Senior Traffic Engineer – Supervising Traffic Engineer

Description

The role is based in the Bay Area or Sacramento, California.

You may act as the go-to technical adviser for your team.

The company is a Fortune 500 infrastructure consultancy working across water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. It has over 50,000 planners, engineers, designers and other specialists and reported FY2025 revenue of $16.1 billion.

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

Caltrans experience is required.

You will need strong speaking and writing skills to brief co-workers, clients, regulators, company staff and the public in meetings and at events, and to produce clear, concise technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Give specialized technical input to studies and designs in your area of expertise.
• Write study and design procedures that help others produce high-quality, cost-effective work.
• Take part in cross-discipline reviews of project deliverables.
• Prepare construction cost estimates and effort estimates for technical work.
• Apply your expertise at every stage of your discipline's PS&E package.
• Carry out quality control checks on design calculations and drawings.
• Write technical specification sections.
• Contribute to the engineering budget and schedule needed to meet project requirements.
• Support planning and preliminary engineering on roadways, freeways, transit systems, managed lanes, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
• Help project managers with transportation plans, traffic safety, public involvement, and CEQA and NEPA compliance documents.
• Gather and combine basic engineering data using established, well-defined methods.
• Handle detailed and routine assignments covering design calculations, analysis, value engineering, specifications and cost estimates.
• Suggest ways to solve new problems, apply creative designs, and use current technology.
• Mentor entry-level and junior engineers and technicians to build their technical skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) plus 6 years of relevant experience, or demonstrated equivalent experience and/or education.
• Hold a California PE, TE or PTOE certification, or be able to obtain the license within 6 months.
• Experience in transportation planning, modeling, and engineering for multimodal projects.
• Experience with FHWA, state, and local transportation planning, traffic, and environmental processes.
• Work independently, manage several tasks at once, pay close attention to detail, and manage your time well.
• Work to agreed budgets and schedules with little supervision, and consistently deliver high-quality work.
• Skilled in Word, Excel, Outlook, and ideally Project.
• Skilled in traffic simulation and modeling software, including Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, and other platforms used by California local agencies.
• Preferred: Master's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Preferred: 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Preferred: Experience with traffic engineering work for clients on the West Coast (California, Washington, Oregon, and Nevada).
• Preferred: Experience with ITS or emerging technology work for West Coast clients in those states.
• Preferred: Business development experience, including writing proposals and marketing a firm.
• Preferred: Experience in traffic operations analysis, covering traffic projections, analysis and simulation, 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

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 applicant information confidential under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

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