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Senior Technical Manager, Traffic Engineering

WSP Lawrenceville, NJ senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Traffic Engineering to provide subject matter technical support and leadership for multi-site/phase project investigation, remediation, analysis, improvement, planning, engineering, design, and operation of streets and highways.

The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical leader and trusted advisor to NJDOT, NJTA, and New Jersey County agencies, leading projects from Concept Development through Construction. The role involves providing technical authority defining QA/QC standards and delivery approaches.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing oversight with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, maps, technical data, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction
  • Applying high-level professional, civil, and traffic engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various project phases
  • Performing professional traffic engineering work and conducting more complex/comprehensive investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions
  • Leading traffic engineering scope for NJDOT/NJTA/New Jersey County projects across CD, PE, FD, and construction phases
  • Developing and designing innovative concepts for larger scale complex intersection and strategic corridor improvements

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline
  • 10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and traffic design
  • Professional Engineer's (P.E.) license required in New Jersey
  • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification required
  • Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience of NJDOT design standards and procedures

Preferred qualifications include experience with NJDOT, NJTA and New Jersey County capital programs and stakeholder coordination.

The role requires strong knowledge of relevant roadway transportation construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements. The successful candidate will have highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others.

Skills

Required

  • traffic engineering
  • civil engineering
  • Professional Engineer's (P.E.) license
  • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification
  • NJDOT design standards
  • Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) applications
  • traffic engineering analysis software such as Synchro
  • Highway Capacity Software (HCS)
  • Highway Safety Manual (HSM) tools
  • VISSIM
  • FHWA analysis tools

Nice to have

  • NJDOT
  • NJTA
  • New Jersey County capital programs
  • stakeholder coordination

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/86996

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