Traffic/ITS Engineering Leader

Responsibilities

• Build and expand relationships with municipal and regional agencies to identify near- and long-term traffic engineering and planning opportunities.
• Lead pursuit strategies, including go/no-go decisions, client outreach, and proposal development.
• Act as a trusted advisor to municipal clients, anticipating needs and positioning AECOM for future work.
• Represent AECOM at industry events to enhance visibility and market presence.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated project delivery.
• Mentor early-career staff, fostering technical development and quality output.
• Serve as the primary client contact throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
• Prepare and deliver technical findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including city councils and public works leadership.
• Serve as technical mentor on traffic engineering projects, overseeing analyses, designs, and implementation efforts.
• Oversee or contribute to traffic signal designs, ITS layouts, corridor studies, and related plans.
• Review technical reports and designs for quality, accuracy, and client standards.
• Minimum Requirements:
• BA/BS in Civil Engineering or related field + 12 years of relevant traffic engineering experience, OR demonstrated equivalency of experience and education.
• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.

Requirements

• Direct related experience with municipal agencies such as city and county agencies.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in the state of hire, or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Strong background in municipal traffic engineering, including project delivery for local cities, counties, and transportation agencies.
• Proven track record in business development, client relationship management, and successful pursuit of municipal transportation work.
• Proficiency with traffic engineering and modeling software (MicroStation, SignCAD, Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM, HCS, or similar).
• Experience preparing traffic impact analyses, signal timing and design, ITS concepts, signing/striping, and safety evaluations.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Experience managing traffic engineering design and/or planning projects throughout the project lifecycle including developing scopes, schedules, budgets.
• Experience developing and implementing business development strategies for municipal accounts.
• Experience preparing technical scopes, fee estimates, and proposals.
• Familiarity with multimodal planning, complete streets design, and emerging mobility technologies.
• Experience coordinating with MPOs, transit agencies, and regional planning organizations.
• Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Additional Information

As a Traffic/ITS Engineering Leader, the right candidate will lead traffic engineering projects while driving business development efforts with municipal and county agencies in the DFW area. They will build client relationships, identify opportunities, and develop pursuit strategies to expand AECOM's regional presence. On the technical side, they will oversee traffic operations analysis, signal design, ITS planning, traffic modeling, safety studies, multimodal corridor planning, and mentor junior staff. The ideal candidate has strong industry connections, a proven ability to secure and manage municipal transportation projects, and excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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