Position Summary

This position is responsible for overseeing all highway and traffic department project activity, including planning, scheduling, and coordinating the preparation of documents or activities for multiple projects and monitoring staff – including all aspects of staff supervision and delegation of duties. Additionally, the manager is responsible for maintaining current relationships and building new relationships with clients, leading and supporting key pursuits, functioning as a project manager on major projects, and managing business and strategy development for the department.

Essential Duties:

• Manage, direct, and supervise highway and traffic tasks and projects
  • including but not limited to, horizontal and vertical alignments, right-of-way, erosion and sediment pollution control, stormwater, traffic signal design, roadway lighting design, signing and pavement markings, development of permanent and temporary traffic control plans, traffic operations and capacity analysis, traffic impact studies, traffic forecasting and modelling, safety studies, transportation planning studies, highway occupancy permits, and utility coordination, relocation, and ADA compliant designs
• Responsible for business and strategy development, client management, operational oversight, staff development, and overall leadership
• Implement yearly business goals, as well as multi-year strategic business plans for the department
• Establish, monitor, and maintain highway and traffic project budgets, and schedules for the department
• Prepare and/or review Scopes of Work and Hours estimates for all highway and traffic projects
• Maintain quality control standards for department by reviewing deliverables and conducting QA/QC reviews
• Develop, establish, and nurture partnerships with new and existing clients
• Develop strategies to grow the department’s revenue, profitability, service offerings, and geographic presence
• Responsible for guidance, team-building, and organizational development of individuals with less experience – including mentoring, training, and reviewing work
• Responsible for planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, and providing training
• Maintain billability percentage set by supervisor/leadership
• Prepare and review reports, cost estimates, specifications, tabulation of quantities, and marketing field views/presentation figures for RFP’s and SOI’s
• Initiate, support the preparation, and review of submissions and proposals related to highway and traffic
• Participate in interviews and presentations, as applicable, and provide input for interviewing, hiring, and terminating employees
• Manage multiple clients, tasks, and schedule commitments
• Frequent communication with clients on project progress
• Perform reviews/approvals of all subcontractor contracts
• Monthly invoicing and perform review/approval of subconsultant and subcontractor invoices
• Make succession planning recommendations to leadership
• Maintain knowledge of new technology and/or software that may improve operations and develop recommendations accordingly
• Serve as technical specialist in the application of engineering concepts, principles and methods related to highway and traffic
• Function as Project Manager or Project Engineer for assigned projects
• Weekly timesheet review/approval for all highway and traffic staff
• Contribute to the overall success of Mackin by supporting internal departments, providing exemplary service to clients, and striving to meet on-going initiatives to grow and develop the company

Non-Essential Duties:

• Assist with highway and traffic work for other departments
  • Attend meetings for other departments’ projects, assist in staying on time and under budget, etc.
• Participate in job fairs and career fairs to support marketing initiatives and talent requisition
• Participate in marketing initiatives to develop and maintain partnerships and business relationships
• Participate in professional engineering society conferences
• Contribute and serve on an engineering committee and/or subcommittee
• Participate in research and development opportunities and projects
  • Review scopes of work, schedule, and budgets
  • Work with the marketing department to design/format project proposals
  • Attend pre-proposal meetings and project interviews
• Support internal departments with highway and traffic services required to execute projects
• Advise management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, client relations, and/or inter-departmental relations
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice

Supervisory Responsibilities: This role has direct supervision over highway and traffic department staff.

System or Specialized Knowledge
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of:

• PennDOT – Programs/Systems, Design Manuals, and Publications
• WVDOH and ODOT – Standards, Manuals, Design Directives, and Publications (optional)
• SimTraffic and Highway Capacity Software (HCS)
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
• OpenRoads, PowerProject Scheduling, AutoTab, and Tab Wizard
• MicroStation (preferred, not required) and AutoCAD (optional)
• Deltek Ajera
• Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams
• Computers, Printers, and Electronics