Traffic Engineering Practice Leader

Overview

Join us as we Rise to the Challenge

At KCI, we’re building an enduring community that provides unparalleled value to our employee-owners. We make our mark designing and delivering our world-class solutions, so we invest deeply in supporting and developing our team. We reward integrity and commitment, and when we do well, you do well. Our employee’s have the freedom to innovate, unlimited growth, a voice that matters, a lifestyle that works, and skin in the game. Achievements are shared and celebrated. As a team, we are motivated to better ourselves, each other, and the world around us. 

THE COMPANY

KCI Technologies, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States. KCI is recognized as an industry leader, employing cutting-edge technologies, management practices and strategic growth initiatives. Employee ownership fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, encourages technical expertise, and shapes strategic planning.

KCI supports a positive work life balance that allows employees to flourish in both their professional lives and personal lives. We provide a work experience that allows employees to match productive time with their personal lifestyle, provided our clients’ expectations are being met. This includes a hybrid work schedule and flexible working hours in addition to our core benefits.

Our team strives to advance equity, diversity and inclusion across the company as a central component of our corporate culture, systems and practices. We not only respect each other’s backgrounds, positions, perspectives, and beliefs: we champion them in every aspect of our day-to-day operations. If we can bring our best, most authentic selves to work, we can function as a stronger team and have fun along the way.

KCI is currently ranked #56 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 design firms in the nation.

KCI BENEFITS INFORMATION

We offer a competitive compensation package, family friendly benefits, a collaborative working environment, and the training, mentoring and resources you need to advance in your career.

We understand that you have choices, and we know that together we will make a great team! 

KCI is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

Duties, Responsibilities & Other

KCI is seeking a Traffic Practice Leader for our San Antonio location to continue building our traffic engineering practice. The preferred candidate will be a self-starter who appreciates challenges and sees the big picture.

• Must be a highly self-motivated dynamic individual.
• Directly reports to Trasnportation Regional Practice Leader in San Antonio
• Marketing/Business Development - build backlog by pursing and winning new projects for Traffic Engineering/Operations 
  • Identify target clients and opportunities that best position KCI to expand our presence in the market and build backlog.
  • Meet with existing and clients to position KCI for future work
  • Lead the effort to market and position the firm to capture the opportunities
  • Lead/assist with teaming efforts
  • Lead development of proposals
• Management/Leadership/Motivation
  • Provide Leadership/Mentorship/Motivation to staff
  • Take an active role in recruitment and development of new staff
• Project Management/Engineering – serve as a Project Manager on design or design-build projects
  • Develop (or assist with) scope, schedule and fees for projects
  • Serve as a PM or technical resources to develop studies, reports, plans, specifications and estimates
  • Provide independent QA/QC on projects
• Work closely with other KCI Disciplines to market/cross-sell/complete work.
• Traffic Engineering experience desired:
  • Traffic Analysis and microsimulation experience preferred
  • TxDOT experience preferred
  • Travel Demand Modeling experience a plus
  • Signal Design, Signal Timing plan development, signing plan development and/or traffic control experience a plus.
  • Municipal experience a plus

Texas PE required for this role. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required. Master's degree preferred.  
• Minimum of 10 -15 years of professional experience. 
• Appropriate professional certification preferred.
• Pre-employment drug screening is a condition of employment. Background and motor vehicle checks may be required based upon position.