Florida Traffic Practice Lead

What We're Looking For:

Barge Design Solutions is seeking a Florida Traffic Practice Lead to provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Barge's Traffic Engineering Practice in Florida. This role is responsible for hiring, developing, and managing technical staff in the region. Partnering closely with Project Managers and regional leadership, you will guide technical strategy, align resource allocation with project demands, and serve as a trusted technical advisor on high-impact transportation projects. This individual will play an active role in business development, strategic planning, and expanding Barge's presence in the Florida transportation market. Success will be measured through quality project delivery, financial performance, staff utilization, employee development and retention, and contributions to sustainable practice growth.

The ideal candidate blends high-level technical expertise in traffic engineering with a proven track record of team leadership, client relationship management, and strategic practice growth.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and oversight of the Traffic Engineering discipline in Florida, supporting project delivery, staff development, and business growth.
• Lead and provide technical guidance on traffic engineering projects, including traffic operations, traffic signal design, ITS, safety improvements, and transportation infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with FDOT, local agencies, clients, and industry partners to support business development and project opportunities.
• Manage and mentor engineering staff, identify staffing needs, and support recruitment and professional development.
• Promote technical excellence, quality control, efficient project delivery, and consistent engineering practices across the discipline.
• Support proposal development, project management, strategic planning, and pursuit of new business opportunities.
• Promote a great work environment for the region and champion Barge's Purpose, Vision, and Values with direct reports.

Education & Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline from an accredited program.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) registration, with Florida licensure required or the ability to obtain through reciprocity.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant traffic engineering experience, including demonstrated technical leadership and project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of FDOT design standards, specifications, policies, and procedures, with demonstrated experience delivering FDOT transportation projects.
• Technical experience in multiple areas of traffic engineering, including:
• Traffic Signal Design: Signal layouts, phasing, detection, signal systems, and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Signing and Pavement Marking Design: Development of signing, pavement marking, and traffic control plans.
• ITS and Communications: Design and integration of ITS devices, fiber-optic communications, and transportation management systems.
• Traffic Operations: Intersection and corridor operational analysis, capacity evaluations, traffic forecasting, and signal timing and coordination.
• Traffic Safety: Crash analysis, safety studies, intersection control evaluations (ICE), and development of safety countermeasures.
• Transportation Improvements: Evaluation and design of intersection, interchange, corridor, and multimodal improvements.
• Working knowledge of applicable FHWA, AASHTO, FDOT, and local agency standards and engineering practices.
• Proficiency or familiarity with traffic engineering software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, VISSIM, and ArcGIS.
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and coordinate with clients.
• Previous experience in staff supervision, project management, and business development preferred.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record’s Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work®.

Our primary purpose for being in business is ultimately to create a better life by unleashing the potential of our people, clients and communities. This purpose is supported by our company’s core values because at the end of the day, Barge CARES:

• Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions. Barge Design Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge Design Solutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with a signed agreement are authorized to submit candidates.