What are the responsibilities and job description for the Traffic Engineering Team Manager position at WSP in the U.S.?
Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Traffic Engineering Team Manager for our Salt Lake City, UT office. Be involved in projects with our Utah Traffic Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
Come lead our local traffic team and solve some of the most challenging transportation projects in the region. Work with local leaders and national experts to make a real difference in how our cities and communities work.
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and manage tasks in traffic engineering, transportation engineering design, traffic operations analysis, and planning and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
Your Impact
Required Qualifications
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Notice To Third Party Agencies
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Traffic Engineering Team Manager for our Salt Lake City, UT office. Be involved in projects with our Utah Traffic Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
Come lead our local traffic team and solve some of the most challenging transportation projects in the region. Work with local leaders and national experts to make a real difference in how our cities and communities work.
The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and manage tasks in traffic engineering, transportation engineering design, traffic operations analysis, and planning and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
Your Impact
- Perform traffic design tasks requiring creativity, foresight and mature engineering judgment in the evaluation, selection and substantial adaptation and modification of standard design or engineering techniques and procedures.
- Design and oversee traffic elements of final design projects (Traffic Signal, Signing and Striping, Traffic Control, ITS, and Lighting plans).
- Manage projects or direct traffic tasks on projects and monitor project progress for technical accuracy and adherence to schedule and budget.
- Attend project progress meetings, design review, operations, and project production and delivery.
- Coordinate with other design disciplines including roadway, structures, environmental, drainage, electrical, utilities, and right of way.
- Prepare or oversee project reports, plans, specifications, and estimate bid packages.
- Ensure that production of specifications, reports, and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
- Supervise and perform MicroStation, OpenRoads, or AutoCAD drafting to support various design teams.
- Take an active role in business development related to traffic/ITS engineering projects in the regional market.
- Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
- Manage staff by coordinating project workload while supporting their professional growth and development.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
- 10 years of relevant post education experience in engineering and traffic design.
- Utah PE registration, or ability to receive within 6 months.
- Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience of with UDOT transportation projects.
- Highly proficient with traffic engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build related to traffic control equipment, capacity and operational analysis, project management, and related communications systems.
- Experience with roadway planning, design, and program/construction management including project involvement in a variety of larger and more complex infrastructure projects.
- Strong knowledge of relevant roadway transportation construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
- Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
- Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, AutoCAD, Microstation, OpenRoads, or similar software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.
- Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
- Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
- Experience with alternative delivery projects
- Experience with transportation projects in Utah
- Experience with Vissim, HCS, SignCAD, OpenRoads Designer
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Notice To Third Party Agencies
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
