Lead Traffic Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Traffic Engineer to spearhead our traffic engineering efforts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact by establishing and leading the traffic engineering practice in our Fort Worth office.

As the Lead Traffic Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping the direction and growth of our services in the area, with the full support of our well-established, company-wide traffic engineering and planning team. You’ll have the chance to pursue and lead traffic engineering projects, build and mentor a local team, and collaborate with other disciplines across the firm. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is entrepreneurial, technically strong, and eager to contribute to the long-term success and expansion of our transportation services.

Lochmueller Group is a engineering consulting firm with an emphasis on infrastructure.  We provide multi-disciplined services for a variety of public agencies and private entities, including transportation design; traffic engineering and transportation planning; water resources design; environmental analysis and permitting; construction engineering and inspection; surveying; and land acquisition & appraisal. 

For over 40 years, Lochmueller Group has helped communities reinvent their future through thoughtful, actionable planning and design. Our dedication to building a team that demonstrates our corporate values (CARDIA) is what sets us apart: 

CARDIA: Creativity; Accountability; Respect; Dedication; Integrity; Achievement  

Lochmueller Group provides an excellent workplace culture driven by these values. We are a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) company, and our people are invested in the success and continued development of each other and the firm. This is a great place to build a career and grow with a company that is dedicated to quality and service. 

• Coordinating and collaborating with senior leaders on client management and strategic business development within the Fort Worth market. 
• Driving efforts to expand the traffic engineering and planning services in the region.  
• Pursuing new business opportunities through relationships, professional organizations, etc.  
• As services grow in the region, participating in building and leading a local traffic engineering and planning team. 
• Providing leadership, mentorship, and development opportunities for junior staff. 
• Generating project proposals and participating in project interviews in coordination with marketing staff and senior leadership. 
• Serving as a Project Manager on traffic engineering projects.
• Leading the planning, execution, and delivery of traffic engineering projects.
• Developing project goals, scopes of work, and budgets to guide project activities. 
• Coordinating and managing the work of team members involved in traffic engineering projects. 
• Providing quality control and quality assurance on all aspects of projects.   
• Producing high-quality deliverables and communicating project findings to clients. 
• Keeping abreast of emerging trends in the transportation industry, such as autonomous vehicles, Smart Cities technologies, ridesharing, TSMO, ITS, etc. 
• As opportunities and demands present themselves, this role may perform other responsibilities related to the position.  

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or similar 
• Professional Engineer (PE) 
• Extensive traffic engineering experience with a proven ability to lead projects and consistently deliver high-quality results 
• Strong interest in driving client engagement and pursuing new business opportunities 
• Excellent inter-personal and leadership skills
• Valid Driver's License 

• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) 
• Prior project experience with TxDOT 
• Experience with AutoCAD or MicroStation 
• Experience with urban, multimodal transportation planning and traffic calming 
• Experience leading teams in a project client environment 
• Experience with Synchro 10 and traffic signal operations/phasing 
• Experience with traffic simulation modeling software packages such as PTV’s VISSIM 
• Experience with innovative intersection and interchange configurations 
• Experience with the predictive methods of the Highway Safety Manual 
• Experience with traffic forecasting methods 
• Experience with travel demand modeling software packages such as Caliper’s TransCAD 
• Experience with AutoCAD or MicroStation 
• Experience with urban, multimodal transportation planning and traffic calming 
• Experience leading teams in a project client environment 

• Health & Wellness (medical, dental, vision, disability, and basic life insurance w/ option for additional voluntary life insurance) 
• Work/Life Balance (vacation, holidays, sick leave, parental leave, flexible scheduling) 
• Wealth-Building (401k w/ company match, student loan repayment benefit, ESOP, competitive compensation package) 
• Professional Benefits (professional membership dues, career & educational development) 

Lochmueller Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Lochgroup fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local laws. Some of the content in this job post may have been auto-generated using advanced AI.