| We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Traffic Discipline Manager We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Position Profile Hanson Professional Services Inc. is seeking a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit that wants to take their career to the next level. Our new teammate is expected to be the technical and business development manager for our Traffic Engineering Discipline. You will take control of an established team and work to grow our staff and further develop our services. As engineering professionals, we plan, design and permit roadway infrastructure across the U.S. and abroad. Your work at Hanson will balance the societal benefits of the built-environment with nature. Along with managing local clients and tasks, the traffic discipline manager is expected to apply creative problem solving skills to assist other markets and regions on high profile, technically challenging, traffic and planning studies. This leadership opportunity is your chance to grow Hanson's traffic engineering and transportation planning portfolio across the country with the support and recognition of an established national company. This position is slated for one of Hanson’s offices in Illinois (Chicago, Peoria, Springfield), Texas (Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, Brownsville), Indiana (Indianapolis), or Missouri (St. Louis). About us Hanson Professional Services Inc. is a dynamic, employee-owned consulting firm of more than 400 employees providing a full range of multi-disciplined engineering, scientific, and allied services throughout the USA. We are #3 in the Mid-Size Employer category in the Zweig Group Best Firms to Work For in Illinois for 2019. Objectives: - To support the Transportation Practice and those Markets requiring traffic engineering expertise.
- To distribute and balance workload across the discipline.
- To align technical staff reporting to enhance staff development and utilization.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities: - Develop traffic, safety, and conceptual engineering studies including traffic impact analysis, travel demand forecasting, traffic management plans, traffic signal timing, and micro-simulation models.
- Procure and deliver traffic engineering and transportation planning studies on time and within budget.
- Work with team members inside and outside the Discipline to execute projects and prepare technical deliverables to meet project requirements.
- Lead, build, and mentor junior and mid-level staff across multiple office locations.
- Provide input on Base Compensation, Incentive Compensation, Functional Titles and Classifications.
- Coordinate with Project Managers to forecast technical traffic engineering resource needs, control workflow/assignments, track/report utilization and resolve overload/underload conditions.
- Monitor the quality and progress of the Discipline on each project, ensuring that production requirements are satisfied. Work closely with Project Managers and Practice Lead to resolve any existing or forecasted problems related to discipline staffing, quality of work, schedule performance, or productivity.
- Manage an internal and external professional development program (including budget and cost control) to ensure on-going technical proficiency, hone business skills, comply with licensure requirements, and stay abreast of emerging technologies and practices.
- Provide input to the strategic planning process relative to current and future technical areas of competency, and emerging technologies and practices.
- Work with technical personnel to ensure Hanson’s position as a technical leader in the industry through presenting and authoring technical information (e.g. conferences, trade associations, publications, etc.).
- Maintain and establish client relationships
- Take a leading role in marketing, project pursuits, design, and production meetings.
- Actively participates in and promotes the Quality Assurance Program.
- Assist with business operations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Opportunities: - Build and develop a team of engineers.
- Task and project management.
- Develop new service areas.
Qualifications Technical Skills: - Analyzing intersections and corridors using Highway Capacity Software, Synchro, and Vissim.
- Understanding of the Highway Safety Manual and Highway Capacity Manual.
- Familiarity with travel demand model methodology and Visum, Cube, and/or TransCAD
- Geometric design experience for intersections and interchanges is preferred.
- CAD experience with Microstation/Openroads and/or Autocad/Civil3D is preferred.
Soft Skills: - Building effective relationships with internal and external client bases.
- Communicating complex technical concepts to engineers, clients, and public stakeholders.
Education/Training: - Licensure as a professional engineer in civil engineering or related discipline.
- A minimum of 10 years of traffic engineering experience.
- Candidates with certification as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) are preferred.
- Supervisory experience, with a preference for candidates managing multiple people across multiple geographies.
Working at Hanson: - Must be able to collaborate remotely with colleagues in other offices.
- Must be willing to accept periodic out-of-town travel assignments
- Must be willing and able to work overtime to meet project demands and deadlines
Successful Outcomes: - Expanded opportunities for our technical team members.
- Diversified service offerings and geographic reach.
- Improve interchangeability of personnel.
- Increase value to our clients and Hanson.
- Achieve target utilization of personnel and resources across markets and geographies.
- Decrease delays and claims by minimizing the number, frequency and magnitude of errors, omissions and conflicts.
- Increase production efficiencies within the Discipline with respect to writing reports, creating construction documents, and performing construction observation tasks.
As employers/governmental contractors, we comply with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities where they apply. To assist us in meeting our affirmative action goals, employees are encouraged to refer minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and veterans. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY — AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER EEO / MINORITY / FEMALE / INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES / VETERANS |
