{"id":3298306,"url":"https://alion.io/job/gft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer","title":"Senior Project Manager, Traffic Engineer","company":{"id":17220,"name":"GFT","domain":"gftinc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/gftinc","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Kansas City, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":135000,"max":185000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":185000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false},{"name":"Multimodal AI","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T22:37:57Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-26","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T04:40:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"GFT is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Traffic Engineer to join our Transportation Team in any of the following GFT office locations: Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Omaha, NE; Atlanta, GA or Wichita, KS! This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring regular attendance at one of these office locations.\nWorking on the Transportation team at GFT offers the opportunity to engage in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity. Whether working on highways and bridges or traffic engineering, our team excels in resilient, sustainable design and construction, delivering innovative solutions that address the complexities of modern, multimodal roadway syst ems and ensure safe, efficient, and reliable travel for all. Explore some of our signature Transportation projects here.\nWhat you'll be challenged to do:\nThe Senior Project Manager, Traffic Engineer will lead complex traffic engineering and ITS projects while managing and growing a geographically distributed traffic group. This role combines deep technical expertise in traffic operations, signal systems, and ITS with strong project management, business development, and people leadership skills. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across disciplines to deliver innovative, high-quality transportation solutions for state DOTs, municipalities, and regional agencies.\nIn this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:\nTechnical Leadership & Engineering Excellence\nLead the planning, design, and delivery of complex traffic signal and ITS projects across urban streets, arterials, freeways, and citywide deployments.\nProvide subject matter expertise in intelligent transportation systems, including detection, communications, system integration, and operational strategies.\nDesign and review traffic signals, interconnects, railroad preemption, signing, pavement markings, roadway lighting, ramp management systems, and maintenance of traffic (MOT) plans.\nDevelop and oversee innovative ITS applications such as freeway off-ramp queue detection warning systems and queue-based preemption and timing adjustments integrated with adjacent arterial networks.\nPlan and direct traffic analyses and studies, including traffic impact studies, traffic operations and safety studies, roadway safety audits, and interchange justification reports.\nProject Delivery & Lifecycle Management\nPlan, conduct, and coordinate traffic engineering work through all phases of the project lifecycle, including project inception, alternatives analysis, final design, construction phase services, equipment integration, and post-deployment evaluation.\nPrepare reports, plans, specifications, and technical drawings in compliance with engineering standards, client requirements, and MUTCD guidance.\nMonitor and manage multiple project schedules and budgets, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.\nAssure all projects meet quality control and quality assurance standards.\nTeam Leadership & Management\nManage, mentor, and develop engineers and designers across a remotely distributed regional traffic group.\nProvide technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development support to team members.\nPlan and lead project meetings, coordinating responsibilities across multidisciplinary teams.\nCoordinate technical development, scheduling, and staffing needs while resolving engineering and design challenges.\nStrategy, Innovation & Problem Solving\nPlan and develop engineering solutions for unique or controversial traffic and ITS challenges.\nDefine project scopes, explore alternatives, and develop novel concepts and approaches to complex transportation problems.\nReview and approve design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.\nInterpret contract changes and advise management on scope, schedule, or budget impacts.\nBusiness Development & Client Engagement\nAssist in the preparation of business proposals and support marketing and client development efforts.\nServe as a trusted technical advisor to clients, agencies, and stakeholders, responding to inquiries and presenting findings to public groups, boards, and senior leadership.\nCollaborate closely with highway, bridge, stormwater, and utility design teams to deliver integrated transportation solutions.\nProfessional Development\nMaintain professional and technical expertise through continuing education, professional publications, and participation in professional organizations and societies.\nWhat you'll bring to our firm:\nBachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited university. \nMinimum of 15 years' professional experience within Traffic and/or Highway engineering. \nLicensed Professional Engineer (PE) in State of Kansas or Missouri; ability to obtain and maintain licensure in other Midwest states (Nebraska).\nExperience working with KDOT or MoDOT and other local transportation agencies.\nExperience with traffic and safety analysis. Knowledge of the MUTCD and Highway Capacity Manual.\nExperience with traffic simulation software such as Synchro, HCS, Sidra and/or VISSIM.\nExperience with design of traffic control elements such as plans, specifications and estimates for traffic signals, roadway signing, pavement markings, and work-zone maintenance of traffic plans, preferred.\nProficiency with MicroStation CAD, OpenRoads Designer, and Microsoft Excel and Word.\nWhat we prefer you bring:\nCertified as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE).\nExperience leading citywide ITS deployments and freeway management systems.\nProven ability to lead technical teams and manage complex, multidisciplinary projects.\nCompensation: The salary range for this role is $135,000 - $185,000. Salary is dependent upon experience and geographic location.\nFeatured Benefits:\nHybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.\nComprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.\nTax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.\nCompetitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.\nTuition reimbursement for continued education.\nCommitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations\nIncentive compensation for eligible positions.\nAt GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships - that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.\nOur clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century’s experience, together we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives™ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.\nUnsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property GFT.\nLocation: Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Omaha, NE; Atlanta, GA; Wichita, KSCore Business Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Employment Status: Full-Time\nGFT does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7635,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work","Life insurance","Parental leave","Professional development","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Civil & Structural Engineering","Architecture","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-26T22:37:57Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 9","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":41,"green_card_filings_12m":9,"median_offered_wage_usd":122500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":185000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T07:16:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11015,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":17220},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=17220"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgft-senior-project-manager-traffic-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3298306}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"gftinc.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3298306},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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