Traffic Signal and Lighting Lead

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Traffic Signal and Lighting Lead for our Chicago, IL office who will be responsible for providing leadership on traffic engineering projects. You will coordinate with and provide support to other groups within STV and be involved with traffic engineering projects throughout Illinois and nationwide.

This position is for an individual with a minimum of seven (7) 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 lighting projects. Services may include traffic signal design, lighting 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 abovefor various state and local agencies while working with a larger team.
• Prepare written reports and presentations of project results.
• Direct engineering staff across experience levels to produce design documents and specifications
• Coordinate with clients, stakeholders, subconsultants, and other groups at STV to complete the necessary design tasks
• Collaborate with other team leads on resource planning and internal workshare
• Support development of project scope, budget, and schedule
• Assist in developing proposals and other business development initiatives to drive growth
• Ability to meet with client and public stakeholders and perform site visits in field as necessary

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) license
• Proven experience leading traffic signal design projects
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with a commitment to collaborating closely with clients and other stakeholders beyond technical engineering teams
• Passion for working on large, multi-disciplinary transportation projects with time sensitive schedules which require creative thinking and innovative problem-solving skills

Compensation Range:

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.