Do you see your career as a highway to a brighter future? Join our roadways team to drive forth our economies, our societies, and your career. 

The transportation team throughout Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico is a dynamic and vibrant group, focused on delivering innovative solutions for today’s civic challenges to a diverse set of clients. Building on each other’s talents, we collaborate across all disciplines—Buildings, Energy & Resources, Environmental Services, Water, Digital Technologies, and more—to make our communities safer, more resilient, and exciting places to live and work. 
We encourage our team to push the limits in an entrepreneurial and energetic environment, focusing on developing our team’s skillsets while advancing individual careers. We routinely engage with experts throughout North America, making the most of today’s technology and being the first to create new ones. With more than 32,000 employees worldwide, you will have access to global expertise while working alongside our close-knit regional team. 

We’re driving the future of transportation infrastructure. This is a place to apply your passion and grow with endless opportunities to help advance communities, today and tomorrow. 

Your Opportunity 

Join and lead a team driven to improve transportation safety, increase multimodal accessibility, and engage in emerging technologies! Stantec is seeking a Regional Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering Group Lead to join our growing Transportation practice in the Mountain Region. You will engage with all aspects of our transportation practice and associated experts around the globe, including roadway, traffic, multimodal, transit, planning and design, structural / bridge design, bridge inspection, construction management, aviation and more. The ideal candidate will be able to provide strategic support to our business development and project pursuit efforts, as well as lead and organize the work of a technical team in the planning, design, and construction phases of transportation projects for clients. 

You will work closely with office and regional leadership to implement sound business development and project delivery practices advancing our qualifications and capabilities in a progressive and entrepreneurial environment. The person in this position will need a strong emphasis in group and project management of operational analysis and design throughout all areas of transportation planning and traffic engineering. 

Your Key Responsibilities 

Traffic Engineering and Project Management: 

Provide mentorship to a team of direct reports for the development of scopes of work, level of effort estimates, and project schedules Provide project technical delivery oversight and QA for a range of transportation and traffic disciplines, including planning, analysis, design related to roadways/highways, intersections/interchanges, and associated facilities to meet local, state, and federal requirements when applicable  Coordinate with other transportation and traffic engineers throughout the region to grow our role as a resource hub within US West through transfer of knowledge and effective project management  Supervising the work of traffic engineers for a wide range of projects including modeling and operations, microsimulation, geometric and signal improvement design, and construction maintenance of traffic  Provide management and quality control for plan, specification, and estimate package preparation and submittal Project management, including alternative delivery, for significant traffic projects and multi-disciplinary projects involving traffic in accordance with industry and Stantec best practices  Preparing contract documents, cost estimates, reports, and proposal Preparing and presenting information to clients, the public, and other stakeholders  Leading project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or owners, external consultants, and vendors

People, Process, and Business Leadership: 

Support the creation of a diverse and driven culture solving tomorrow’s engineering solutions  Manage a weekly or bi-weekly meeting across regional TPTE (spell out this acronym) staff for resource planning, workshare opportunities, and business development  Develop and support a business strategy for transportation planning and traffic engineering in the US West region for local, state, and federal agencies, and private owners  Manage and mentor a group of traffic engineers in the Mountain Region on all aspects of traffic engineering and transportation planning including workload and resources Support the establishment and maintenance of relationships with key clients throughout the Mountain Region Offer creative planning and pursuit strategy solutions that support multi-disciplinary collaboration towards client goals and objectives, and support and/or lead the pursuit strategy for projects including proposal development Track and develop business strategies in conjunction with local, state, and federal funding opportunities and anticipated project list Facilitate the integration of transportation planning and traffic engineering efforts including multimodal and transit opportunities Identify and pursue client opportunities within the ITS, SmartMobility, Connected and Autonomous vehicle, and reduced emissions sectors and lead integration with Stantec resources to pursue and establish a local presence in the market space Internal people leadership in engineering excellence, recruitment, and retention Staff management including performance reviews and career development
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensed in the State of Colorado, Arizona, or New Mexico (or ability to obtain within 6 months) Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)and/or American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) preferred Familiarity with local, state and federal and regulatory requirements Ability to manage and mentor transportation staff in successful delivery of projects Ability to develop and implement transportation growth strategy for the Mountain region Proposal preparation experience; project management; project design experience; contract negotiation Experience with key client methods/processes and a working knowledge of AASHTO, MUTCD, and other transportation and traffic design standards Experience and ability to pursue, secure, and manage projects involving traffic impact studies, signal operations and timing, corridor studies, geometric alternatives analyses, microsimulation, macrosimulation, travel demand modeling and transportation planning Ability and passion to expand skillsets of the team, related to CV/AV, EV or other innovative and sustainable solutions; pursue, secure, and manage such projects Experience with complex intersection and interchange geometry analysis and/or design including SPUI, roundabout, diverging diamond, two and four leg continuous flow intersections Experience with and familiarity to lead a team using Highway Capacity Software, SYNCHRO, VISSIM, SIDRA, and / or  RODEL Strong leadership, interpersonal, and presentation skills Good verbal and written communication skills Valid driver’s license and good driving record required

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree or greater in Civil Engineering Minimum 15 years of combined experience in transportation (roadway, multimodal, and/or transit  ), project development and delivery, and staff management Up to 10% travel, as needed, is anticipated to engage with staff and clients in various markets, including industry events

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Additional Information Salary Range(s): Pay transparency laws require employers to provide the following information for positions that may be in the following jurisdiction(s): Location Description: Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in CO, HI, MD and IL Min Pay Range: $137,300 Max Pay Range: $205,900 Note: The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.