Traffic Control Manager

Traffic Control Program Leadership

Design, establish, and continuously improve the Company's traffic control department, operating model, and service standards.

Create and maintain standard operating procedures, field expectations, inspection protocols, training requirements, and escalation processes.

Create short- and long-range staffing, equipment, and capability plans aligned with anticipated project demand and Company growth.

Serve as the primary internal resource on temporary traffic control, work zone operations, and traffic management practices.

Promote a culture of safety, accountability, professionalism, teamwork, equipment care, and continuous improvement.

Traffic Control Design and Planning

Review plans, specifications, schedules, and field conditions to determine traffic control labor, equipment, device, and timing requirements.

Develop, review, or coordinate site-specific temporary traffic control plans, lane closures, detours, and traffic shifts consistent with contract requirements and applicable standards.

Coverage with project managers, paving superintendents, estimators, safety personnel, customers, inspectors, municipalities, transportation agencies, utilities, and law enforcement as appropriate.

Identify traffic flow, queue, access, visibility, pedestrian, emergency response, and public-impact risks before work begins.

Plan deployment and recovery of traffic control resources so crews are ready before production starts and removed promptly when no longer needed.

Crew Leadership and Workforce Development

Train, schedule, coach, evaluate, and retain Traffic Control Technicians, Leads, and Foremen.

Define skill expectations and career progression for traffic control positions.

Develop crew leaders and maintain succession coverage for critical assignments.

Assign personnel based on competency, certification, project risk, and production schedule.

Address attendance, conduct, quality, productivity, and safety concerns promptly and consistently in partnership with Human Resources and Safety.

Safety, Compliance, and Quality Assurance

Maintain working knowledge of applicable temporary traffic control requirements, project specifications, safety rules, and agency standards.

Ensure employees receive required training and maintain current credentials for assigned responsibilities.

Lead or participate in incident, near-miss, complaint, and deficiency reviews; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.

Conduct routine quality audits and trend findings to reduce repeat deficiencies.

Maintain complete, accurate, and timely records for traffic control plans, daily inspections, equipment checks, training, certifications, incidents, corrective actions, and other required documentation.

Stop or correct work when traffic control conditions present an unacceptable risk or do not meet approved requirements.

Equipment, Fleet, and Inventory Management

Manage traffic control vehicles, trailers, signs, supports, lighting, communications devices, message boards, arrow boards, portable signals, channelizing devices, personal protective equipment, and related inventory.

Implement an asset identification, location tracking, check-in/check-out, inspection, maintenance, and replacement process.

Maintain inventory accuracy and adequate stock levels while controlling loss, theft, avoidable damage, downtime, and rental expense.

Schedule preventive maintenance, repairs, calibration, programming, and replacement of traffic control equipment.

Forecast capital needs and recommend equipment purchases based on safety, utilization, reliability, and growth requirements.

Project Coordination, Estimating, and Cost Control

Participate in preconstruction, planning, scheduling, and coordination meetings as needed.

Provide labor, equipment, material, phasing, and duration input for estimates and project plans.

Develop and manage the traffic control budget; monitor labor hours, overtime, rentals, repairs, consumables, loss, and project cost performance.

Cookordinate daily priorities with operations so traffic control supports production without sacrificing safety or compliance.

Identify opportunities to standardize recurring setups, improve utilization, reduce waste, and increase department productivity.

Communicate resource constraints, cost risks, schedule conflicts, and corrective actions to leadership.