This Opportunity
WSP USA is currently seeking a full-time Lead Consultant, Traffic Engineer for our Puget Sound market in Washington State. The following locations will be considered: Seattle, Redmond, and Tacoma, WA . Be involved in projects with our Pacific Mountain West District Traffic Engineering team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.
The Lead Consultant, Traffic Engineer will bring leadership and skills to deliver a variety of traffic and ITS related design tasks and will provide technical assistance and guidance in engineering and design for our local, state and regional clients.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. We are looking for motivated engineers and designers interested in Traffic and ITS Engineering and Design to support our client’s growing needs – talent is the essence of meeting our client’s needs. We want to continue to build our team with people willing to solve problems, expand solutions, and challenge the status quo. As our industry needs grow, our team has the potential to grow and support our communities and agencies in new ways. While the focus of this position is traffic design, candidates will also have opportunities to support and lead traffic operations analysis tasks in our blended traffic design and operations team. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
Your Impact
Perform professional traffic engineering work related to maintenance of traffic, signage, pavement markings, traffic signals, ITS, and roadway illumination.
Prepare plans, specifications, quantities, and cost estimates for traffic design elements within transportation infrastructure projects.
Oversee and assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, and as-builts for project development.
Ensure excellence in overall project delivery.
Coordinate, review and approve traffic design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable best practices, codes, ordinances, and regulations.
Train and provide guidance to junior-level engineers on traffic design.
Engage in business development activities related to project pursuits and preparing statements of qualifications and proposals.
Remain current in the latest traffic engineering techniques and practices.
Prepare technical reports which may include concept of operations, basis of design, transportation and incident management plans, and small-scale traffic engineering studies.
Lead traffic design tasks and manage scope, schedule, and budget.
Assist with traffic engineering studies and operational analysis.
Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment with other engineers, planners, scientific professionals, DOT, and transit agency staff.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.
7+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and prior traffic design experience.
Proficient and extensive knowledge of traffic engineering principles, practices, process, and design related to traffic control equipment, ITS, related communications systems and roadway illumination.
Experience with leading the development of a complete Plans, Specs and Estimate package
Well-developed ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications.
Excellent communication, technical, and business development skills
Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
Ability to work independently under general supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
Ability to multitask effectively and to lead/manage multiple tasks concurrently.
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, commitment to quality, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
Licensed Professional Engineer in Washington state.
PTOE and/or RSP certified.
Proficient with AutoCAD, Microstation, AGi32, and GuideSIGN or similar software.
Knowledge and experience with traffic analysis software including HCS, Synchro and VISSIM.
Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience of WSDOT, SDOT and City of Bellevue standards and procedures, and design practices.
Experience with complete streets and active transportation projects.
A member of and/or actively participates in local professional practice organizations.
May provide support for transportation projects in other WSP offices. Occasional travel may be required.
Post-graduate degree in Engineering.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary: $111,000 - $189,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
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.
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.