Senior Traffic Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Bolton & Menk has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Traffic Engineer, PE to join our Final Traffic Design team, preferably based in our Burnsville office, with flexibility to work from any of our Twin Cities locations for the right candidate. As a Top Workplace, this is a fantastic chance to work with a talented team of professionals and make a lasting impact on the communities we serve. With over 75 years of experience, Bolton & Menk specializes in providing community infrastructure solutions across the Southeast, Midwest, and beyond.

This role will focus on final traffic design and provide leadership across a wide range of transportation projects, from local municipal improvements to large-scale design-build highway programs. The successful candidate will serve as a task lead, oversee technical delivery, mentor staff, and work directly with clients while helping shape the future growth of our Final Traffic Design team.

We are seeking a collaborative and motivated leader who thrives in a team-oriented environment, takes ownership of projects from start to finish, and is passionate about delivering high-quality transportation solutions. This individual will play a key role in maintaining project quality, schedule, and budget while supporting team development and business growth. Our Final Traffic Design team takes real pride in its camaraderie. We collaborate closely, share knowledge, and support each other when workloads peak.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead traffic signal design, including permanent and temporary signal systems, interconnect, and signal timing
• Lead roadway lighting design, from MnDOT interstate and high mast lighting to decorative lighting for small local municipalities across the Midwest and Southeast
• Lead permanent signing and pavement marking design, from freeway guide signing to local striping plans
• Lead MOT and Traffic Control Design on complex projects, including construction staging, temporary signals, detours, and temporary traffic control plans
• Provide direct traffic engineering design and leadership on alternative delivery projects, including MnDOT's I-494 Highway 169 to Airport Design-Build Project 2 and design-build opportunities nationwide
• Deliver traffic design solutions for municipal, county, and DOT clients on projects ranging from small local improvements to major interstate design-build projects
• Prepare and seal plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) as Engineer of Record
• Oversee and complete final traffic punch list inspections for lighting, signals, and ITS
• Supervise EITs and interns, assign work, and provide day-to-day technical direction and mentorship
• Perform QA/QC reviews and work directly within design files to resolve technical issues and support staff development
• Assist in developing team standards, details, and guidance to improve consistency and quality across projects
• Serve as a primary client contact for traffic design scope, schedule, and deliverables
• Support business development activities including proposals, statements of qualifications (SOQs), scopes, fee development, and client relationship building
• Coordinate with roadway, drainage, geometric, design-build teams, agencies, and contractors throughout project delivery and construction

What We Are Looking For:

• Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in traffic engineering final design.
  • Demonstrated design experience across traffic signal design, roadway lighting design, permanent signing and pavement markings, and MOT and Traffic Control Design
  • Experience leading technical tasks and directing the work of engineers and technicians.
  • Working knowledge of MnDOT standards, the Minnesota MUTCD, and the Minnesota Temporary Traffic Control Field Manual.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with clients, project teams, and agency stakeholders.

  Preferred:

  • Engineer of Record experience on signal, lighting, or signing and striping projects.
  • Design-build or alternative delivery experience, including MOT and Traffic Control Design on large transportation corridors.
  • Multidisciplinary experience in roadway and drainage design.
  • Experience with traffic modeling and analysis software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, and HCS.
  • Signal timing and signal optimization experience.
  • Proficiency working within MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer.
  • Experience with proposals, scopes, fee development, and client relationship management.
  • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) and/or IMSA certification.
  • MnDOT prequalification in traffic signal, lighting, or temporary traffic control plan design.
  • Additional state licensure or willingness to obtain additional registrations.
  • Demonstrated ability to take ownership of assignments, maintain accountability, and build trust within a collaborative team environment.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis, part-time basis or internship for any employer without restriction. Bolton & Menk does not provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this position.

Salary Range: $115,000 - $142,000 depending on years of experience and credentials 

Bolton & Menk is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to specific geographic location. Bolton & Menk reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. 

Supporting Our Employees  

There’s life at work and life outside of work. Bolton & Menk has a number of benefit programs and amenities to support you and your family throughout whatever stage of life you are in. 

Benefits:  

• Competitive compensation plan - overtime compensation available to most employees
• Discretionary bonuses available to most employees
• ESOP - Employee ownership (ESOP); 100% company-paid contributions
• 401(k) Match Program
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Six paid company holidays
• Two floating personal holidays for events that are important in your life
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Short term and Long-term disability 
• Dependent care reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

WHY BOLTON & MENK?

Bolton & Menk, Inc. specializes in providing community infrastructure solutions. Since 1949, we have been committed to improving quality of life through engineering excellence and client satisfaction. From advocating for our communities to designing their dreams to finding funding; we take pride in our work because we live in these same communities. Today, Bolton & Menk has more than 1,200 employees throughout more than 40 locations in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, North Carolina and South Carolina providing services to more than 400 communities and agencies. Learn more about our history here:

OUR BENEFITS

At Bolton & Menk, we value our people and provide an exceptional Total Compensation and Benefits Package to protect our most valuable asset. We are committed to the well-being of our employees and their families. Perks of being a Bolton & Menk employee include peace of mind with our benefits package and competitive compensation plan, flexible schedules, and career development opportunities. Learn more here:

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Bolton & Menk does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party agencies in response to Bolton & Menk job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Bolton & Menk Talent Acquisition team is required after any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Bolton & Menk Talent Acquisition team.

It is our responsibility and privilege to embrace the diversity of people, thoughts, and experiences necessary to develop infrastructure systems that serve all people. Bolton & Menk, Inc., is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer including disability and vets.