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Traffic Engineer

RICK ENGINEERING COMPANY
Riverside, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/30/2026

Looking for a place to grow your career and make a difference? RICK is the place for you! As a Principal Traffic Engineer/Manager in Riverside, CA you will have an opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team on meaningful, landmark projects in the Inland Empire, CA area. As a RICK team member in our Traffic Department, you will help clients and communities turn their dreams into reality. You will learn from and work alongside industry-leading experts and together shape the future of tomorrow. 

Qualifications

Qualified candidate will have a BSCE degree, CA Registration as a Professional Civil Engineer and Traffic Engineer, (or ability to obtain in next 6 months), plus a minimum of eight (8-12) years relevant experience; or the equivalent work experience of twelve (12-15) years in this industry.

Candidates for this position must demonstrate:

  • Independent thought and decision-making abilities
  • A minimum of three years management experience supervising the work of technical staff required
  • Possess demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills
  • Demonstrate Project management ability
  • Be adept in establishing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with clients/public-agency personnel and in-house staff

 

Managerial experience will include the following:

  • Management of construction documents and contracts
  • Management of project schedules and budgets
  • Preparation of contracts, fee proposals, and scopes of work
  • Significant experience in client and public-agency interactions
  • Management of Design and Support Staff
  • Knowledge of jurisdictional codes, standards, and procedures in the State of CA and the region is strongly preferred.

 

Technical experience will include the following:

  • Ability to prepare and review traffic studies, signing and striping plans, traffic signal plans, and traffic control plans
  • Thorough knowledge of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Caltrans Standard Plans and Specifications, and Caltrans Highway Design Manual
  • Ability to prepare presentations, and present at various public meetings (i.e. City Council, Planning Commission, Development Review, etc.)
  • Experience with and ability to provide in-house contract traffic engineering services for public agencies

Salary : $122,720 - $154,960

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