Senior Traffic Engineer/Project Manager - Hybrid

WSP is currently seeking an experienced Senior Traffic Engineer/Project Manager for our experienced and growing North Carolina Traffic practice!This position can sit out of our Charlotte or Raleigh, NC office.This OpportunityThis position will be a key hire to help grow our Traffic Engineering practice, including Traffic Engineering analysis, feasibility, modelling, and traffic studies. The WSP North Carolina group serves clients from around the state on a wide variety of projects ranging from corridor studies, complex roadway projects, greenways, transit and more. This position is an excellent opportunity to continue to enhance analysis and production skills and build relationships within WSP and a broad spectrum of clients around the state.Provides high level technical assistance and guidance for operations of streets and highways, their networks, adjacent land uses, and interaction with other modes of transportation and their terminals. Tasks include performing capacity analyses, reviewing permitting, and engaging with civil design teams, concept development, and construction of roadways, and traffic patterns, and recommendations for roadway and traffic design. Substantiates reports and documentation to advise on materials and construction specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.Your ImpactServe as project manager for traffic engineering projects.Work on traffic analyses, crash analyses, feasibility, Express Design, and transit projects for NCDOT and municipal projects.Complete traffic studies as well as traffic impact study review.May also support design-build or other traffic engineering projects as needed.Intersection and corridor improvement studies and interchange modification studies.Safety studies (accident analysis, collision diagrams).Perform professional traffic engineering work and conduct investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, roadways, intersections, signage, signals, pavement markings, and transportation corridors to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.Develop and design innovative concepts for strategic intersection and corridor improvements, including near term initiatives and longer-term capital improvement projects and studies that require coordination with authorities, sub-consultants, and clients.Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of engineers, planners, and scientific professionals to execute project work on mid-level and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, cost and quantities of materials/equipment/labor, technical calculations, permit applications, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.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.Who You AreRequired QualificationsBachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or closely related discipline.10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering and prior traffic design experience. Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina. Knowledge of traffic engineering and planning software (HCS, Synchro, VISSIM, ArcGIS, TransModeler).Individual Prequalification with NCDOT for the following: Capacity Analysis Level 1 (026) Capacity Analysis Level 2 (027) Traffic Impact Studies (252)Prior demonstrated knowledge and experience of DOT advisory circulars and procedures.Proficient and extensive knowledge of traffic engineering principles, practices, process, and design/build related to traffic control equipment, capacity and operational analysis, project management, and related communications systems.Experience with roadway planning, design, and construction management; including project involvement in a variety of larger and more complex infrastructure projects, rehabilitation and construction of pavement, navigational aids, grading design, and safety management.Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, 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.#LI-MC1About 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: 2026-05-08