Traffic Engineering Municipal Lead

About the role

AECOM is seeking a Traffic Engineering Municipal Lead to support and expand our municipal transportation practice in Texas. This is a hybrid position, with flexibility to be based in Dallas, TX. The role serves as the technical and client-facing lead on mid- to large-scale traffic engineering and active transportation projects for city and county agencies across the state.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead engineer for mid- to large-scale municipal traffic engineering and active transportation projects.
• Provide specialized technical oversight for traffic studies, safety analysis, signal design, signing and pavement marking, grade crossing evaluations, and multimodal planning efforts.
• Present complex technical findings and recommendations to municipal clients, councils, MPO boards, and other stakeholders.
• Perform quality control reviews of plans, specifications, and technical deliverables; approve and sign off on engineering work as required.
• Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resource plans throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Prepare technical scopes of work, fee proposals, and engineering cost estimates.
• Support business development efforts, including pursuit strategy, client relationship management, and municipal account growth.
• Career Area: Engineering
• Work Location Model: Hybrid

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field, plus 8 years of relevant traffic engineering experience, or demonstrated equivalency of education and experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: 12+ years of related traffic engineering experience, direct experience working with municipal agencies, Professional Engineer (PE) license in the state of Texas, or ability to obtain within six months of hire, RSP (Road Safety Professional) certification, demonstrated success in business development, municipal client relationship management, and pursuit of transportation projects, proficiency with traffic engineering and modeling software such as MicroStation, SignCAD, Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, or similar tools, experience with active transportation planning and design, safety analysis, and highway-rail grade crossing projects, experience managing engineering design and/or planning projects from concept through construction support, experience developing municipal business development strategies and preparing scopes, budgets, and proposals, active participation in professional engineering organizations, strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated client-facing experience.