Director - Traffic

Title : Director (external title : Traffic & ITS Group Manager)

Division : Transportation

LJA recognizes that our success depends on the quality of the people we hire. We are currently seeking highly talented individuals that take pride in their work, function exceptionally well in team environments, and contribute to the overall success of the company. As a 100% employee-owned company, we promote an entrepreneurial spirit that helps drive the bottom line and the long-term professional and financial success of our employees. With more than 50 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future.

The ideal candidate will have a mixture of traffic and ITS design experience along with client relationship management and business development. While the major focus will be TDOT style work for state and local agencies, this position will also lead designs for permit projects. Projects will generally be focused in Tennessee, however LJA values work sharing opportunities and performing similar work in other states is expected.

This opportunity is your chance to build a design group from the ground up, bringing your best and brightest colleagues along with you. LJA is here to support your growth and together we will do great things!

General Responsibilities :

• Building relationships and growing business in the transportation sector.
• Develop business by a marketing company to existing clients and as well identifying and marketing to new clients.
• Meeting with DOTs, cities, counties and local agencies for business development purposes.
• Responsible for project delivery aspects such as design calculations, plan preparation, and direction of traffic designs for TDOT and local government projects
• Manage and maintain project schedules and financial requirements.
• Uses advanced techniques, theory, precepts and practices in a specialized engineering field and related sciences and disciplines.
• Interact with Client and other consultants and must have good communication skills.
• Exercises judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria.

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