Senior Traffic Engineer
Stantec · Columbia
A career in transportation is more than moving people and goods. It is about improving safety, mobility, and quality of life within the communities we serve. At Stantec, we plan, design, and deliver transportation solutions that make our communities safer, more resilient, and better connected.
Our South Carolina Transportation team is seeking a highly experienced Senior Traffic Engineer to join our growing practice in Columbia, South Carolina. This leadership role will focus on traffic engineering design and analysis services for the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), local agencies, municipalities, and private clients throughout South Carolina.
The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in traffic engineering, a thorough understanding of SCDOT policies, procedures, and design requirements, and a proven track record of delivering complex transportation projects. This position will serve as a technical leader, project manager, mentor, and client representative while supporting strategic growth initiatives across the state.
Your Opportunity
Stantec's South Carolina transportation practice is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineer with a minimum of 20 years of experience in traffic engineering. The ideal candidate will possess advanced expertise in the development and oversight of:
- Traffic Control Plans (TCPs)
- Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Plans
- Traffic Impact Studies
- Traffic Operations and Safety Studies
- Signing Plans
- Pavement Marking Plans
- Work Zone Traffic Control
- Intersection and Corridor Analysis
- Traffic Signal Coordination and Operations
- SCDOT Plan Development and Review
The position will be based in Columbia, South Carolina, and will support transportation projects throughout the state.
Your Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership
- Serve as technical lead for traffic engineering projects across South Carolina.
- Lead the preparation, review, and approval of Traffic Control Plans, Signing Plans, and Pavement Marking Plans.
- Provide technical oversight for traffic studies, safety studies, operational analyses, and traffic impact assessments.
- Ensure project deliverables comply with current SCDOT policies, manuals, standards, specifications, and design requirements.
- Maintain expertise in the MUTCD, SCDOT Traffic Engineering Directives, Roadway Design Guidelines, and work zone traffic control requirements.
- Develop innovative solutions to address traffic operations, mobility, and safety challenges.
Project Management
- Serve as Project Manager for complex traffic engineering projects.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
- Coordinate activities among multidisciplinary design teams, subconsultants, and project stakeholders.
- Lead QA/QC reviews and maintain high standards of technical excellence.
- Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies throughout project delivery.
- Support the successful delivery of large transportation and roadway improvement projects.
Client Development and Business Growth
- Serve as a trusted advisor to SCDOT, local government agencies, and transportation clients.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships throughout South Carolina.
- Identify upcoming opportunities and strategic teaming relationships.
- Lead or support proposal development, scope preparation, fee negotiations, and interviews.
- Collaborate with business development and marketing teams to expand Stantec's transportation presence in South Carolina.
- Participate in professional organizations such as ITE, ACEC, and related industry groups.
Staff Development
- Mentor and develop traffic engineering staff.
- Provide technical guidance and training to engineers and designers.
- Support succession planning and professional growth initiatives within the transportation practice.
- Foster a culture of safety, collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence.
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