition awards

Retirement plan

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineering Manager to lead our transportation engineering team in Atlanta, GA. This role focuses on directing technical design, shaping analysis approaches, and contributing expertise across traffic engineering and safety projects.

You will mentor staff, coordinate with GDOT and clients, and ensure milestones and deliverables align with PDP requirements while maintaining high QA/QC standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering.
• PE licensure in GA or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• 8–12 years of related traffic engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Traffic Engineering team and drive day‑to‑day production.
• Guide staff in traffic forecasting, simulations, costs, and layouts.
• Coordinate GDOT PDP milestones, reviews, and deliverables.
• QA/QC reviews of deliverables prior to submittals.
• Mentor junior engineers and manage project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Collaborate with clients and subconsultants; represent at meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Mentoring

Stakeholder communication

Team supervision

Education

Bachelor's in Civil Engineering

PE license in GA

Tools

GDOT standards

MUTCD

Traffic analysis software

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineering Manager to join our established transportation engineering team in Atlanta, GA. This role is ideal for an experienced traffic engineer who enjoys leading technical design, shaping analysis approaches, and contributing expertise across a wide range of traffic engineering and traffic safety projects. You'll work closely with a respected group of engineers on meaningful studies and design efforts that support our client's real‑world transportation decisions.

Responsibilities

• Perform various management, leadership, and people accountability responsibilities for Traffic Engineering team.
• Lead day‑to‑day traffic engineering production by assigning tasks, maintaining schedules and verifying the quality of deliverables
• Guide technical staff that develop traffic engineering reports and safety studies that can include traffic forecasting, traffic simulations, cost estimates and conceptual layouts
• Guide technical staff that develop construction plans for traffic safety and operations improvement projects
• Support the development of technical approaches for projects
• Ensure compliance with GDOT standards and requirements
• Lead and coordinate the advancement of projects through the GDOT Plan Development Process (PDP), ensuring milestones, reviews, approvals, and deliverables are completed on schedule and in accordance with GDOT requirements.
• Perform detailed QA/QC reviews of deliverables prior to submittals
• Develop and track scope, schedule, and budget; proactively identify and communicate risks or issues to the PM and technical staff
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers to support team performance and development
• Coordinate effectively with clients and subconsultants
• Represent AECOM at stakeholder meetings and public engagements.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering disciplines on larger projects that require traffic engineering services
• Works under minimal supervision. Supervision received is essentially administrative with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related discipline
• 8 years of related traffic engineering experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Georgia or the ability to obtain within 6 months

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GDOT standards, regulations, and guidelines, including MUTCD and traffic analysis software.
• Experience with the GDOT Pedestrian and Streetscape Guide and similar documents
• Experience managing project delivery, schedules, budgets, and multidisciplinary teams following the GDOT PDP for transportation projects.
• Experience serving as task manager, deputy project manager, or project manager on GDOT projects.
• Experience producing technical memos and reports
• Experience coordinating directly with GDOT offices, local governments, and other project stakeholders during project development and delivery.
• Experience presenting to clients and/or stakeholders
• Experience leading and supervising technical staff, including workload management, mentoring, and performance development.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and balancing resources across a portfolio of work.
• Experience supporting client relationship management, business development, and proposal preparation for transportation projects.
• 12 years of relevant traffic engineering experience

Relocation is an option for this position

Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position

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Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• AD&D
• disability benefits
• paid time off
• leaves of absences
• voluntary benefits
• perks
• flexible work options
• well-being resources
• employee assistance program
• business travel insurance
• service recognition awards
• retirement savings plan
• employee stock purchase plan

About AECOM

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public‑and private‑sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at ae