Lead Traffic Engineering Manager

About the role

The ideal candidate will be joining a tight-knit team of traffic engineers and transportation planners who value technical excellence, career development, pride in our work, a collaborative team environment, and a passion for finding the right solutions that enhance mobility and safety.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery and execution of project scope, objectives, and requirements, ensuring close collaboration and alignment with clients and stakeholders.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Ensure project deliverables meet high-quality standards and specified requirements.
• Implement rigorous quality review processes, manage version controls, and track comments and resolutions.
• Prepare and present comprehensive project progress statuses using reporting tools and dashboards.
• Maintain and meet defined performance metrics, tracking budget, time, scope, and communication details to ensure projects meet schedule and client expectations.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, industry best practices, and relevant standards.
• Lead and direct multi-disciplinary project teams, including internal staff, sub-consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Foster a culture of trust, transparency, and accountability.
• Manage internal groups or outside vendors to identify, plan, negotiate contracts, deliver, and monitor performance to client specifications.
• Congratulate and coordinate with various internal and external partners, including cross-discipline and functional teams, government agencies (i.e., DOTs), and other stakeholders.
• Comfortably present complex technical and project information to diverse audiences, including executives, client teams, and public forums.
• Contribute to and potentially lead the development of technical proposals, scopes of work, and budgeting for projected work.
• Foster technical development and mentoring of staff.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Transportation/Traffic Engineering, preferred, or equivalent years of experience.
• 7-10 years of post-education, progressive experience in traffic signal design, ITS, Safety, Active Transportation and Complete Streets.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut or Rhode Island, or another state and able to obtain reciprocity within 6 months of hire.
• PTOE certification (highly preferred).
• Proven experience managing projects with budgets, schedules, and technical requirements.
• Proven experience with CTDOT, RIDOT, and other regional agencies.
• Develop opportunities, manage client relationships, and prepare and proposals.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team-building skills.
• Exceptional communication abilities including written, verbal, and public speaking.
• Demonstrated success in proposal writing, client presentations, and strategic project delivery.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.
• Passion for innovation, quality, and financial performance.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in civil engineering.
• Active engagement in relevant industry organizations.
• Project experience - Traffic operations and safety, signal design, signal timing, Bridge and Interstate Reconstruction, Environmental Impact Statements.
• Expertise in traffic engineering principles & practices, including Traffic signal design and wiring, traffic modeling (HCS, Synchro, Vissim), AutoCAD, MicroStation.
• CTDOT and RIDOT project delivery process.

Skills

• Knowledge of traffic engineering principles and practices.
• Experience with traffic signal design and wiring.
• Experience with traffic modeling software (HCS, Synchro, Vissim).
• Experience with AutoCAD and MicroStation.
• Experience with CTDOT and RIDOT project delivery process.

Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Pay

Expected Salary: $110,000 - $165,000

Schedule

Flexible work schedule to meet business needs.