Department Lead, Active Transportation
What We're Looking For
This is a rare opportunity to step into a leadership role with a well-established, highly respected team delivering impactful active transportation and multimodal projects across the Los Angeles region. Our LA office has built strong client relationships and a robust project portfolio—now we’re looking for a dynamic leader to help drive the next phase of growth.
What You'll Do
Leadership & Team Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team focused on active transportation and multimodal project delivery.
Build on an already strong team culture—foster collaboration, inclusion, and high performance.
Support recruitment, staff development, and succession planning to sustain long-term growth.
Business Development & Client Engagement: Expand our active transportation portfolio by identifying and pursuing strategic opportunities. Successfully pursue and win work with municipalities, counties, MPOs, and transit agencies throughout Los Angeles County and Southern California. Strengthen and deepen relationships with existing clients while cultivating new partnerships. Position the firm as a trusted leader in safe, equitable, and sustainable mobility solutions. Lead proposal strategies, interviews, and key pursuits.
Project Delivery & Technical Excellence: Serve as Project Manager, Technical Lead, or Principal-in-Charge on high-visibility active transportation and multimodal projects. Oversee delivery to ensure projects meet schedule, budget, and quality expectations. Provide technical leadership in areas such as: Complete streets design and implementation, Active Transportation Plans (ATP), bicycle and pedestrian plans, Safe Routes to School programs, Corridor studies and road diets, Transit integration and first/last mile solutions, Champion innovative, data-driven, and context-sensitive design approaches that respond to community needs.
Operational Management: Guide department operations, including resource planning, utilization, and financial performance. Monitor project pipelines and proactively align staffing with growth. Partner with office and regional leadership to shape and execute strategic growth initiatives.
Collaboration & Integration: Work closely with traffic, planning, environmental, structures, and other disciplines to deliver integrated multimodal solutions. Promote cross-office collaboration and knowledge sharing. Contribute to firmwide initiatives advancing sustainability, innovation, and mobility.
What You Need To Succeed
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
15+ years of progressive experience in transportation engineering, with a focus on active transportation and multimodal projects
California Professional Engineer (PE) license
Demonstrated success in business development, including winning work and managing client relationships
Strong understanding of local, regional, and state transportation policies and funding programs (e.g., ATP, CMAQ, SB1)
Experience working with public agencies in Los Angeles County
Preferred Skills & Experience
Expertise in complete streets design, Vision Zero strategies, and multimodal corridor planning
Familiarity with LA Metro and Caltrans guidelines as they relate to active transportation (beyond highway-centric delivery)
Experience with community engagement, equity-focused planning, and stakeholder coordination
Strong leadership presence, communication skills, and sound decision-making ability
A genuine passion for creating safer, more accessible, and more sustainable transportation systems
Pay
The approximate compensation range for this position is up to $280,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.