# Technical Director, Traffic Engineering

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Valhalla, NY
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $139,800 - $249,150
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Technical Director, Traffic Engineering to join our team in New York.

The ideal candidate is an experienced Traffic Engineer who is innovative, results-oriented, and team-focused.

### Responsibilities

- Support the delivery and execution of project scope, objectives, and requirements, ensuring close collaboration and alignment with clients and stakeholders.

- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.

- Ensure project deliverables meet high-quality standards and specified requirements.

- Implement rigorous quality review processes, manage version controls, and track comments and resolutions.

- Prepare and present comprehensive project progress statuses using reporting tools and dashboards.

- Monitor and meet defined performance metrics, tracking budget, time, scope, and communication details to ensure projects meet schedule and client expectations.

- Stay current with emerging technologies, industry best practices, and relevant standards.

- Lead and direct multi-disciplinary project teams, including internal staff, sub-consultants, contractors, and vendors.

- Foster a culture of trust, transparency, and accountability.

- Manage internal groups or outside vendors to identify, plan, negotiate contracts, deliver, and monitor performance to client specifications.

- Coordinate with various internal and external partners, including cross-discipline and functional teams, government agencies, and other stakeholders.

- Present complex technical and project information to diverse audiences, including executives, client teams, and public forums.

- Contribute to and potentially lead the development of technical proposals, scopes of work, and budgeting for projected work.

- Assist in building and growing the firm's Traffic Engineering, Safety, and Intelligent Transportation Systems practice across New York State.

- Foster technical development and mentoring of staff.

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct.

### Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology, or equivalent years of experience.

- 12+ years of progressive experience in traffic, ITS, & safety planning, analysis, and design.

- Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York, or another state and able to obtain reciprocity in New York State within 6 months of hire.

- Proven experience managing complex projects with budgets, schedules, and technical requirements.

- Proven experience with NYSDOT, MTA, and other regional agencies.

- Strong leadership, mentoring, and team-building skills.

- Exceptional communication abilities including written, verbal, and public speaking.

- Demonstrated success in proposal writing, client presentations, and strategic project delivery.

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

- Passion for innovation, quality, and financial performance.

### Preferred Qualifications

- Master’s Degree in Engineering.

- Active engagement in relevant industry organizations.

- Project experience in traffic operations and safety, ATSPM, signal design, signal timing, NYSDOT experience, Interstate Reconstruction, Environmental Impact Statements.

- Expertise in traffic engineering principles, practices, NYSDOT project delivery process, Traffic Signal Design, Signage, pavement markings, Maco, Meso, and Micro-simulation modeling.

### Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

### Compensation

Expected Salary: $139,800 - $249,150

## Skills

### Required
- Traffic Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Engineering
- ATSPM
- signal design
- signal timing
- NYSDOT experience
- Interstate Reconstruction
- Environmental Impact Statements
- Traffic Signal Design
- Signage
- pavement markings
- Maco
- Meso
- Micro-simulation modeling

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