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This OpportunityWSP is initiating a search for a Traffic Engineering Team Manager to lead our Las Vegas traffic group. Engage in projects with our Pacific Northwest Traffic & Transportation Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.WSP is seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer who is innovative, results-oriented, and team focused. The Traffic Engineering Technical Director will bring leadership and skills to help grow our business, oversee project delivery and staff development, and provide technical assistance and guidance in engineering and design for our local, state and regional clients.Take advantage of the wide-ranging career development opportunities, international professional networks, and cutting-edge project experiences to advance your technical and management skills and see your passions realized with WSP.Your ImpactLead a local team of dedicated traffic design and operations professionals, providing mentoring and fostering development.Provide traffic engineering technical expertise on projects.Lead traffic focused projects. Lead traffic tasks on multi-disciplinary projects. Leverage client relationships to cross-sell services of WSP.Engage in professional societies and conference programs including committees, panels, and presentations.Collaborate with other traffic office and practice area leads within the pacific mountain west district for staff workload balance and work-sharing opportunities.Collaborate with local business unit leads in all disciplines to assist with business development opportunities and to ensure excellence in overall project delivery.Assure that engineering services lead the industry in professional standards, client requirements, budget controls, cost control, quality control, and project objectives.Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.Remain current in latest traffic engineering techniques and practices.Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.Who You AreRequired QualificationsBachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline.12+ years of relevant post education experience in traffic engineering and design, including preparing construction drawings for traffic signal and illumination systems, signing/channelization, intelligent transportation systems, and work zone traffic control.Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).Staff management experience.Project management experience.Advanced proficiency with traffic engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, operational analyses, standard of care, and the application to DOT approvals, permitting, and project work-related issues.Advanced proficiency with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations. Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.Excellent leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.Tactical lateral thinking and strong analytical skills with attention to detail and prioritization of responsibilities in a pressure work environment.Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including senior management, clients, regulators, and company-wide staff, including those with whom no formal hierarchical relationship exits. Advanced proficiency with office automation, AutoCAD, Microstation, or similar software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.Preferred Qualifications Master’s Degree in Engineering.4+ years supervisory experiencePTOE certificationPTP certificationProficiency with technical writing, spreadsheets, Office suite, and pdf markup tool (e.g. Bluebeam).Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of transportation corridors, applying applicable regulations and policies.Experience with traffic operations and analysis software such as Synchro, Vissim, and Sidra.Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and directing subconsultants and others to consistently complete tasks efficiently.Substantial project experience with local agencies.Active in local and/or national professional societies.#LI-RF1 About WSPWSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service. Full timePosting Date: 2026-09-16

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