Senior Transportation & Traffic Engineering Lead

Egis Group•Austin, TX

About The Position

Egis is seeking an experienced Senior Transportation & Traffic Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership, project management, and strategic pursuit support for transportation planning, traffic engineering, and highway safety projects across Texas. The role supports the growth of the transportation engineering practice through complex project delivery, client relationships, and technical contributions to business development, particularly for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The successful candidate serves as a senior technical advisor and project leader, leading or supporting traffic engineering components of strategic pursuits, mentoring engineering teams, and advancing technical excellence. The position provides senior technical leadership for transportation planning, traffic engineering, highway safety, and ITS/TSMO projects. It leads traffic operations studies, safety analyses, corridor studies, feasibility assessments, and transportation improvement strategies, and oversees technical reports, engineering studies, design plans, and deliverables for compliance with TxDOT and applicable engineering standards. The role leads complex transportation engineering projects from planning and scoping through execution and delivery, managing budgets, schedules, staffing, resources, and technical deliverables. It serves as a primary client contact for TxDOT, municipalities, transportation agencies, and stakeholders, and works with multidisciplinary teams and subconsultants to resolve technical challenges and meet project objectives. The position also contributes technical expertise to pursuits, proposals, scopes of work, staffing plans, and client interviews; builds client relationships and identifies opportunities to expand services across Texas; and supports practice operations through resource planning, workload management, mentorship, and coordination with regional and discipline leadership. The posting describes a permanent contract. Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid and remote opportunities, may be available where business needs allow. All positions require pre-employment screening after an offer is accepted, including identity, motor vehicle, education, employment, criminal, sanctions/watch-list, and drug checks; offers are contingent on successful screening.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas, or ability to obtain Texas licensure within six months.
12 or more years of progressive transportation engineering experience, with expertise in traffic engineering, transportation planning, traffic operations, and/or highway safety.
Demonstrated experience leading complex transportation engineering projects for state DOTs, municipalities, or other public agencies.
Strong project management skills, including budgeting, scheduling, resource planning, and multidisciplinary team leadership.
Experience leading or supporting transportation engineering pursuits, technical proposals, and client presentations.
Strong technical knowledge of transportation engineering standards, traffic operations, safety analysis, and related engineering practices.
Excellent communication, client relationship management, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience delivering TxDOT projects and established relationships with Texas transportation agencies.
Experience with ITS, TSMO, traffic signal operations, transportation systems, and emerging mobility technologies.
Demonstrated experience supporting practice growth, developing engineering teams, and contributing to successful project pursuits.
Experience with transportation research, technical presentations, or professional organizations such as ITE and TRB.

Responsibilities

Provide senior technical leadership for transportation planning, traffic engineering, highway safety, and ITS/TSMO projects.
Lead traffic operations studies, safety analyses, corridor studies, feasibility assessments, and transportation improvement strategies.
Oversee technical reports, engineering studies, design plans, and deliverables to ensure compliance with TxDOT and applicable engineering standards.
Serve as a technical subject matter expert, providing quality oversight and guidance to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Lead complex transportation engineering projects from planning and scoping through execution and successful delivery.
Manage project budgets, schedules, staffing, resources, and technical deliverables to support quality, profitability, and client satisfaction.
Serve as a primary client contact and coordinate with TxDOT, municipalities, transportation agencies, and project stakeholders.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and subconsultants to resolve technical challenges and meet project objectives.
Lead or support traffic engineering and transportation planning components of project pursuits.
Contribute technical expertise to proposal development, technical approaches, scopes of work, staffing plans, and client interviews.
Build and maintain client relationships and identify opportunities to expand transportation engineering services across Texas.
Support strategic business development through client engagement, industry participation, and technical presentations.
Support transportation planning and traffic engineering practice growth and operations through resource planning, workload management, and technical leadership.
Mentor and develop engineering professionals, promoting technical excellence and collaboration.
Partner with regional and discipline leadership to align staffing, technical capabilities, and project resources with business needs.

Benefits

Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Paid time off and flexible holiday program
Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid and remote opportunities where business needs allow
Life insurance and disability coverage, including maternity leave
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care expenses
Paid family leave
Wellness programs supporting physical and mental well-being
Education assistance, professional development, and continuing learning opportunities
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee discount programs
Mentorship, technical training, and leadership opportunities