Traffic Engineering Project Manager

1 week ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Psomas Full time
Job Description

Psomas is seeking a skilled Traffic Engineer - Project Manager to join our Transportation/Public Works Team in Southern California. As a Project Manager, you will oversee and deliver multiple traffic engineering projects for various clients, including public, private, and institutional sectors. Your responsibilities will encompass various aspects of traffic engineering design, such as traffic signals, signing and striping, worksite traffic control and stage construction, traffic impact studies, traffic operational analysis, safety studies, parking studies, signal timing and coordination, and other planning and operational projects. Your work will often involve coordination with other roadway, transportation, or site infrastructure projects, requiring strong communication and collaboration skills.


Key Responsibilities for our Traffic Engineer - Project Manager

You will manage multiple projects, ensuring technical quality and coordination across a broad range of assignments. You will collaborate with supervisors to provide necessary design, coordination, and follow-up to meet agency requirements and quality standards. Preparing traffic engineering construction documents, technical reports, calculations, cost/quantity estimates, and specifications to ensure clear and coordinated interpretation of design for construction will be part of your role. Leading site visits, client meetings, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes, and agency coordination to obtain permitting approvals, while staying familiar with local regulatory requirements, will also be essential. Additionally, you will develop and manage project schedules, budgets, scopes of services, and additional services, while monitoring budgets and recommending corrective actions.

Supervising, mentoring, and training the technical engineering team will be a key part of your responsibilities. You will assign projects to engineers with completion timelines, provide technical assistance, and review the work of assigned employees. Setting goals and evaluating staff performance will also be important. Furthermore, you will support or lead business development and marketing efforts, including planning, contract negotiations, presentations, proposals, RFPs and RFQs, recruiting, and interviews.


Minimum Qualifications to be our Traffic Engineer - Project Manager

Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline and hold a Professional Civil Engineer (PE) and/or Traffic Engineer (TE) license/registration in the State of California. A minimum of 2 years of management experience in engineering and design, focusing on traffic engineering, is required. You should possess expert technical knowledge of traffic and transportation engineering concepts, practices, and procedures, with proven experience in preparing technical reports, designs, specifications, and computations. Familiarity with local design procedures, regulatory compliance, and agency coordination, as well as a thorough understanding of schedule, budget, and scope of services management, is necessary.


Preferred Qualifications for our Traffic Engineer - Project Manager

Experience with software tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, Agi32, AutoCAD, MicroStation, and/or VISSIM.


Highlighted Benefits for our Traffic Engineer - Project Manager

Enjoy hybrid and flexible work schedules, an inclusive benefit package providing medical, dental, and vision coverage for employee and qualifying family members, a 401(k) with immediate vested company match and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan that is 100% paid by Psomas

  • A competitive salary The expected range for this position is $130,000 - $185,000/salary depending on experience Compensation may be adjusted for well qualified candidates
  • Sign-on Bonus is available to qualified candidates
  • 8 Paid Holidays & 3-4 Weeks of PTO (depending on experience)
  • Career pathing, training + professional development

Strong History + Bright Future

As a 100% employee owned company serving clients throughout the western U.S for over 78 years, Psomas is proud to be an award winning consulting firm with over 750 employees. Our talented team have an array of skills ranging from construction management, civil engineering, transportation planning, environmental, landscape architecture and urban design, and surveying and geospatial services. We strive for excellence, and welcome candidates of all identities, backgrounds, and perspectives to help us continue evolving as an inclusive, employee first culture. Together, we foster a collaborative work environment, promote teamwork, and provide many opportunities for professional growth and advancement. We are looking for team members that are excited to contribute to our projects and make a positive difference in our local community.

We're a fun, rewarding place to work We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.


Join Psomas and take your career to the next level by managing impactful traffic engineering projects in Southern California and beyond. Apply today



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