Ohio Traffic Section Manager

About the role

HDR is seeking an Ohio Traffic Section Manager to join our Ohio team to lead all traffic activities and traffic staff in our Ohio offices. The ideal candidate will work well in a team environment, enjoy tackling new challenges, have strong written and verbal communication skills, and have a passion to advance the transportation profession.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage projects and tasks that include traffic elements, arterial and freeway corridor studies, feasibility studies, transportation NEPA projects, alternative evaluation reports, and design of roadway, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit projects.
• Collaborate with multimodal teams of planners, engineers, technical specialists, and communications specialists – at times under compressed timelines.
• Assess traffic operations and safety using modeling software, using a multimodal perspective for all system users.
• Identify geometric, traffic control, or technological solutions to address existing transportation system deficiencies.
• Research and identify new and innovative solutions to plan for and adapt to the growth of technology in transportation.
• Write data-backed and compelling multimodal plans and studies.
• Share project work and conclusions with project team members, clients and the public.
• Coordinate the HDR regional traffic and planning and priorities of national transit/transportation leadership and area operations management to drive growth of market sectors in the Ohio area.
• Manage section of professionals to comply with project scope and client requirements.
• Promote and conduct branding of HDR to the industry and client community and serves as the face of HDR to executive management, board members and project management staff of clients.
• Serve as a project director or project manager for key projects, or contributes to a support role as appropriate.
• Work on select key projects and provides technical expertise to develop project budgets, monitor and direct tasks, provide quality control reviews, and oversight as needed.
• Work with Business/Accounting Manager, Project Controller and management as needed for reviews, goals, project accounting, etc.
• Participate in ensuring adherence to Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures on transit projects.
• Successful Project Delivery.
• Work with HDR counterparts to develop strategies for: key hires, project pursuits, team growth, area growth and profitability, employee engagement and satisfaction.

Preferred Qualifications

• PTOE.
• RSP I or II.
• Experience with traffic analysis modeling software (e.g., Synchro, TransModeler, and Vissim).
• Understanding and experience with planning-level traffic analysis and forecasting preferred.
• Experience working with Ohio DOT and Ohio Municipalities.
• Experience working on multimodal projects.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 10 years experience.
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments.
• Good leadership and organizational skills.

What We Believe

We are all employee-owners at HDR, which is the foundation of our collaborative culture that connects employees around the world. HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

• We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.
• We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.