Traffic Design Lead

Company: Arcadis
Location: Austin
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Description Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role description: Arcadis is seeking a Traffic Design Lead to join our team in Texas. This high-impact role is responsible for driving technical excellence, leading project delivery, and supporting both regional traffic initiatives and our national transportation practice. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in traffic design, a collaborative leadership style, and a commitment to innovation and high-quality client service. Day to day, the Traffic Design Lead will engage with clients, foster strong communication and teamwork, and oversee project teams to deliver work on schedule, within scope, and on budget. The Traffic Design Lead will sit within the larger Global Mobility Business Area. We partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunity for all and keep the world moving. Climate change, urbanization and digitization trends are requiring today’s mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world’s growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, and optimize the mobility of people and goods. Role accountabilities: As the Traffic Design Lead, you will be responsible for the management and delivery of a wide range of traffic engineering projects and tasks. Key responsibilities include: Leading the development and delivery of traffic signal, signing and pavement marking, roadway illumination, and ITS design. Managing and conducting traffic engineering studies. Overseeing client and stakeholder coordination, including consensus-building and presentation of technical recommendations. Collaborating with subject matter experts to integrate multidisciplinary insights into project plans. Supporting business development efforts by strengthening relationships with municipal and TxDOT clients, and contributing to proposal and pursuit activities. Helping grow the Texas traffic design practice and mentoring engineers to support their technical and professional development. Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas. Minimum of 8 years of relevant traffic engineering and design experience. Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills. Experience working with municipal clients and TxDOT, including familiarity with their design manuals and project delivery processes. Valid U.S. driver’s license. Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $94,944 - $173,510. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location. LI-HYBRID Mobility-NA Mobility-ANA-Jobs Traffic-ANA LI-HA1

Keywords: Arcadis, Killeen , Traffic Design Lead, Engineering , Austin, Texas