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Senior Traffic Engineer, Project Manager - Transportation Sector

STV
STV Salary
Columbia, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/5/2026
STV is seeking an energetic and highly motivated Senior Traffic Engineer/Project Manager for either our Columbia or North Charleston SC locations who will be responsible to provide leadership on traffic engineering projects. You will coordinate with and provide support to other functional groups within STV and be involved with traffic engineering projects throughout North/South Carolina and other U.S. markets.

This position is for an individual with a minimum of 11 years of experience in Traffic Engineering and interested in working on transportation projects with State DOTs, local governments, and the private sector.

Primary Role And Responsibilities

  • Provide and lead technical services on traffic engineering and ITS projects. Services may include traffic signal design, ITS design, signal timing analyses, illumination/lighting, ADA/sidewalk design, signing, and pavement marking and design.
  • Provide and lead traffic engineering studies such as traffic impact analyses, traffic signal timing plans, microscopic and macroscopic simulation modeling, signal warrants, speed studies, capacity analysis, traffic operations, safety analysis, and parking studies.
  • Develop final plans, specifications and estimate (PS&E) documents for services listed above for various state and local agencies while working with a larger team.
  • Prepare written reports and presentations of project results.
  • Assist with mentoring and training of less experienced staff.
  • Assist with task management duties and interact with clients as needed.
  • Ability to integrate into multiple project delivery teams with concurrent and overlapping schedules, potentially in multiple states.
  • Review work for accuracy and coordinate with others functional groups to ensure quality assurance and quality control for all final products.
  • Verify compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards and practices.
  • Business development: pursue new / further develop existing client relationship.
  • Actively participate in the development of proposals.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited Civil Engineering program or related field.
  • A minimum of 11 years of relevant experience.
  • Registered South Carolina Professional Engineer license.
  • Experience in traffic engineering must include traffic signal design and timing, illumination, safety analysis, operational analysis, and capacity analysis.
  • Experience with traffic software; HCS, Synchro, VISSIM, CORSIM, TransModeler, and SIDRA and transportation planning software TransCAD and CUBE is a plus.
  • Experience with CAD applications such as AutoCAD Civil 3D and MicroStation OpenRoads.
  • Experience with data analysis and visualizations tools such as Power BI or Tableau is desirable.
  • Experience with ESRI ArcGIS is a plus.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
  • SC/NCDOT and other City/County experience is preferred.
  • Active participation in professional society activities encouraged.
  • Strong verbal and writing skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.


Compensation Range

$101,562.83 - $135,417.11

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At STV, we are fully committed to expanding our culture of diversity and inclusion, one that will reflect the clients we serve and the communities we work in, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

STV offers the following benefits

  • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
  • Disability insurance
  • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Retirement Counseling
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off (16 days)
  • Paid Holidays (8 days)
  • Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
  • Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
  • Continuing Education Program
  • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships


STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Salary : $101,563 - $135,417

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