Senior Traffic Engineer – Supervising Traffic Engineer

Description

The company is hiring a Senior Traffic Engineer, also titled Supervising Traffic Engineer, to work from the Bay Area or Sacramento, California.

You may act as a senior technical advisor to the team.

Prior Caltrans experience is required.

You will lead traffic studies on California projects and support regional work on the West Coast as needed.

You will give specialized technical input to studies and designs in your area of expertise.

Clear spoken and written communication is essential. You will speak with co-workers, clients, regulators, company staff and the public, including at meetings and public events, and write concise, readable technical reports.

You bring experience in transportation planning, modeling and engineering on multimodal projects.

Projects include planning and preliminary engineering for roadways, freeways, transit systems, managed lanes, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

You will help project managers with transportation plans, traffic safety, public involvement, and CEQA and NEPA compliance documents, drawing on experience with FHWA, state and local planning, traffic and environmental processes.

The company is a global infrastructure consulting firm working in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. It has over 50,000 staff and reported revenue of $16.1 billion for fiscal year 2025.

Responsibilities

• Build study and design procedures that help others produce high-quality, cost-effective work.
• Take part in interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
• Prepare construction cost estimates and estimates of technical effort for projects.
• Apply your expertise at every step of the discipline's part of the PS&E package.
• Run quality control reviews of design calculations and drawings.
• Write technical specification sections.
• Contribute to the engineering budget and schedule so project requirements are met.
• Gather and correlate basic engineering data using established procedures.
• Handle detailed or routine assignments covering design calculations, analysis, value engineering, technical specifications and cost estimates.
• Propose approaches to new problems, apply innovative design solutions, and use current technology to meet design needs.
• Mentor and coach entry-level and junior engineers and technicians to build their technical skills.
• Deliver work to agreed budgets and schedules with limited supervision.
• Use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, and preferably Project.
• Use traffic simulation and modeling software, including Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, and other platforms that California local agencies use.
• Stay self-motivated while juggling several tasks, working independently and with attention to detail, managing your time well, and consistently delivering high-quality work.

Requirements

• Minimum: BA/BS plus 6 years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalent experience and/or education.
• Minimum: a Certified Engineer license (PE, TE or PTOE) in California, or the ability to obtain it within 6 months.
• Preferred: a master's degree in civil engineering or an equivalent field.
• Preferred: 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Preferred: experience with traffic engineering projects and clients on the West Coast (California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada).
• Preferred: experience with ITS or emerging technology projects and clients on the West Coast (California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada).
• Preferred: business development experience, including writing project proposals and marketing the firm.
• Preferred: experience with traffic operational analysis, covering traffic projections, analysis and simulation, traffic safety analysis, signal warrants, and signal and pedestrian crossing control analysis and design.
• Preferred: experience with ITS and technology projects that follow the systems engineering process and local client requirements.
• Preferred: a good balance of management and technical skills, and experience serving internal and external clients.
• Preferred: familiarity with MicroStation, AutoCAD, Synchro, VISSIM or similar applications.

Conditions

Location: Bay Area or Sacramento, California.

Sponsorship is not offered for this position.

You must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and keeps all applicant information confidential under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D and disability benefits.
• Paid time off and leaves of absence.
• Voluntary benefits, perks and flexible work options.
• Well-being resources and an employee assistance program.
• Business travel insurance and service recognition awards.
• Retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan.
• Training and development programs to build technical and leadership skills.