Full Job Description
The Transportation Division/Traffic Engineering and ITS Market Sector of HDR is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Section Leader and Senior Traffic/ITS Engineer in our traffic engineering group for immediate employment in our downtown San Diego office. The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate an established career in traffic engineering, transportation planning, and planning/design specific to ITS and traffic improvement projects as well as experience in emerging technology related traffic engineering issues. HDR is proud to provide our employees with exciting, challenging projects and team leadership positions. The successful candidate can look forward to projects including assignments such as the LAX Program Management Project, LA Metro, OCTA, Riverside County On Call contract and many other transportation and transit public works project. This candidate will be involved in the development and support of many other challenging multi-modal projects for agencies like SANDAG, City of San Diego, Caltrans D11, NCTD as well as other southern California clients. The primary duties of this senior; leadership position include oversight and coordination of traffic operations analysis, oversight and guidance for traffic design and traffic management system plans, and collaboration with the broader team on all aspects of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). You must be comfortable being viewed as a technical expert with recognized authority in an area of specialization that resolves problems of greater scope and complexity while planning and developing projects or design activities that have significant impact on major company programs. May serve as project manager on larger traffic projects, however, project management is not the sole focus of the position.
In the role of Traffic Engineering Section Lead, we'll count on you to:
• Take responsibility for operations of production section including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support
• Function as Project Manager and take responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities
• Take administrative responsibility for section staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections
• Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews
• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues
• See that all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management system
• Implement, monitor and support company policy
• Select, train, develop and manage technical personnel
• Manage and develop multidiscipline teams
• Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts
• Perform other duties as needed #LI-JF1
Keywords: Traffic Engineering Section Lead, traffic, ITS
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 7 years experience
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments
• Good leadership and organizational skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must