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Senior Traffic Engineer

Stanley Consultants
Muscatine, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/23/2026
Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices.

With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success.

Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career!

Job Title - Senior Traffic Engineer

Location - Cedar Rapids, IA | Des Moines, IA | Iowa City, IA | Muscatine, IA

Job Type - Hybrid

Requisition ID - 11296

Stanley Consultants is seeking a Senior Traffic Engineer to support our Traffic Engineering and Safety practices, primarily based in our Des Moines office. However, strong consideration will be given to candidates seeking to work from one of our other Iowa offices: Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, or Muscatine.


  • Develop innovative and practical technical solutions
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal teams
  • Contribute creative ideas to project planning and development
  • Demonstrate a strong commitment to client service and mentoring junior engineers
  • Support assignments across other Stanley Consultants’ offices as needed



What You Will Be Doing:


  • Serve as a Project Manager, Project Lead, or Task Lead on the development of traffic and safety projects
  • Design and Prepare traffic signal plans for new and modified intersections, including construction sequencing, pavement marking plans, signing plans, and traffic control plans
  • Design and Prepare roadway lighting plans, traffic signal interconnect plans and other Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure
  • Conduct and prepare a variety of analysis and traffic impact studies, including traffic impact analysis, traffic signal warrant analysis, intersection design studies, safety studies, bicycle, and pedestrian planning studies
  • Provide technical guidance and perform quality control reviews for traffic engineering studies and design projects led by other project managers or team leads
  • Support local and national practice areas with traffic engineering expertise
  • Mentor and supervise junior engineers, fostering their technical and professional growth
  • Represent Stanley Consultants in technical meetings with agency representatives, clients, and contractors



Required Qualifications:


  • Minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Master of Science in Civil Engineering is a plus
  • At least 8-10 years of relevant experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, transportation safety, and/or Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Iowa Professional Engineer (PE) license
  • Familiarity with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Iowa DOT and local agency traffic engineering standards
  • Proficiency with traffic analysis software required; VISSIM or other microsimulation software is a plus
  • Membership in ITE or other professional organizations aligned with traffic engineering
  • Ability to work independently and as a team member



Preferred Qualifications:


  • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) or Road Safety Professional 1 (RSP1) certification, or the ability to obtain
  • Direct experience with DOT, local county, municipal, and/or developer driven traffic engineering projects and project development
  • A working knowledge of MicroStation or other CAD software packages
  • Having presented at local or regional professional organization conferences



Work-Life Balance
We realize there’s more to life than just work. We help you meet the demands of work, family and personal life through several flexible options.

What we offer:
Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.

Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.

Health Insurance. We provide a comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.

Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.

Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.

Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

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Stanley Consultants does not welcome unsolicited resumes from staffing and recruiting agencies. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Stanley Consultants, including but not limited to resumes submitted directly to Stanley Consultants members, or any of our representatives, will be deemed the property of Stanley Consultants.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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