Technical Manager - ITS/Traffic Engineering

AtkinsRéalis • Austin, TX

5d • $165,000 - $225,000

About The Position

We are seeking a Technical Manager – ITS/Traffic Engineering to join our team as a regional lead in Texas, Colorado, or Nevada. Join a dynamic and connected team where collaboration, shared purpose, and technical excellence drive our success across regions. In this leadership role, you’ll work alongside talented colleagues throughout the organization to pursue new opportunities, deliver impactful projects, and support the growth and development of high performing teams. If you’re energized by a culture grounded in integrity, openness, teamwork, and a shared commitment to engineering a better future—while valuing strong partnerships across regions—you’ll find your place with AtkinsRéalis.
Your role Staff Administration: With Practice Director, Market Directors and Project Managers, identifies current and future staffing availability based on technical and budgetary requirements of future workload and manpower projections. Recommends salary levels for new hires and initiates salary and position adjustment actions for staff, subject to senior management review and approval. Conducts semi-annual performance reviews and annual career planning sessions with direct reports. Provides staff with ongoing performance feedback and counsel to promote improved performance and career development. Helps staff identify and pursue technical and professional development activities consistent with their career development goals and work unit objectives/company needs. Ensures staff compliance with company policies and procedures. Project Production and Management: Ensure appropriate staff allocation to projects in consideration of project schedules, budgets, key milestone dates and work products. Monitors and enforces compliance with established quality control standards, ensuring that appropriate quality assurance activities are being performed throughout the operating unit. Reviews project QC plans and periodic QA compliance audits on current or recently completed projects. Assists staff in resolving problems concerning work with the various business units. Technical Excellence: Maintains visibility and professional currency by actively participating in professional and civic organizations and encourages staff to do the same. Works with Practice and Technical Directors to design and implement development tracks for technical staff, with a focus on building technical excellence at all levels of the organization. Marketing and Client Maintenance: May participate in pursuing new project opportunities for firm by maintaining contacts with current and prospective clients. Contracts and Financial: May assist sales leads and project managers to staff new pursuits and contract negotiations. Approves purchase requests for capital items as specified in the Authorization Matrix. Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in field of practice.
• This level may be achieved by technical professionals or technical managers with 10 years of experience since B.S., with at least three of these years in positions with project management or supervisory responsibilities.
• Professional registration in field of practice (P.E.) is required

Nice To Haves

• Management coursework and/or MBA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identifies current and future staffing availability based on technical and budgetary requirements of future workload and manpower projections.
• Recommends salary levels for new hires and initiates salary and position adjustment actions for staff, subject to senior management review and approval.
• Conducts semi-annual performance reviews and annual career planning sessions with direct reports.
• Provides staff with ongoing performance feedback and counsel to promote improved performance and career development.
• Helps staff identify and pursue technical and professional development activities consistent with their career development goals and work unit objectives/company needs.
• Ensures staff compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensure appropriate staff allocation to projects in consideration of project schedules, budgets, key milestone dates and work products.
• Monitors and enforces compliance with established quality control standards, ensuring that appropriate quality assurance activities are being performed throughout the operating unit.
• Reviews project QC plans and periodic QA compliance audits on current or recently completed projects.
• Assists staff in resolving problems concerning work with the various business units.
• Maintains visibility and professional currency by actively participating in professional and civic organizations and encourages staff to do the same.
• Works with Practice and Technical Directors to design and implement development tracks for technical staff, with a focus on building technical excellence at all levels of the organization.
• May participate in pursuing new project opportunities for firm by maintaining contacts with current and prospective clients.
• May assist sales leads and project managers to staff new pursuits and contract negotiations.
• Approves purchase requests for capital items as specified in the Authorization Matrix.
• Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.

Benefits

• AtkinsRéalis benefits may include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits, employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting, employee stock purchase plan, Paid Time Off, leaves of absences options, flexible work options, recognition and employee satisfaction programs, employee assistance program, and voluntary benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees