Traffic Group Lead

Minnetonka, MNDescription

Sambatek, LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in civil engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services. We serve public and private clients throughout the country with office locations in Minnesota and North Carolina. We embrace challenging projects and work hard to help our clients find success. Summary Sambatek is looking for an experienced and driven Traffic Group Lead to grow and lead a team delivering high-impact traffic engineering projects.

In this role, you’ll manage project development from start to finish— overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and resources— while guiding your team to success.

You’ll play a key role in expanding our client base in Minnesota by leading business development efforts, pursuing new opportunities, and building strong professional relationships. This is a unique opportunity to shape and grow our Traffic group as part of the continued expansion of Sambatek’s Public Division.

At Sambatek, we collaborate with public clients to deliver ethical, sustainable, and right-sized projects— maximizing the investment of public resources. Continuing our expansion into Traffic Engineering is a strategic step in building on the success of our Transportation team, and we’re looking for the right leader to help drive this vision forward.

Work Location:

Hybrid- flexible to work in office and remotely; local to Minnetonka, MN office

Expected Compensation Range: $,000 annually (Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications)
Pay Rate Type:
Salary Responsibilities Manage  traffic projects in study, preliminary design, and plan development phase

Drive pursuit efforts for transportation and traffic-focused projects from both public and private clients

Lead internal teams and collaborate with external stakeholders to deliver high-quality work for state and county clients

Evaluate traffic projects for freeways, arterial corridors, and intersections, including signals, roundabouts, and other innovative intersection control designs

Represent Sambatek at meetings with clients, counties, cities, and other key stakeholders

Oversee quality reviews, risk management, and resource coordination

Support business development and market expansion efforts

Provide input to leadership for the development for annual business planning and budgeting

Prepare and negotiate contract documents

Mentor, supervise, and train staff, and advise on strategic hiring

Responsible for the utilization and revenue of the Traffic Group Requirements Bachelor 's degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on traffic/transportation engineering PE in Civil Engineering with 8-15 years of relevant experience (PTOE license preferred)
Experience leading and/or managing traffic projects

Preferred Qualifications Ability and desire to effectively lead, mentor, train, coach, and develop team members

Driven to exceed expectations, win over clients, and build strong relationships

Experience with traffic engineering software such as: HCS, Synchro/Sim Traffic, VISSIM, Corsim, Rodel, and IHSDMAbility to complete traffic impact analyses (TIA), traffic operation modeling, traffic signal warrant studies, and intersection control evaluations (ICE)
Strong written and verbal communication skills Possess critical thinking skills and independent engineering judgement

Knowledge of federal, state, and local guidance and standards

Previous experience generating proposals, scopes, budgets, and schedules

Physical Demands and Work Environment Work is primarily performed in an office environment

Ability to occasionally move equipment/objects weighing up to 10 pounds

Benefit Information Regular full-time employees will have access to:

Medical, dental, and vision…