Senior Traffic Engineer - Technical Lead

Rettew•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

RETTEW is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineer | Technical Lead to join our Transportation team and help guide the technical delivery and continued growth of our traffic engineering services. This opportunity is designed for an experienced traffic engineer who wants to remain actively involved in complex technical work while expanding their influence across projects, teams, and client relationships. You will lead and review traffic engineering analyses, studies, designs, and technical deliverables while serving as a trusted resource for clients, project teams, and developing professionals. You will also help establish technical approaches, strengthen quality standards, mentor staff, and solve complex transportation challenges. Traffic engineering professionals can develop expertise across different types of projects and services. You do not need to have done everything. We are looking for strong traffic engineering fundamentals, Pennsylvania project experience, professional analysis and modeling experience, sound technical judgment, and demonstrated ability to guide the work of others.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Active Professional Engineer license in Pennsylvania, or an active PE license in another state with the ability to obtain Pennsylvania licensure.
At least eight years of progressive professional experience in traffic engineering.
Demonstrated experience leading the technical delivery or review of traffic engineering work.
Professional experience with traffic operations, traffic impact, signal, corridor, safety, access, or related traffic engineering assignments.
Professional experience using traffic analysis or simulation software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, or comparable tools.
Experience preparing and reviewing engineering calculations, analyses, models, plans, reports, specifications, or other technical deliverables.
Working knowledge of applicable traffic engineering standards and agency requirements.
Ability to establish technical approaches, evaluate complex information, and exercise sound engineering judgment.
Ability to communicate technical information clearly to clients, agencies, Project Managers, and technical staff.
Experience providing technical direction, coaching, or review to other professionals.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary project teams.
Ability to manage competing assignments, priorities, and deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Professional Traffic Operations Engineer certification.
PennDOT or Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project experience.
PennDOT ECMS and Pennsylvania project-delivery processes.
Traffic impact studies or traffic impact analyses.
Traffic operations and capacity analysis.
Traffic signal warrant analysis.
Traffic signal design.
Intersection improvement projects.
Corridor or network-level studies.
Traffic safety studies.
Access management.
Roundabout analysis or design.
Traffic data collection and evaluation.
Maintenance and protection of traffic.
Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, SIDRA, Highway Safety Software, or other traffic-analysis platforms.
OpenRoads Designer or MicroStation.
Coordination with municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, utilities, or other project stakeholders.
Formal mentoring, coaching, supervision, or staff-development responsibilities.
Development of project scopes, schedules, budgets, or level-of-effort estimates.
Proposal development and selection interviews.
Client relationship management or business-development support.
Development of technical standards, templates, tools, or quality-control processes.

Responsibilities

Serve as a Technical Lead on traffic engineering projects, providing technical direction, oversight, and quality control.
Establish appropriate methodologies for complex traffic engineering assignments and guide project teams through execution.
Lead and review traffic impact studies, operational analyses, signal warrant analyses, traffic signal designs, corridor studies, safety evaluations, and access management assignments.
Evaluate intersection, corridor, and network performance using accepted traffic engineering principles and professional analysis tools.
Develop practical recommendations for improving traffic operations, mobility, access, and safety.
Prepare and review calculations, models, plans, specifications, technical reports, and other project deliverables.
Confirm that technical work is accurate, consistent, constructible, and compliant with applicable standards and project requirements.
Interpret and apply applicable PennDOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, MUTCD, AASHTO, municipal, and other agency standards and requirements.
Coordinate with PennDOT, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, clients, and other reviewing agencies.
Collaborate with Project Managers to align technical scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and deliverable expectations.
Advise clients and internal teams on traffic operations, safety, permitting, design, and project-delivery considerations.
Identify complex technical or project-delivery challenges and guide teams toward practical solutions.
Mentor engineers and designers through technical coaching, project assignments, and constructive review.
Help develop and maintain technical standards, tools, templates, and quality-control practices.
Support project scopes, technical approaches, level-of-effort estimates, proposals, and selection interviews.
Contribute technical insight to client relationships, strategic pursuits, and the continued growth of RETTEW’s traffic engineering services.
Stay current with evolving traffic engineering standards, tools, technologies, and industry practices.