NJ Traffic Lead​/Senior Project Manager

NJ Traffic Lead / Senior Project Manager

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At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, constantly asking what we can do to create a better world.

• Take responsibility for operations of production section including staff development, profitability, morale, quality control and marketing support
• Function as Project Manager and take responsibility for production on projects in addition to management responsibilities
• Take administrative responsibility for section staff and technical service functions, and lead and coordinate services with other sections
• Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews
• Be directly involved with industrial and public clients in marketing, project production and related issues
• See that all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management system
• Implement, monitor and support company policy
• Select, train, develop and manage technical personnel
• Manage and develop multidiscipline teams
• Work cooperatively with National Directors and marketing staff in local and national marketing and production efforts
• 15+ minimum years’ experience, traffic and transportation engineering for urban roadways & highways, major and minor interchanges and intersections which must include previous project experience working with state and local agencies
• Providing traffic engineering and planning oversight for the production of roadways, lighting, signing, pavement marking, traffic signals, traffic management system design plans, intersection design
• Overseeing complex traffic engineering projects, preparation of traffic impact analysis reports and PS and E documents
• The candidate will have led or performed traffic analysis and developed and delivered the associated reports for evaluating roadway capacity, operational analysis, and signal warrant analyses
• This candidate will also assist in providing traffic control and sequencing plans for the construction phase of a project or reviewing such plans
• Experience with corridor planning, roadway safety audits and access management are desired

• B.S. Civil Engineering or Electrical Engineering degree
• 20+ years experience
• NJ PP license is desired but not required
• Good leadership and organizational skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
• Candidates who reside locally and have strong client relationships in the NY/NJ marketplace are strongly preferred
• Experience with NJDOT, NJ Turnpike, NTPTA is preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 10 years related experience
• A minimum 5 years project management experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example:
  Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

(Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) {Pennington, NJ}: 149,247 – 213,210; {Newark, NJ}: 155,736 – 222,480.

United States – New Jersey – New Jersey

Full-time

Regular

Traffic Engineering

Oct 16, 2025

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.