Traffic Group Leader/Senior Project Manager

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Raleigh, NC, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Professional Services • Consulting • Design
The Role
Leads and grows a regional traffic engineering team across North Carolina and Georgia. Manages traffic-focused projects involving traffic control, signing and marking, ITS, signals, and traffic operations analysis. Oversees project managers, staffing, schedules, budgets, scopes, estimates, and quality control. Supports business development, prepares pursuit materials, maintains client relationships, and collaborates with transportation discipline leaders and technical staff.
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Job Description

Dewberry is seeking a Traffic Engineering Group Lead/Senior Project Manager to join our North Carolina Transportation Team in our Raleigh, NC office. This is an excellent career opportunity to join a top Transportation Design firm. We are seeking a candidate that will have the opportunity to grow and strengthen our transportation design practice in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.


Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.


Responsibilities
  • Lead and build the North Carolina/Georgia traffic team.
  • Pair with Technical Lead(s) to continue and grow Traffic Engineering service offerings.
  • Collaborate with other Transportation Discipline Leaders and Project Managers.
  • Serve as Project Manager on traffic-focused projects, which could include Traffic Control, Signing and Marking, ITS, Signals, and/or Traffic Operations/Analysis.
  • Prepare marketing materials and serve as Traffic Engineering Lead for project pursuits.
  • Build strong working relationships with transportation clients in North Carolina and Georgia.
  • Manage Projects and other project managers in the traffic engineering group.
  • Manage task assignments and workloads and monitor project schedule and budget adherence in the Traffic Engineering group.
  • Perform QC reviews of design plans and documents prepared by staff and other consultants.
Required Skills & Required Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
  • Professional Engineer license is required. Ability to get NC PE within three (3) months.
  • 15+ years of experience in traffic and transportation engineering, preferably with state and municipal agencies.
  • Experience with Traffic Design (contract plans, specifications and estimate preparation for signals,
  • Experience leading a team of engineers.
  • Experience managing and delivering projects and tasks to meet set schedules and budgets.
  • Ability to develop scope of work documents and prepare man-hour estimates.
  • Ability to provide quality control oversight for aspects of traffic engineering tasks within candidate’s expertise.
  • Ability to maintain good employee relations and project communication with both internal and external clients.
  • Active in one or more traffic/transportation engineering related professional organizations (e.g., ITE, ITS America, WTS, ASHE)

Preferred, but Not Required Qualifications:

 

  • PTOE certification.
  • NCDOT experience.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.


*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

 *Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.


Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.


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Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field
  • Professional Engineer license; ability to obtain a North Carolina PE license within three months
  • 15 or more years of experience in traffic and transportation engineering
  • Experience with traffic design, including contract plans, specifications, and estimates for signals
  • Experience leading a team of engineers
  • Experience managing and delivering projects and tasks within schedules and budgets
  • Ability to develop scopes of work and prepare man-hour estimates
  • Ability to provide quality control oversight for traffic engineering work
  • Ability to maintain employee relations and communicate with internal and external clients
  • Active membership in one or more traffic or transportation engineering professional organizations
  • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification
  • North Carolina Department of Transportation experience

Dewberry Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Dewberry and has not been reviewed or approved by Dewberry.

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, an Employee Assistance Program, and options for flexible or remote schedules are described as supporting day-to-day wellbeing and work-life balance. Tuition reimbursement and wellness resources contribute to a stable, well-rounded package beyond core pay.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, flexible leave, and shared leave offerings are presented as part of a comprehensive package. Time away is portrayed as accessible and practical for many employees.
  • Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage is broadly available and regarded as reasonable baseline coverage for a mid-sized professional-services employer. Access to standard health plans provides dependable core protection even as details vary by location.

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The Company
HQ: Fairfax, VA
2,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1956

What We Do

Dewberry is a family-owned, nationwide architecture, engineering, planning, design, and construction services firm serving public- and private-sector clients. The company develops responsible, innovative solutions for natural and built environments, supporting federal agencies, state and local authorities, private developers, and other asset owners and operators. Its work is focused on improving communities through client-centered professional services and infrastructure-related projects across the United States.

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