Senior Traffic Engineer

Overview

ABOUT THE POSITION

Senior Traffic Engineer | Virginia Beach, VA | Hybrid

Join VHB’s growing transportation team in Virginia Beach and help shape safer, more efficient, and more connected communities across the region. As a Senior Traffic Engineer, you’ll contribute to a diverse portfolio of traffic engineering projects, with a focus on traffic studies, traffic impact analyses (TIAs), and signal timing initiatives.

This role offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with engineers, planners, and clients on fast-paced assignments while building long-term client relationships and supporting impactful work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support traffic engineering assignments for VDOT, localities, municipalities, and other public-sector clients.
• Prepare and review traffic engineering studies and technical reports, including traffic impact analyses, traffic forecasting, safety studies, road safety audits, corridor studies, and capacity analyses such as IAR/OSAR evaluations.
• Support traffic signal timing, traffic operations, and select traffic signal design projects.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary project teams to deliver high-quality work within established schedules and budgets.
• Provide quality assurance/quality control for traffic engineering and planning deliverables.
• Communicate effectively with clients, agencies, and project stakeholders to support project execution and build trusted relationships.
• Assist with proposal development, scope and fee development, project interviews, and business development activities.
• Mentor and support the professional growth of junior staff.
• Participate in client management, community engagement, and industry activities that support VHB’s growth and commitment to improving mobility and communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• Virginia Professional Engineer (PE) license expected.
• 5+ years of relevant traffic engineering experience.
• Experience supporting traffic studies, traffic operations, traffic signal timing, and/or traffic impact analyses.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and project coordination skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and contribute effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification preferred.
• Experience with Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) and/or Interchange Access Report (IAR) analyses preferred.
• Experience with VDOT and local Virginia agency standards, processes, and clients.
• Experience with traffic signal design and traffic control plans.

The full-time annual base salary range for this position, located in Virginia is $90,000 to $125,000. The base salary offered will be determined based on job-related factors, including geographic location, internal equity, experience, credentials, skills, education, work schedule, and other factors permitted by law. The posted salary range reflects base pay only. Additional compensation and benefits available to eligible employees are outlined in our Total Rewards Program.

Annual base salary is one component of VHB’s Total Rewards package. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation bonuses, spot bonuses, and merit-based salary increases, providing opportunities to increase earnings beyond base pay. VHB also offers a differentiating work experience, including a comprehensive benefits package that includes eligibility to participate in the VHB 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs. 

Details on VHB’s benefits package can be found here: Benefits Checklist  

Building what’s next, together.

Our people make the difference. We foster a technology-empowered, people‑driven, future‑ready culture where agility, innovation, and collaboration shape how we work every day.

When you join VHB, you’ll find:

• Meaningful work on complex projects with real community impact
• A collaborative, inclusive culture that values curiosity and shared success
• Support to grow your skills and lead through change
• Learning and development supported by evolving tools and technologies, including AI
• Best-in-class benefits and a flexible, hybrid work environment

We’re growing across the East Coast and are consistently recognized as a great place to work. Ready to shape what’s next? Learn more about what sets our employee experience apart and connect with us.  

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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