Traffic/ITS Engineering Leader

About the role

We are seeking a Traffic/ITS Engineering Leader to join our team in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. This role involves leading traffic engineering projects, driving business development efforts, and building strong relationships with municipal and county agencies.

Responsibilities

• Build and expand relationships with municipal and regional agencies to identify near- and long-term traffic engineering and planning opportunities.
• Lead pursuit strategies, including go/no-go decisions, client outreach, and proposal development.
• Act as a trusted advisor to municipal clients, anticipating needs and positioning AECOM for future work.
• Represent AECOM at industry events to enhance visibility and market presence.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated project delivery.
• Mentor early-career staff, fostering technical development and quality output.
• Serve as the primary client contact throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
• Prepare and deliver technical findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including city councils and public works leadership.
• Serve as technical mentor on traffic engineering projects, overseeing analyses, designs, and implementation efforts.
• Oversee or contribute to traffic signal designs, ITS layouts, corridor studies, and related plans.
• Review technical reports and designs for quality, accuracy, and client standards.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Civil Engineering or related field + 12 years of relevant traffic engineering experience, OR demonstrated equivalency of experience and education.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Direct related experience with municipal agencies such as city and county agencies.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in the state of hire, or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Active engagement and proven leadership in professional organizations such as the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), ITS America (Intelligent Transportation Society), or the Transportation Research Board (TRB).
• Strong background in municipal traffic engineering, including project delivery for local cities, counties, and transportation agencies.
• Proven track record in business development, client relationship management, and successful pursuit of municipal transportation work.
• Proficiency with traffic engineering and modeling software (MicroStation, SignCAD, Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, or similar).
• Experience preparing traffic impact analyses, signal timing and design, ITS concepts, signing/striping, and safety evaluations.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Experience managing traffic engineering design and/or planning projects throughout the project lifecycle including developing scopes, schedules, budgets.
• Experience developing and implementing business development strategies for municipal accounts.
• Experience preparing technical scopes, fee estimates, and proposals.
• Familiarity with multimodal planning, complete streets design, and emerging mobility technologies.
• Experience coordinating with MPOs, transit agencies, and regional planning organizations.