Principal Traffic Engineer - Transportation Systems Technologies

Description

Join one of the most diverse and innovative engineering design teams with multiple specialties within the transportation sector. The Port Authority's airports, ports, ferries, tunnels, bridges, bus terminals and rail transportation systems are important transportation links in the region. The Traffic Engineering unit within the Engineering/Architecture Design Division serves a unique role within the Port Authority by providing engineering planning, operation and design services throughout the Agency with close coordination with external stakeholders, including Federal, State and local transportation and regulatory agencies.

The Principal Traffic Engineer - Transportation Systems Technologies is to report directly to the Senior Principal handling transportation engineering technologies and systems management. This intended role is responsible for traffic engineering production and design delivery of transportation technologies, and their functional connection to transportation planning, operations, and management. The Principal Traffic Engineer will supervise technical staff, including Port Authority employees, on-site/extension of staff consultants, and other consultant project teams performing transportation systems technologies services and/or producing design deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing and delivering transportation projects for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies for PANYNJ Facilities.
• Serving as Lead Engineer to guide the Agency's strategy for transportation technologies, including managing the agency's systems and devices necessary for monitoring and reporting traffic conditions.
• Strategic planning related to systems engineering, transportation technology, and device deployment at PANYNJ Facilities.
• Updating and maintaining transportation technology policy, standards, and design guidelines.
• Contributing to Facility Operations support that leverages transportation technology devices.
• Coordinating with transportation agency partners for technology systems and device deployments.
• Oversight and support enhancements of the Agency-Wide Transportation Management Software (ATMS) to modernize and include other efficiencies such as AI user enhancements.
• Identify and oversee initiatives that utilize technology to optimize and enhance transportation system operations.
• Evaluation of various detection, surveillance, and electronic signage technologies for their applicability to the respective roadway networks, including development of procedures for system acceptance testing.
• Responsible for Traffic Engineering technologies initiatives
• Participating in Agency committees and initiatives related to transportation technology and innovation.

• Overall management of budget, schedule, and resources for multiple project teams, including task delegation to staff and consultants for deliverable development with overall responsibility for production and quality control, including auditing of consultant work products.
• Supervising the development of all technical work; ensure proper coordination with all appropriate internal and external stakeholders; perform quality control review; Monitor work progress, especially schedules and budgets, to meet project delivery metrics; Anticipate problems and take preventive/corrective action.
• Mentoring junior staff to ensure appropriate development of technical and management skills and knowledge. Promote team spirit, creativity and professional development.
• Manage and proactively forecast staff workload, identify additional staffing needs, and work towards filling those needs.
• Interfacing with other engineering groups, facility management, and line department program management.
• Developing cost estimates, issuing RFPs, reviewing proposals, and managing consultant call-in contracts.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must present the following qualifications to be considered eligible for this position:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering with coursework in Civil/Transportation Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Professional Engineer License (P.E.), preferably in New York or New Jersey.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience with transportation technologies in the Traffic Engineering field, including supervisory and technical experience with transportation technologies/ITS planning and design.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing project plans, setting priorities, coordinating activities, handling multiple tasks simultaneously and delegating tasks and responsibilities that are multi-faceted and complex.
• Demonstrated experience in leading transportation staff and teams
• Demonstrated leadership skills and experience managing a diverse workforce with varying work backgrounds, expertise, and levels.
• Superior interpersonal, written/oral communications, and presentations skills commensurate with supervisory responsibilities of this position.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work independently and prioritize as required.
• A valid driver's license is required.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Transportation Planning or Engineering from an accredited college/university or Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification.
• Demonstrated experience developing or managing ATMS software development or other transportation management system softwares.

Selection Process

The application process varies by position but typically includes an initial phone interview for qualified candidates, followed by a more in-depth interview(s) and/or assessment(s). Selected candidates who are made a conditional job offer will be asked to undergo a background check.

Compensation, Benefits & On-Site Collaboration Requirements:

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offers a competitive benefits package and a professional environment that supports development and recognizes achievement. Click here for more information about benefits, our culture, and career development opportunities.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey anticipate that the actual salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on aspects such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal factors. The expected compensation range for this role is:

Minimum: $119,678 Midpoint: $155,582 Maximum: $191,490

In accordance with Port Authority policy, this position permits employees to work remotely a maximum of one day per week. In person collaboration is essential to how the Port Authority conducts business, and regular in-office days or team collaboration days may be required for business needs.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should apply to this job by clicking on the "Apply Now" button and submitting a resume. The Port Authority of NY & NJ welcomes veteran and military spouse applications.

Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.

About The Port Authority:

Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than twenty three billion in annual wages and eighty billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey/Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

It is the Port Authority's policy, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws, to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment and who request the Port Authority do so, unless providing the requested accommodation would result in an undue hardship to the Port Authority.

Job applicants may request a reasonable accommodation (1) if they claim a disability is affecting the interview process, or (2) to ensure that if they are selected for a position, they can perform the essential job functions. To submit a request, please contact the recruiter or email the Human Resources Department's Disability Accommodation Coordinator at [email protected].

The Port Authority will treat any request for Reasonable Accommodation by a job applicant confidentially.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY

Job ID: Port_Authority-17322543

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-02-09T23:42:57