Position: Project Traffic Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL
Duration: Permanent
Salary: $100,000-140,000
Must haves:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Possess valid Professional Engineer licensure
- 3+ years of experience in road, intersection, and traffic signal design
- Ability to effectively manage multiple clients and projects and to develop and manage project budgets
- Experience with HCS, SYNCHRO, and the MUTCD is required
- Ability to coach and assist with the management of staff
Day to day:
- Coordinate and perform the planning and permitting of traffic/transportation engineering, land development, and infrastructure projects
- Manage and deliver on multiple projects and tasks within specific budgets, schedules, and deadlines.
- Prepare progress reports and draft change orders.
- Prepare draft invoices, project billings, and assist in payment collections
- Coordinate and work with staff to determine the feasibility of projects based on the analysis of preliminary data and to prepare and modify reports, specifications, plans, and design for projects
- Effectively organize, write, and edit draft proposals, reports, and other documents
- Participate in the identification and pursuit of new clients, learn to develop additional work within an existing project, and attend business development meetings with new and existing clients
- Provide direct oversight and management of junior staff for specific project assignments
- Coach, train, and motivate staff assigned to Traffic/Transportation projects.
- Participate in interviewing and hiring staff; Interface effectively and professionally with clients, contractors, subcontractors, staff, project personnel, supervisors, and other office locations/disciplines. Actively participate in internal and external technical presentations and produce written articles for internal and external publications
- Perform other duties as requested.