Traffic Impact and Development Review Manager

State of Washington•Thurston County – Lacey, WA

16d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is seeking a Traffic Impact and Development Manager for the Olympic Region Traffic Design Office. This leadership role provides direction, support, management, and engineering oversight to the Traffic Design Office. The position also oversees the Region’s Development Services Program and Multimodal Planning Program, ensuring project delivery aligns with WSDOT policies for customer service, transparency, and accountability. Responsibilities include supporting Alternative Delivery projects related to traffic, safety, operational efficiency, demand management, and traffic analysis. The role requires independent judgment in areas such as scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and stewardship, and makes recommendations for staffing to ensure successful program delivery. This position is crucial for supporting the agency’s strategic plan by upholding WSDOT policies and ensuring work functions meet expected quality, safety, and stewardship standards for Washington’s long-term resilience. A key aspect of this role is fostering a workplace culture of respect, equal opportunity, and belonging.

Requirements

Demonstrated Traffic engineering background with experience managing traffic design and/or traffic operations.
Proven ability to manage significant design projects.
Working knowledge of state and federal design and construction principles, practices, contracting methods, procedures, and budget accountability requirements.
Strong skills in establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support overall program strategy and results, monitoring and measuring performance and making necessary course corrections.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills to communicate effectively with employees, peers, superiors, the public, and diverse audiences.
Ability to negotiate challenging issues and facilitate agreement between competing interests.
Skills to make responsible, timely, and effective decisions based on complex and competing issues.
Advanced skills in operating Windows-based systems and engineering software, including MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, SharePoint, Outlook), MS Teams, computer-aided engineering applications, cloud-based platforms, and system databases for project tracking and information management.
Skills to lead and supervise a diverse workforce by fostering collaboration across boundaries, building and maintaining effective teams, coaching and mentoring staff, and encouraging engagement and professional growth.
Actively demonstrates a commitment to learning and growth.
Takes action to meet the needs of others.

Nice To Haves

Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington or licensed as a PE in another state with the ability to obtain licensure in Washington State.
Advanced knowledge of civil engineering principles with emphasis in traffic engineering and transportation systems, or a closely related discipline.
Demonstrated expertise in traffic design and traffic operations.
Comprehensive knowledge of the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of highways, bridges, and related transportation infrastructure.
Ability to manage and oversee complex engineering projects and programs, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and safety requirements.
Demonstrated ability to supervise and manage professional and technical staff.
Proven capability to lead teams within a public sector environment, including supervision of employees represented by labor unions.
Working knowledge of civil service rules, personnel policies, and organizational procedures.
Understanding of collective bargaining agreements and their application in supervisory and managerial decision-making.

Responsibilities

Assist the Traffic Design Alternative Delivery Engineer to maintain the Traffic Design Workforce Projection Tool in coordination with Program Management, Project Development and Project Engineer Offices.
Use the Workforce Projection Tool to determine labor resource needs.
Assist the Traffic Design Engineer with updating Design Policies for Traffic Design disciplines by tracking upcoming changes to design documentation, market and technology changes, and evaluating maintenance practices.
Forecast Traffic Design labor needs for the coming biennium.
Review actual expenditures and compares expenditures against preliminary estimates to adjust Full Time Employee estimates for different project types.
Assist the Traffic Design Alternative Delivery Engineer to assign projects to the design teams and ensure workload is equitably balanced.
Coordinates with Multimodal Planning and Development Services to prepare Scope of Work Agreements, review Traffic Studies, Planning Studies, Plans for approval, and Full Package Submittments.
Assess the skills and experience of direct reports, suggests training, provides ad hoc training, and suggests and develops process improvement.
Assist the Traffic Design Alternative Delivery Engineer with updating Design Policies for Traffic Design disciplines by tracking upcoming changes to design documentation.