New England Traffic Lead

What We're Looking For The timing couldn’t be better to shape the future of transportation in New England! Join HNTB as the Traffic Lead serving New England. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to build and guide a top-tier team while delivering transformative transportation solutions that strengthen communities. At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the most transformative transportation projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. As New England Traffic Lead (Department Manager), you will lead, grow, and inspire a team of 15-20+ traffic engineers, while driving project delivery and business growth across New England. This role blends people leadership, technical excellence, project delivery, and business development. You’ll set the direction for the traffic practice in New England, mentor rising talent, and play a key role in winning and delivering work for major public agency clients. We are looking for an engineer who is experienced and knowledgeable in traffic design and analysis from the feasibility/conceptual stage through design and construction. You will be a technical expert and leader that can help win and deliver transportation projects for our public agency clients in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Candidates should be able to share their experience with others in a way that promotes the development of less experienced staff and improves the performance of the whole team. What You'll Do:

• Develops, monitors and manages the department's operating budget in support of the group or office operating budget and forecast updates.
• Responsible for the management, growth and professional development of discipline-specific engineering department. Coordinates department activities establishes priorities and assign staff to projects. Ensures staff development, mentoring and training needs are being met. Collaborates with other departments or groups within the office on work-sharing needs and opportunities.
• Supports the implementation of the firm's strategic plan and HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA) process on project pursuits in the department and office, including development of department-level strategic planning strategies.
• Supports the implementation of the firm's contracting (SCA) process through project delivery and contracting activities including scope, work plan and fee reviews for all contracting activities impacting the department.
• Supports the implementation of the firm's project delivery (SDA) process including Work Planning, Monthly Project Reviews and other project performance methods to ensure quality work, on time, on schedule, to the client's satisfaction.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including client discovery, proposal generation, interviews, and win-to-work activities
• Maintains client contacts to ensure client satisfaction. Leads and assists in sales and marketing efforts for department's growth.
• Recruits, hires, develops and retains department staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Manages assigned project management activities (project scope, schedule, budget and quality management) and performs technical discipline tasks including research, reports, design, specifications and plan preparation.
• Leads multiple teams including the direct and indirect supervision of at least 15 but typically 17-20 or more employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 10 years of practical experience including 2 years of supervisory experience.

What We Prefer:

• 12 years practical experience
• 4 years supervisory experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification in MA, RI, VT, CT, ME, or NH (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
• Experience with Synchro, Sidra, HCS, VISSIM

What You'll Bring:

• Proven leader who builds, develops, and retains high-performing teams, fostering an environment of accountability, engagement, and continuous development
• Experience managing team operations, aligning staffing, workload, and utilization to drive both team success and business performance
• Ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships through consistent delivery and thoughtful engagement
• Demonstrated strength in solving complex transportation and traffic challenges with sound engineering judgement
• Experience providing quality control, completeness, and accuracy of engineering review for deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to work with leadership on the vision and strategy for the department to identify new work, provide enhanced services, and continue growth

The Right Candidate:

• Is a collaborative leader who partners with leadership to define and execute a clear vision for the department
• Highly organized and forward-looking, with the ability to anticipate needs and plan for sustained growth
• Brings broad and deep expertise in traffic analysis and transportation engineering
• Develops practical, concept-level solutions for corridors, intersections, and interchanges
• Proven ability to coordinate effectively across disciplines, including Highway, Environmental, and Structural
• Experience delivering for MassDOT (additional New England agency experience is a plus)
• Serves as a trusted technical advisor, providing oversight and direction on complex, high-visibility projects
• Ensures work aligns with strategic objectives by maintaining rigor in design quality, analysis, and overall project fit
• Committed to building organizational capability by mentoring, coaching, and developing the next generation of engineering leaders

Additional Information Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran Visa sponsorship is available for this position. \#RV #Traffic #LI-RV1 . Locations: Boston, MA . . . . . . . . . The approximate pay range for Massachusetts is $180,600.19 - $288,491.20. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state. . . . . . . . . . . . . _NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:_ _HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees._ Job Type: Regular Full/Part Time: Full time Job Category: Engineering Group ReqID: R-31145

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