Traffic Engineering Leader

Responsibilities

• Leading the production and checking of technical traffic reports, design plans, design calculations, specifications, and cost opinions.
• Traffic modeling and analysis (Highway Capacity Software, Synchro/SimTraffic, etc.).
• Traffic signal design, signing and pavement marking design; and traffic control (Maintenance and Protection of Traffic) design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or better in Engineering.
• Experience: 15+ years.
• PTOE desired.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• MicroStation computer-aided design skills required, OpenRoads Designer experience a plus.

General Characteristics

• Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems.
• Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that impact organizational activities and culture.
• Sets priorities and reconciles directions from competing interests.
• Leads programs with complex features with work performed directly, or by others.
• Integrates engineering economics and risk analysis into the solutions of complex engineering problems.
• Integrates solutions to complex problems across specialty areas.
• Demonstrates ethical leadership, behavior, and decision making.
• Experience: 15+ years of experience.
• Education: B.S. Engineering, Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred; Certification/Licensure: Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.

Technical Responsibilities

• Develops standards and guidelines.
• Leads a program in the organization in their area of specialization.
• Develops appropriate design alternatives for complex engineering projects that consider realistic requirements, constraints, community input, permitting, and other regulatory constraints.
• Integrates advanced concepts, including sustainability, to solve complex problems.

Project and Task Management

• Oversees large or multidiscipline project teams.
• Recommends facilities, personnel, and funds required to carry out programs.
• Oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire program.
• Implements effective teamwork, leadership, and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles into solutions for engineering problems.
• Determines program objectives and requirements.
• Develops organizational policies and procedures.

Management, Supervision and Guidance

• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Implements staff development plans within their organizational segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills.
• Advocates for and establishes professional attitudes within the organization.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of leaders and teams, and their understanding and application of concepts of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Communication, Teamwork and Leadership

• Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills, including negotiation of critical issues.
• Integrates different forms of effective and persuasive communication to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrates financial acumen and familiarity with legal issues related to engineering practice.
• Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials, or other organizations and companies.
• Promotes justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion within their organizational segment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary - GAI is committed to paying market-based salaries.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, company paid Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability (benefits start within 30 days of hire).
• New paid Maternity/Paternity/Adoption program.
• Generous Paid Time Off and 7 paid holidays.
• 401k company match.
• Tuition Reimbursement.