Traffic Engineering Service Line Leader

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.•Herndon, VA

8d•$200,000 - $270,000

About The Position

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT), a 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, is seeking an energetic, entrepreneurial leader to expand and grow its traffic engineering capabilities across the firm. The role spans civil engineers, planners, and technicians across multiple offices and markets, and is part of JMT’s Transportation Business Line, which primarily serves government and institutional clients. The leader will also coordinate with other business lines to support clients in additional markets. This companywide leadership role will build alignment and collaboration across regions and markets and shape a shared strategic vision for traffic engineering services. The successful candidate will combine technical credibility with business leadership, translate strategy into measurable action, and help staff do their best work. The position is available in various locations within JMT’s footprint; specific locations can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview process. The position’s annual compensation range is $200,000–$270,000, commensurate with experience, education, and certifications. The stated range is a good-faith estimate, and the actual range may vary based on the selected candidate’s experience.

Responsibilities

Lead knowledge sharing, technical expertise, and coordination across regional traffic teams; support regional leaders in developing client-specific expertise and best practices.
Develop communication networks and forums that connect staff across offices and foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual support.
Understand staff and team expertise and align talent with appropriate opportunities.
Advance an integrated traffic engineering portfolio that may include safety, operations, traffic design, signal systems, multimodal analysis, transportation systems management and operations, intelligent transportation systems, data analytics, and emerging mobility solutions.
Establish annual priorities and measurable outcomes for growth, project delivery, quality, talent development, innovation, and cross-office collaboration, aligned with regional, market, and business line objectives.
Implement and update a strategic service line plan and lead development of new or expanded services, integrated delivery approaches, and emerging capabilities.
Support regional managers and office leaders in business development and strategic pursuits by shaping win strategies, aligning teams across offices, contributing technical and strategic insight to proposals and interviews, and supporting design-build efforts.
Partner with clients and project leaders on complex or high-profile work and coordinate with other firms to develop pursuit partnerships.
Strengthen traffic engineering integration in alternative delivery, smart mobility, and multidisciplinary transportation pursuits.
Serve as JMT’s internal and external subject matter expert and thought leader, helping position the firm as an industry leader in traffic engineering.
Work with traffic engineering office leaders to identify award-worthy projects and support or produce articles, conference presentations, and participation in industry forums and events.
Participate in technical societies, including holding offices, and coordinate with JMT’s creative services team on internal and external service line branding.
Monitor service line performance metrics across business lines, markets, and regions; use performance data to identify trends and support decisions on quality, utilization, backlog, profitability, staffing, and investment priorities.
Work with regional, business line, and traffic engineering office leaders on corrective and enhancement strategies for project delivery, profitability, and quality.
Lead resource planning to advise regional and traffic engineering office leaders on staff demand, capacity, and hiring needs.
Lead collaborative worksharing across traffic engineering offices, assigning staff to balance workloads and develop technical expertise.
Drive consistency in project execution, quality standards, best practices, risk management, problem solving, deadlines, customer service, and client expectations.
Maintain a skills matrix to inventory service line capabilities by depth and location and identify gaps and opportunities to strengthen technical expertise.
Mentor traffic engineering office leaders in career development in collaboration with regional leaders.
Collaborate with business line, market, regional, and office leaders to recruit key hires.
Champion succession planning, leadership development, technical career pathways, and opportunities for staff to gain experience across offices, clients, markets, and project types.
Monitor emerging technologies and technological trends relevant to the service line.
Evaluate practical applications of automation, artificial intelligence, connected infrastructure, digital delivery, and advanced traffic data to improve client outcomes and the efficiency and consistency of JMT’s work.
Identify and champion innovative solutions that differentiate major pursuits, collaborating with technology leaders and other stakeholders.
Perform other related duties as assigned.