Traffic Group Leader
About The Position
GFT is seeking a Traffic Group Leader to join their Northeast Region Transportation Team, focusing on building the team and expanding their presence across New Jersey. This role will support major clients including NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT), NJ Turnpike Authority (NJTA), and the Port Authority of NY & NJ (PANYNJ), and other transportation agencies. The roadway team at GFT engages in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity, excelling in resilient, sustainable design and construction for modern, multimodal roadway systems to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable travel. The Traffic Group Leader will provide technical leadership and strategic direction, responsible for project delivery, business development, staff development, and strengthening GFT’s position in the New Jersey transportation market. The successful candidate will be responsible for securing, planning, directing, and monitoring projects, building and leading the New Jersey traffic practice, reinforcing and expanding GFT’s strategic market position, leading business development efforts, serving as Project Manager/Task Manager/Traffic Technical Advisor, overseeing preparation of traffic studies and plans, ensuring quality control, schedule adherence, and financial performance, managing multiple concurrent project commitments, preparing and overseeing proposal development, and collaborating with other teams to deliver integrated transportation solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline required.
- Licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey.
- Substantial professional years of traffic and transportation engineering experience, including in a project management or group leadership capacity.
- Demonstrated experience managing and growing a traffic/transportation group, particularly within the New Jersey market.
- Strong familiarity with NJDOT, NJTA, and PANYNJ standards, policies, and procedures required.
- Proven success delivering preliminary and final design, traffic studies, signal system design, MPT plans, and construction documentation.
- Proficiency with HCS, Synchro, VISSIM, and other traffic analysis and simulation software.
- Demonstrated history of driving business development success, securing new work, and expanding client relationships.
- Experience leading proposal development, interview preparation, and strategic pursuits.
- Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills with the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams.
- Track record of successful project delivery, financial management, and junior staff mentorship.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree
- Professional Traffic Operations Engineer certification
- Experience with additional regional agencies is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Securing, planning, directing, and monitoring all aspects of small to large-scale, multi-discipline traffic and transportation projects involving complex technical challenges and diverse project teams.
- Building and leading the New Jersey traffic practice, including recruitment, mentorship, resource planning, and long-term growth strategy.
- Reinforcing and expanding GFT’s strategic market position with NJDOT, NJ Turnpike Authority, PANYNJ, and other regional agencies.
- Leading business development efforts including client relationship management, pursuit strategy, teaming decisions, and capture planning.
- Serving as Project Manager, Task Manager, and/or Traffic Technical Advisor on major pursuits and active projects.
- Overseeing preparation of traffic impact studies, traffic modeling and simulation analyses, Maintenance and Protection of Traffic (MPT) plans, traffic signal design, signing and pavement marking plans, and related transportation studies.
- Ensuring quality control, schedule adherence, and financial performance across all assigned projects.
- Managing multiple concurrent project commitments while maintaining high standards of technical excellence.
- Preparing and overseeing development of proposals, letters of interest, technical approaches, and presentations.
- Collaborating with roadway, bridge, planning, and construction teams to deliver integrated transportation solutions.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- Tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.
- Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
- Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
- Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations
- Incentive compensation for eligible positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
