Traffic Safety Project Manager I
HNTB
Listing collected from HNTB's career site. NextChapter is independent of HNTB.
Raleigh, NC · Posted October 13, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
More in North Carolina job market · Manufacturing & Industrial · Operations jobs
More roles at HNTB
- Project Director - Aviation Architecture · Denver, CO
- Industry Engagement Manager · Bellevue, WA
- Industry Engagement Manager · Detroit, MI
- Industry Engagement Manager · San Antonio, TX
- Industry Engagement Manager · Chicago, IL
- Traffic/ITS Engineer III · Tampa, FL
Similar jobs
- Senior Manager, Health, Safety, & Environment · STERIS · Sanford, NC
- Safety Specialist · Mohawk Industries · Garner, NC
- Safety Specialist 2 · JE Dunn Construction · Charlotte, NC
- Construction Safety Specialist · Vulcan Elements · Benson, NC
- Safety Specialist · Vulcan Elements · Benson, NC
- Associate Safety Specialist - Hamlet, NC · BSI · Charlotte, NC
Where Raleigh, NC ranks
Where Raleigh, NC placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Southeast68 / 100 · of 33
- #3Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Southeast84 / 100 · of 33
- #4Best all-round cities for new graduates67 / 100 · of 100
- #6Best cities for junior jobs in North Carolina33% · of 11
- #8Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southeast142 jobs · of 72
- #9Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southeast341 openings · of 65
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among occupational health and safety specialists is little observed so far. Measured exposure for occupational health and safety specialists: 0% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Skills this job asks for
Say which you have and which you want to build. We use it to match you to jobs like this one.
About the job
**What We're Looking For**
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This is an opportunity to join HNTB’s strong Traffic Engineering practice to lead and deliver safety analyses and other types of projects for our Carolinas clients. You will be responsible for delivering NCDOT Safety assignments including fatal and HSIP crash analyses and investigations, safety evaluations, and other safety assignments. Other projects include corridor studies focused on safety and mobility, predictive safety analyses for new projects, and on-call crash analysis requests. The role will include leveraging technical expertise and relationships to deliver projects within budget and to the client’s satisfaction. This opportunity also includes leading, mentoring, training, and reviewing work of members of our current team of professionals.
**What You'll Do:**
+ Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
+ Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations.
+ Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.
+ Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
+ Performs coordination with managers on project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
+ Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini-mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
+ May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
**What You'll Need:**
+ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience
+ 2 years task management or Deputy PM experience
**What You'll Bring:**
+ Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multiple discipline projects.
+ Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on smaller projects. Identifying and escalating risk and change management issues, with oversight from more experienced staff.
+ Leading a team for a smaller project or task order with no or few subconsultants.
+ Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver smaller projects or task orders.
+ Leveraging the Office Management Team to assist in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.
+ Interfacing with your client-level peer on a smaller project or task order.
+ Providing technical guidance to team and task leads as well as performing portions of the technical work. ****
**What We Prefer:**
+ 10 years relevant experience
+ Experience successfully delivering similar projects for NCDOT
+ Experience with NCDOT Traffic Safety Software (TEAAS)
+ Experience with traffic ordinances (speed limit, no parking, etc)
+ Professional Engineer (PE) certification
+ Master’s degree in Engineering
+ Project Management Professional (PMP)
**Additional Information**
Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards
Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
\#JS #Traffic
.
Locations:
Charlotte, NC, Columbia, SC, North Charleston, SC, Raleigh, NC
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
_NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:_
_HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees._
**Job Type:** Regular
**Full/Part Time:** Full time
**Job Category:** Engineering Group
**ReqID:** R-31976