Senior Traffic Manager
Trilon GroupSummary
Rinker Design Associates (RDA) is seeking a Senior Traffic Manager in Glen Allen, Virginia, to lead traffic design and operational analysis for innovative transportation projects. The role involves collaborating with a talented team to contribute to multimodal solutions and shape the future of transportation infrastructure. Responsibilities include leading technical excellence, driving project success, collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring quality standards, supporting project management, and fostering innovation in areas like intelligent transportation systems and signal designs.
Required Skills
SIDRASynchroHCSMicroStationOpenRoads
Details
- Experience Required
- 12+ years
- Posted
- Jun 25, 2026
Description
Are you a civil engineering professional who enjoys solving real-world traffic challenges and improving how people move through their communities?
Rinker Design Associates (RDA) is looking for a Senior Traffic Manager to help lead traffic design and operational analysis on innovative transportation projects across Virginia. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a talented team, contribute to impactful multimodal solutions, and play a key part in shaping the future of transportation infrastructure in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.
Rinker Design Associates (RDA) is looking for a Senior Traffic Manager to help lead traffic design and operational analysis on innovative transportation projects across Virginia. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a talented team, contribute to impactful multimodal solutions, and play a key part in shaping the future of transportation infrastructure in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.
- Lead Technical Excellence: Direct and oversee the technical development of traffic designs and operational analyses for diverse and innovative roadway and multimodal projects. Ensure the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and safety in the design and analysis of traffic operations, signal systems, and complete streets for all modes of transportation—vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian.
- Drive Project Success: Lead project meetings, present traffic design aspects, and provide technical expertise to ensure high-quality outcomes.
- Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with clients, agency representatives, contractors, and internal teams to deliver innovative traffic solutions.
- Ensure Quality and Standards: Maintain high standards for deliverables and perform quality control for team members' work.
- Support Project Management: Assist project managers in meeting schedule and budget goals while driving technical progress.
- Foster Innovation: Develop intelligent transportation systems, signal designs, interchange access reports, and signing and pavement marking plans.
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering is required.
- Licensure: Registration as a P.E. in Virginia is preferred.
- Experience: Minimum of 12 years of experience in traffic engineering design.
- Expertise: Strong knowledge of traffic design standards and practices, including VDOT, AASHTO, FHWA, MUTCD, HCM, PROWAG, and HSM.
- Software Proficiency: Experience with design tools such as MicroStation, OpenRoads, Synchro, SIDRA and HCS is required.
- Team and Communication Skills: Demonstrated teamwork, leadership, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.