Senior Traffic Engineer

Wilson & Company is seeking a full-time Senior Traffic Engineer to join our Arizona transportation planning and engineering team. This role will serve state and local agency clients and lead traffic design projects, safety evaluations, and multimodal facility analysis. The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to work on a variety of project types and sizes, including design-build.

This role could be to serve as a local practice lead, commensurate to experience and skills.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Lead/manage design for intersections, traffic signals, roadway lighting, signing, pavement marking, traffic management systems, and ITS systems.

Develop maintenance of traffic (MOT) and sequencing plans.

Assist with technical traffic analyses for highways, streets, and multi-modal facilities.

Assist with traffic safety analyses, including Road Safety Audits (RSAs), and identification and design of proposed safety countermeasures.

Implement client and internal QA/QC procedures

Assist in developing proposals and marketing strategies.

Build and maintain relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Mentor junior staff and foster a collaborative work environment.

Please note that Wilson & Company is not currently sponsoring applicants for work visas.

Salary Range: $100,000 - $140,000+, depending on experience.

Required Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Arizona or ability to obtain licensure within three months.

Certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) and/or a Road Safety Professional (RSP) Levels 1 or 2 is preferred.

Minimum of 10 years in traffic engineering and design.

Experience working with relevant industry standards and guidelines, such as MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) and AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) standards.

Proficiency using CAD (MicroStation/AutoCAD), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and/or traffic simulation software (e.g., Synchro, VISSIM),

About Us: For nearly a century, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, has provided award-winning engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, surveying, geospatial, and construction management services. With employees across multiple offices in the Midwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountain, and Western regions in the United States, we bring people together to practice their craft, create value, and accomplish great things.

Guided by our purpose, we help clients move from concept to completion, transforming unused spaces into productive places, underutilized facilities into efficient ones, and rural or urban challenges into achievable solutions.

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