**This Opportunity** WSP is initiating a search for a **Traffic Engineering Project Manager** for our **Minneapolis, MN office.** The position will be located in WSP’s Minneapolis, MN office and is a home/in-office hybrid position. The Traffic Engineering Project Manager is a member of WSP’s **Minneapolis, MN Traffic/ITS Team** responsible for providing project delivery to a wide variety of clients and project scopes. The Traffic Engineering Project Manager will bring to the position a background in Traffic & Safety Engineering, client management, and a strong sense of business development. The primary function of the Traffic Engineering Project Manager is to focus on identifying opportunities provided by our clients, capturing those opportunities through effective proposal generation and then managing these projects throughout their life cycles. The Traffic Engineering Project Manager position will have an opportunity to impact all elements of WSP Minnesota’s traffic engineering business and contribute to WSP’s success through management skills, technical expertise, client relationships, and effectively working with other WSP offices in the Midwest. As a potential hire, it is expected that you can effectively balance technical tasks and traffic engineering deliverables against client management services with special attention given to identifying new clients, growing existing professional networks and managing key contacts at each client agency that will help to further strengthen our relationships in Minnesota. We are looking for a strong leader who is successful at managing workload and people to efficiently balance work across the state between all client types (state, county, MPO and local) and assist with staff development and Minnesota market growth opportunities. Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, advanced client relationship skills, upholds high quality standards and is committed to staff growth and expansion of our market and services offerings. At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. It is an exciting time to join our team - Come join us and help shape the future! Envision. Inspire. Transform. **_With us, you can!_** **Your Impact** + Provide leadership, oversight, and overall management of traffic related engineering projects and studies throughout the state of Minnesota. + Provide assistance and technical expertise to traffic related engineering projects within the Midwest region. + Assist in growth and development of the Traffic team by collaborating with the local WSP technical leads, regional technical leads and meeting with clients to develop and expand work, and strategic teaming partners. + Identify opportunities for Traffic service offerings in existing and new markets, work with the talent acquisition team to identify key hires and grow our business. + Coordinate with other Regional Traffic leaders throughout the country to identify workshare opportunities. + Manage tasks as part of project development, including technical analysis, plan and report production. + Interface with staff from a range of other disciplines (civil, planning, structures, geotechnical, facilities, etc.) to support a diverse range of projects across business lines. + Improve overall quality and delivery of projects throughout the Traffic Engineering discipline. + Assist in supporting agency coordination, permitting, and public participation activities. + Perform a range of marketing and business development activities within the region, including gathering client intelligence, leading pursuits and proposal development, presentations, manpower and fee estimates. The Traffic Project Manager must be able to excel in leadership, technical proficiency, business development, marketing, and project management roles. Experience working in the Midwest market areas is a necessity! **Who You Are** Required Qualifications + Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, (traffic emphasized) or other related field + Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in traffic engineering projects + Minimum 5 years leading and managing traffic engineering projects + Proven ability to manage own workload and balance multiple simultaneous projects + Deep understanding of public sector transportation/traffic project procurement across multiple agencies + Ability to effectively lead proposal development and ability to form consultant partnerships + Strong verbal and written communication skills + Proven success in a leadership role + Strong interpersonal and team building skills + Experience in leading traffic corridor studies and producing high-quality analysis, alternatives high-level design and final reports + Strong technical skills relevant to traffic design and analysis. Categories should include the following: + Long range strategic plans + Multimodal traffic design/planning + Safety studies (e.g. road safety audits) + ICE Reports and warrant analysis + Demonstrated success with marketing, business development and internal strategic planning + Demonstrated experience with State DOTs and local governments, contractors, transportation agencies and professional organizations + Demonstrated experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable. Preferred Qualifications: + Master’s degree in engineering or related field + Professional Engineer (P.E.) license + Project Management Professional (PMP) + Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) + Recognized industry leader holding prominent role in professional societies such as ITE, ACEC, WTS, COMTO **WSP Benefits:** WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. **Compensation:** Expected Salary: $107,700 - $181,900 WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. \#LI-SM1 **About WSP** WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started? WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. **NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:** WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.