Traffic Engineering Service Line Leader

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson•Herndon, VA

6d•$200,000 - $270,000

About The Position

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) is a 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals providing multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services. The Traffic Engineering Service Line Leader will expand and grow JMT’s traffic engineering capabilities across the firm, connecting civil engineers, planners, and technicians working in multiple offices and markets. The role is part of the Transportation Business Line, which primarily serves government and institutional clients, and coordinates with other business lines to support clients in additional markets. This companywide leadership role coordinates across regions and markets to build alignment, strengthen collaboration, and shape a shared strategic vision for the traffic engineering service. The leader will combine technical credibility with business leadership, translate strategy into measurable action, and create opportunities for staff to do their best work. The position is offered in various locations within JMT’s footprint; specific locations may be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview process. The role advances 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. The leader supports strategic growth, business development and pursuits, client relationships, brand development, operational performance, resource planning, project delivery, recruitment, staff development, and innovation across the service line. Compensation is $200,000–$270,000 annually, commensurate with experience, education, and certifications.

Requirements

Strong written and oral communication and interviewing skills.
Excellent attention to detail.
Ability to coach, mentor, and develop senior leaders.

Responsibilities

Promote knowledge sharing, technical expertise, and coordination across regional traffic teams.
Support regional leaders in developing client-specific expertise and best practices.
Develop communication networks, forums, and methods to connect staff across offices and foster collaboration and mutual support.
Understand individual and team expertise and align talent with opportunities.
Advance an integrated traffic engineering portfolio and establish annual priorities and measurable outcomes 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 an internal and external subject matter expert and thought leader to position JMT as an industry leader in traffic engineering.
Work with traffic engineering office leaders to identify award-worthy projects and support or perform article publishing, conference speaking, 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 brand development.
Monitor service-line performance metrics across business lines, markets, and regions; use performance data to identify trends and inform decisions about quality, utilization, backlog, profitability, staffing, and investment priorities.
Work with regional, business line, and traffic engineering office leaders to identify corrective and enhancement strategies for project delivery, profitability, and quality.
Lead consistent resource planning, advise leaders on staff demand and available capacity, evaluate hiring needs, and coordinate worksharing 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 location and identify skill gaps and opportunities to enhance technical expertise.
Guide and 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 cross-office, client, market, and project experience for staff.
Monitor emerging technologies and trends; evaluate practical applications of automation, artificial intelligence, connected infrastructure, digital delivery, and advanced traffic data.
Identify and champion innovative solutions that differentiate JMT in major pursuits, in collaboration with technology leaders and other stakeholders.
Perform other related duties as assigned.