Director of Transportation

Description

• Manage discipline performance, including staffing, utilization, backlog, and profitability.
• Provide senior-level guidance on roadway design standards and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance across all phases of transportation initiatives.
• Represent the Transportation discipline in leadership discussions, contributing to firmwide strategy, service expansion, and long-term growth initiatives.
• Oversee delivery of high-quality, technically sound projects, ensuring strong QA/QC, innovative solutions, and on-time, on-budget performance.
• Coordinate closely with internal service areas—including Planning, Survey, Environmental, H&H, Structural, and Construction—to support integrated project delivery and ensure projects progress efficiently and accurately.
• Mentor, coach, and grow a team of engineers and project managers, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture across multiple offices.
• Provide strategic leadership for Waggoner’s Transportation discipline, with a primary focus on roadway design while expanding capabilities in traffic engineering, multimodal planning, and other transportation services.
• Lead business development efforts by identifying opportunities, pursuing key clients, preparing proposals, and serving as a trusted advisor to municipalities, counties, and state agencies.

Requirements

• Certifications applicable to civil and transportation engineering are desired (e.g., PTOE, RSP1/RSP2, PMP, DBIA).
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to the practice of engineering and the implementation of public works infrastructure projects.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across service areas to support integrated project delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Licensure or ability to obtain licensure as a PE in other states where Waggoner practices, within a reasonable timeframe.
• Licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE); (if not licensed in Mississippi, the ability to do so within six months).
• Working knowledge of construction processes and constructability requirements to support field coordination and effective project delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex concepts to clients, stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• Healthy Workplace Program
• Flexible/Hybrid Schedule
• Worldwide Travel Assistance
• Competitive Health Benefits
• Career Development and Training
• Community Service Opportunities
• WEI Incentive Program
• Employee Referral Bonus

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance