Traffic Engineering Project Lead

Pape-Dawson; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pape-Dawson Engineers in Murfreesboro, TN is seeking a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and successful delivery of civil engineering projects, balancing technical quality with leadership and client satisfaction.

You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, and support business development while upholding our Excellence in Action Leadership Principles.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited civil engineering degree required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Minimum of 5 years (6 preferred) managing projects from conception through completion.
• Proven ability to manage scope, budgets, schedules, teams, deliverables, and client expectations.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project teams to deliver high-quality work within scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Manage project execution, including scopes, budgets, schedules, risks, deliverables, and resource coordination across concurrent assignments.
• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for project deliverables and documentation.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary team members, subconsultants, clients, agencies, and stakeholders to resolve issues and support timely delivery.
• Build and maintain trusted client and stakeholder relationships through responsive communication and sound judgment.
• Support business development and pursuit activities, including scope development, proposals, qualifications, interviews, and teaming.
• Mentor and develop engineers, designers, analysts, and staff through day-to-day direction and feedback.
• Demonstrate accountability for deadlines, team productivity, quality, and financial stewardship.
• Lead traffic engineering studies and design packages, including signals, signing, pavement markings, and traffic control plans.
• Oversee traffic impact, operational, safety, and corridor analyses and related technical reports.
• Direct signal timing and coordination, turn-lane and intersection improvements, and multimodal accommodations.
• Coordinate traffic engineering work with roadway, drainage, structures, traffic operations, and planning disciplines.
• Ensure traffic analyses and design deliverables conform to standards and agency requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Mentorship

Problem-solving

Education

ABET-accredited civil engineering degree

Job description

Pape-Dawson Engineers in Murfreesboro, TN is seeking a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and successful delivery of civil engineering projects, balancing technical quality with leadership and client satisfaction.

You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, and support business development while upholding our Excellence in Action Leadership Principles.