What are the responsibilities and job description for the Traffic Project Manager position at Avenue Consultants?
Description
Avenue’s Traffic, Research, and Development team is growing our Taylorsville, UT office. As with all opportunities at Avenue, we are interested in applicants even if they are shy a couple years of the preferred experience. We strive to match employees’ job duties to what they enjoy working on. For purposes of job postings, we have included some broad typical job duties below that will be supported and/or led based on experience.
Job Duties
- Team Leadership: Lead a team of engineers; providing guidance, mentoring, support, and professional development opportunities. Fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.
- Recruiting: Actively participate in the hiring process for new team members, ensuring the selection of qualified and motivated individuals who align with our culture and values.
- Business Development: Procure new contracts and clients by identifying opportunities, developing proposals, and maintaining strong relationships with existing and potential clients.
- Project Management: Oversee and manage transportation engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality.
- Regulatory Compliance: Help ensure all projects comply with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Client Engagement: Serve as a point of contact for clients, addressing their needs and ensuring their satisfaction with our services.
- Technical Expertise: Provide technical knowledge and guidance on traffic analysis, signal timing, communicating/interpreting data and traffic studies. Travel Demand Modeling (TDM), forecasting, solutions development, and EA/IACR support will also need to be provided. In addition, being an Engineer of Record for your own work as well as work completed under your direction.
- Strategic Planning: Contribute to the strategic planning and growth of all Avenue’s geographies, setting and achieving long-term goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field preferred
- Professional Engineering (PE) license required
- 8 years experience preferred
Skills
- Good communication skills with the capability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- A strong interest in in traffic operations
- An understanding of national traffic standards and UDOT's standards
- Capable of analyzing and interpreting traffic data
- Willingness to learn, provide feedback, and receive feedback
- Proficient with Microsoft office suite, especially Excel
- Proficient with traffic analysis software packages such as Synchro, Vissim, and Cube
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting and standing
Benefits
Avenue offers competitive compensation and benefits including:
- Generous PTO & paid holidays
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans
- FSA & HSA options
- Semi Annual Bonuses
- 401(k) matching
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation Assistance
About Avenue Consultants
Avenue Consultants is an award-winning, multi-discipline consulting firm which has successfully delivered a wide range of professional services across the U.S. for over fifteen years. Avenue’s mission is to first, create opportunities for employees and second, create value for clients.
It takes dedication and commitment to build a professional services practice like Avenue Consultants; we could only accomplish this by attracting and retaining the best in our industry. At Avenue, we are a people first culture, which means that our team members are our top priority. Avenue is highly collaborative, focused on open and honest communication, being brave, showing mutual respect and genuine care for others. To encourage an environment that is collaborative and where employees have a true opportunity for development and growth, we take an unconventional approach where we don’t use job titles and traditional organization reporting structures.
Our collaborative approach provides opportunities to work on projects that will challenge you and provide growth opportunities for you. Our commitment is to never lose sight of our focus on an environment where our employees are valued and challenged, which is why our people and culture continues to be key to Avenue’s strategic goals.
