Senior Project Engineer - Traffic - Columbus

Senior Project Engineer - Traffic - Columbus Job Locations US-OH-Columbus Job ID 2026-3255 Category/Group Traffic Group Employment Type Regular Full-Time Overview Join American Structurepoint and become part of a team that goes the extra mile for our clients and communities. We live by our values - respect, staff development, results and family. Our team is encouraged to explore new ideas and turn our clients' dreams into reality. With exceptional benefits, training, and mentorship, we pave the way for a rewarding career. Ready for more than just a job? Explore opportunities with us and help improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. Group: Traffic Position: Senior Project Engineer Location: Columbus, OH American Structurepoint is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to join our growing Ohio Traffic Group. This position will provide technical leadership and engineering oversight on a diverse range of traffic operations, safety, planning, and design projects for ODOT, municipalities, counties, MPOs, and other public- and private-sector clients throughout Ohio. The ideal candidate is an Ohio-licensed Professional Engineer with progressive traffic engineering experience who can independently lead technical assignments, communicate effectively with clients and project teams, and help develop the next generation of traffic engineers. Responsibilities Lead and perform traffic engineering assignments for ODOT, LPA, county, municipal, and private-sector projects throughout Ohio. Lead technical work involving traffic operations and capacity analysis, intersection and corridor studies, traffic impact studies, traffic forecasting, traffic safety studies, traffic signal design, signing and pavement marking, maintenance of traffic, and multimodal transportation improvements. Perform and oversee traffic operational analyses using software such as Synchro/SimTraffic, HCS, SIDRA, VISSIM, TransModeler, or similar analysis and simulation tools, as appropriate to the assignment. Conduct and oversee traffic safety analyses, including crash data evaluation, network screening, crash-pattern identification, countermeasure development, and evaluation of potential safety improvements. Develop and evaluate intersection and corridor improvement alternatives, including traffic signals, roundabouts, turn lanes, access-management improvements, innovative intersections, lane reconfigurations, and pedestrian/bicycle improvements. Lead and review traffic signal, signing, pavement marking, lighting, and maintenance-of-traffic plans, as applicable. Prepare and review technical memoranda, traffic studies, safety studies, engineering reports, calculations, exhibits, and other project deliverables. Serve as a technical lead and technical reviewer on assigned projects and ensure work complies with applicable ODOT, OMUTCD/MUTCD, AASHTO, FHWA, and local agency requirements. Perform and document QA/QC reviews to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, and quality of project deliverables. Coordinate effectively with roadway, planning, structures, environmental, survey, and other disciplines on multidisciplinary transportation projects. Support Project Managers in developing project scopes, fees, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and technical approaches. Monitor assigned task budgets and schedules and proactively communicate potential scope, schedule, or budget concerns to the Project Manager. Participate in meetings with clients, ODOT, municipalities, counties, MPOs, stakeholders, and reviewing agencies and serve as a technical representative for assigned projects. Mentor and develop junior engineers and technical staff through task delegation, technical guidance, QA/QC, and regula