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Traffic Project Manager / Lead Traffic Engineer

Jacobs
Jacobs Salary
Birmingham, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/27/2025
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

As our infrastructure ages and the world population increases, Jacobs’ worldwide staff of professionals use new technology and expertise to develop innovative solutions to address future transportation demand. Coupled with today’s challenge to decarbonize our planet and fund projects, our people are engaged with a variety of creative projects to implement these innovative solutions.

We are looking for a collaborative Traffic Project Manager/Lead Traffic Engineer/ITS to join our Southeast Team as part of our multidisciplined group of transportation planners, traffic / ITS engineers and operations specialists with a wide variety of talent and experience. When you join us, you will take a leading role in the development of traffic and ITS design plans, traffic operations, traffic signal timing and implementation, traffic studies and other traffic engineering work tasks. As a Project Manager, we will look to you to develop cost estimates and prepare final bid packages as well as managing on-call contracts, staff, and sub-consultants. You’ll prepare scope, schedule, and budgets for projects and task orders and identify creative and innovative solutions based on client, project, and site constraints. You will utilize your expertise by providing technical guidance, oversight, and perform quality reviews as well as train, direct, and mentor junior staff on the team.

Additional Responsibilities In This Role Will Include

  • Coordinating project milestones and workload with other project managers and group leads throughout the Southeast Region
  • Assisting in project pursuits to win work, coordinating with client account management leads
  • Assisting in business development and proposal efforts
  • Maintaining and/or develop relationships with new and existing clients to determine their needs and manage expectations


This role could be based in our Birmingham, Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, or Montgomery, Alabama offices.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Professional Engineering (PE) License, or ability to obtain one in Alabama within six months
  • Substantial experience leading the development of design plans and signal timings for traffic operations projects in Alabama
  • Previous project management and leadership experience
  • Valid driver’s license and able to travel locally for site visits
  • Must be resourceful, self-directed


Ideally, you'll also have

  • Design experience with departments of transportation, planning, transit, and/or municipal agencies
  • Knowledge and experience using CADD/MicroStation/ORD, Synchro/SimTraffic


This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Posted Salary Range Minimum

109,100.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

190,900.00

Jacobs’ health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $109,100.00 to $190,900.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Salary : $109,100 - $190,900

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