Colorado Traffic Engineering State Lead

About the role

AECOM is looking for an experienced Senior Traffic Project Manager / Lead, with an emphasis in traffic analysis and design, to lead our traffic engineering team in Denver. The successful candidate will provide project management, task management, technical team leadership and be responsible for delivery of these services on small to large projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for traffic engineering services in the state of Colorado collaborating with other AECOM teams including roadway, structural, and transit designers, planners, and architects.
• Leads a growing team of mid-level and junior engineers in the execution of smaller standalone traffic engineering projects, or traffic entering tasks as part of larger projects.
• Provides day-to-day direct mentoring and guidance to mid-level and junior engineers in the execution of their tasks.
• Performs or oversees—with little supervision—all aspects of traffic engineering studies including data collection, microsimulation model development and calibration or other deterministic models such as Synchro, HCS, Vistro, or Sidra, traffic forecasting, and analysis of alternatives.
• Presents technical findings to internal project teams, clients, and the public.
• Documentation including development of text, graphics, tables, etc. in technical memoranda and reports.
• Follows AECOM and client process in performing quality control tasks of other engineers’ work.
• Collaborates with other discipline leads in the Colorado offices and traffic groups in surrounding states to coordinate workshare opportunities.
• Works collaboratively with other statewide traffic engineering leads in other states to coordinate business activities and project delivery throughout the US West region.
• Assists direct reports in setting and accomplishing goals that advance their professional development.
• Proposes approaches to solve new problems encountered and create efficiencies in work through use of modifications to standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
• Works with leadership to grow traffic team in the Denver area.
• Performs work in accordance with agreed upon budget and schedule.

Qualifications

• BA/BS + 8 YORE or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• 12+ years of experience in traffic engineering.
• Experience in traffic engineering projects in Colorado.
• Experience in supporting business development activities including preparing project proposals and firm marketing.
• Professional Engineer license in the State of Colorado, or the ability to obtain license within 6 months.
• Working relationships and experience with agencies such as CDOT, RTD, DOTI, DEN, DRCOG, and other cities and counties.
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification.
• Deep proficiency with Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, and HCS software, the calibration and validation of these tools, with the ability to understand and apply model results relative to application within a broader project.
• Experience in traffic safety analysis including Highway Safety Manual, traffic signal warrants, traffic signal and pedestrian crossing control system analysis, and design; and traffic signing and pavement marking analysis and design.
• Experience with MicroStation or other similar applications.
• Experience with traditional four step or activity-based travel demand models.
• Project management experience.
• Experience in technical execution of tasks for traffic engineering projects relative to traffic engineering including analyses and design.
• Ability to work with and inform highway, bridge, and transit design teams in the development of laneage requirements, intersection and interchange layouts, and non-motorized considerations, relying on a broad and practical understanding of project geometrics.
• Experience working with Metropolitan Planning Organizations to prepare traffic projections.
• Experience in task/project management, staff oversight, application and development of technical skills, and experience working directly with internal and external clients.
• Proficiency in presenting to clients and laypersons.
• Expertise with Highway Capacity Manual, HSM, MUTCD and FHWA Traffic Analysis Toolkit methodologies including common traffic engineering software packages.