The Opportunity An established, employee-owned engineering and consulting firm is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineer/Technical Lead to join its Transportation team and help guide the technical delivery and continued growth of its traffic engineering services. This opportunity is designed for an experienced traffic engineer who wants to remain actively involved in complex technical work while expanding their influence across projects, teams, and client relationships. You will lead and review traffic engineering analyses, studies, designs, and technical deliverables while serving as a trusted resource for clients, project teams, and developing professionals. You do not need to have done everything. Traffic engineering professionals often develop expertise across different project types and services. We are looking for strong traffic engineering fundamentals, Pennsylvania project experience, professional analysis and modeling experience, sound technical judgment, and the ability to guide the work of others. Work Environment This is a hybrid position based in Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, or Allentown/Lehigh Valley, PA , combining regular in-office collaboration with remote-work flexibility, focused technical work, multidisciplinary project coordination, and occasional field, client, or agency activities. What You'll Do Serve as a Technical Lead on traffic engineering projects, providing technical direction, oversight, and quality control. Establish appropriate methodologies for complex traffic engineering assignments and guide project teams through execution. Lead and review traffic impact studies, operational analyses, signal warrant analyses, traffic signal designs, corridor studies, safety evaluations, and access management assignments. Evaluate intersection, corridor, and network performance using accepted traffic engineering principles and professional analysis tools. Develop practical recommendations to improve traffic operations, mobility, access, and safety. Prepare and review calculations, models, plans, specifications, technical reports, and other project deliverables. Ensure technical work is accurate, consistent, constructible, and compliant with applicable standards and project requirements. Interpret and apply PennDOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, MUTCD, AASHTO, municipal, and other agency standards and requirements. Coordinate with PennDOT, municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, clients, and other reviewing agencies. Collaborate with Project Managers to align technical scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and deliverable expectations. Advise clients and internal teams regarding traffic operations, safety, permitting, design, and project-delivery considerations. Identify complex technical and project-delivery challenges and guide teams toward practical solutions. Mentor engineers and designers through technical coaching, project assignments, and constructive review. Help develop and maintain technical standards, tools, templates, and quality-control practices. Support project scopes, technical approaches, level-of-effort estimates, proposals, and selection interviews. Contribute technical insight to client relationships, strategic pursuits, and the continued growth of traffic engineering services. Stay current with evolving traffic engineering standards, tools, technologies, and industry practices. What We're Looking For Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline. Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Pennsylvania , or an active PE license in another state with the ability to obtain Pennsylvania licensure. 8+ years of progressive professional experience in traffic engineering . Demonstrated experience leading the technical delivery or review of traffic engineering work. Professional experience with traffic operations, traffic impact, signal, corridor, safety, access, or related traffic engineering assignments. Professional experience using traffic analysis or simulation software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, or comparable tools . Experience preparing and reviewing engineering calculations, analyses, models, plans, reports, specifications, and other technical deliverables. Working knowledge of applicable traffic engineering standards and agency requirements. Ability to establish technical approaches, evaluate complex information, and exercise sound engineering judgment. Ability to communicate technical information clearly to clients, agencies, Project Managers, and technical staff. Experience providing technical direction, coaching, or review to other professionals. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary project teams. Ability to manage competing assignments, priorities, and deadlines. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. Additional Experience We Value Candidates do not need experience in every area listed below. Traffic engineers often develop deeper expertise in particular services, project types, or client markets, and we value both specialized experience and broad technical exposure. Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification. PennDOT or Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project experience. PennDOT ECMS and Pennsylvania project-delivery processes. Traffic impact studies or traffic impact analyses. Traffic operations and capacity analysis. Traffic signal warrant analysis. Traffic signal design. Intersection improvement projects. Corridor or network-level studies. Traffic safety studies. Access management. Roundabout analysis or design. Traffic data collection and evaluation. Maintenance and protection of traffic. Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, SIDRA, Highway Safety Software , or other traffic-analysis platforms. OpenRoads Designer or MicroStation . Coordination with municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, utilities, or other project stakeholders. Formal mentoring, coaching, supervision, or staff-development responsibilities. Development of project scopes, schedules, budgets, or level-of-effort estimates. Proposal development and selection interviews. Client relationship management or business-development support. Development of technical standards, templates, tools, or quality-control processes. What This Opportunity Offers Opportunity to lead complex traffic engineering assignments and establish project-specific technical approaches. Ability to influence technical standards, tools, processes, and quality practices. Opportunity to serve as a trusted technical resource for clients, agencies, Project Managers, and internal teams. Exposure to intersection, corridor, safety, signal, access, and network-level assignments. Collaboration with multidisciplinary transportation and infrastructure professionals. Opportunity to mentor engineers and designers and strengthen the technical capabilities of the team. Ability to expand your influence across project delivery, client relationships, and practice growth. Opportunity to contribute to proposals, strategic pursuits, and the continued development of traffic engineering services. Employee ownership through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) . Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage. Retirement savings options, paid time off, professional development resources, and licensure support. Hybrid work flexibility and opportunities for continued technical and career growth. Equal Opportunity Employer The employer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. CIV123

Pay:

$90,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance Retirement plan Vision insurance Application Question(s): Are you proficient using OpenRoads Designer and/or MicroStation?

Experience:

Traffic Engineering:

6 years (Required)

License/Certification:

Professional Engineer License (Required)

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in Lancaster, PA 17608