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WSP is currently initiating a search for a Regional Traffic Operations Center (TOC) Operations Manager!
This role will sit out of Herndon, VA.
The Regional TOC Operations Manager is responsible for the overall management, leadership, and day-to-day operation of one of Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT's) regional TOCs. This position provides operational oversight for a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week transportation management operation supporting incident management, traveler information, weather operations, arterial management, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) system monitoring, emergency response, and special event operations.
The Operations Manager serves as the primary operational liaison between VDOT, the Contractor, partner agencies, and internal management staff. The position is responsible for ensuring compliance with all contract requirements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Annual Work Plans (AWPs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), staffing requirements, and operational objectives while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Your Impact
- Manage the daily operation of a regional TOC.
- Lead all TOC supervisors, lead operators, operators, analysts, and support staff.
- Ensure continuous 24/7/365 operational coverage.
- Develop and maintain Annual Work Plans (AWPs).
- Monitor contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Ensure compliance with all VDOT policies and SOPs.
- Oversee staffing, scheduling, recruiting, employee development, and performance evaluations.
- Coordinate special events, emergency operations, weather events, and incident response activities.
- Coordinate directly with VDOT Regional Traffic Operations staff.
- Lead monthly operational reviews and performance reporting.
- Develop corrective action plans when operational deficiencies occur.
- Coordinate interoperability between regional TOCs.
- Ensure operational readiness during emergencies.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage operational budgets and reporting requirements.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for regional operational issues.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Transportation, Engineering, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible transportation operations experience.
Required Experience
- Five or more years supervising a 24/7 operations center.
- Experience managing transportation operations or traffic management centers.
- Experience leading supervisors and operations personnel.
- Traffic Incident Management experience.
- Experience working with police, fire, EMS, DOT maintenance, and emergency management agencies.
- Experience in preparing executive reports and operational metrics.
- Experience with staffing, scheduling, budgeting, and performance management.
- Experience managing multiple priorities during emergency operations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Traffic Operations Center experience.
- Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS).
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
- Performance dashboards and KPI reporting.
- FHWA SHRP2TIM training certification.
- NIMS / ICS 100 / 200 / 700 / 800.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Executive presentation skills.
- Personnel management.
- Strategic planning.
- Conflict resolution.
- Public speaking.
- Emergency management.
- Ability to build relationships with local, state, and federal partners.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Responsible for the supervision of:
- Shift Supervisors
- Lead Operators
- Traffic Operators
- Data Analysts
- Lane Closure Coordinators
- Signal Engineers (where applicable)
- Training personnel
Working Conditions
- Primarily office based within a Traffic Operations Center.
- Occasional travel throughout the assigned VDOT Region.
- Participation in emergency operations.
- On-call availability.
- Evening, weekend, and holiday work as required.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $143,000 - $213,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Regional Traffic Operations Center (TOC) Operations Manager!
This role will sit out of Herndon, VA.
The Regional TOC Operations Manager is responsible for the overall management, leadership, and day-to-day operation of one of Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT's) regional TOCs. This position provides operational oversight for a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week transportation management operation supporting incident management, traveler information, weather operations, arterial management, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) system monitoring, emergency response, and special event operations.
The Operations Manager serves as the primary operational liaison between VDOT, the Contractor, partner agencies, and internal management staff. The position is responsible for ensuring compliance with all contract requirements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Annual Work Plans (AWPs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), staffing requirements, and operational objectives while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Your Impact
- Manage the daily operation of a regional TOC.
- Lead all TOC supervisors, lead operators, operators, analysts, and support staff.
- Ensure continuous 24/7/365 operational coverage.
- Develop and maintain Annual Work Plans (AWPs).
- Monitor contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Ensure compliance with all VDOT policies and SOPs.
- Oversee staffing, scheduling, recruiting, employee development, and performance evaluations.
- Coordinate special events, emergency operations, weather events, and incident response activities.
- Coordinate directly with VDOT Regional Traffic Operations staff.
- Lead monthly operational reviews and performance reporting.
- Develop corrective action plans when operational deficiencies occur.
- Coordinate interoperability between regional TOCs.
- Ensure operational readiness during emergencies.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage operational budgets and reporting requirements.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for regional operational issues.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Transportation, Engineering, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible transportation operations experience.
Required Experience
- Five or more years supervising a 24/7 operations center.
- Experience managing transportation operations or traffic management centers.
- Experience leading supervisors and operations personnel.
- Traffic Incident Management experience.
- Experience working with police, fire, EMS, DOT maintenance, and emergency management agencies.
- Experience in preparing executive reports and operational metrics.
- Experience with staffing, scheduling, budgeting, and performance management.
- Experience managing multiple priorities during emergency operations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Traffic Operations Center experience.
- Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS).
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
- Performance dashboards and KPI reporting.
- FHWA SHRP2TIM training certification.
- NIMS / ICS 100 / 200 / 700 / 800.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Executive presentation skills.
- Personnel management.
- Strategic planning.
- Conflict resolution.
- Public speaking.
- Emergency management.
- Ability to build relationships with local, state, and federal partners.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Responsible for the supervision of:
- Shift Supervisors
- Lead Operators
- Traffic Operators
- Data Analysts
- Lane Closure Coordinators
- Signal Engineers (where applicable)
- Training personnel
Working Conditions
- Primarily office based within a Traffic Operations Center.
- Occasional travel throughout the assigned VDOT Region.
- Participation in emergency operations.
- On-call availability.
- Evening, weekend, and holiday work as required.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $143,000 - $213,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Regional Manager
Frame your Australian credentials for U.S. employers
A three-year Australian bachelor's degree is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for E-3 visa specialty occupation purposes. Make that equivalency explicit in your resume so hiring managers don't flag it as a gap.
Target companies with multi-state operations
Regional Manager roles at companies operating across multiple U.S. states are structured around the specialty occupation standard. Multi-site employers are also more likely to have existing immigration infrastructure and HR teams familiar with E-3 sponsorship.
Search verified E-3 sponsors on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to find Regional Manager roles at employers with confirmed E-3 sponsorship history. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork once you have an offer.
Clarify the specialty occupation case before applying
Not every Regional Manager title qualifies. If the job description accepts any degree field or lists a degree as preferred rather than required, the LCA may not hold up. Ask the recruiter how they plan to document specialty occupation before you advance.
Confirm the employer handles the LCA filing
The DOL-certified Labor Condition Application is the employer's legal responsibility, not yours. Before accepting an offer, verify your employer will file the LCA promptly, since your consulate appointment can't be scheduled until it's certified.
Time your application around your current visa status
If you're already in the U.S. on another status, a change of status filing with USCIS avoids a consulate trip. If you're offshore, the consulate-based route is faster. Knowing which path applies to you shapes the entire offer-to-start timeline.
E-3 Visa Regional Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Regional Manager jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It filters Regional Manager roles by employers with E-3 sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never sponsored an Australian before. Standard job boards don't surface sponsorship status, which means a lot of wasted applications on roles that will never move forward.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Regional Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
It depends on how the role is structured. USCIS requires the position to normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field, not just any degree. A Regional Manager overseeing operations in a technical or specialized industry, with a degree requirement in business, operations, or a related discipline, typically qualifies. A generalist role where any four-year degree is acceptable is harder to support.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Regional Manager roles?
The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so your employer can file any time of year and approval isn't left to chance. The H-1B visa cap-subject lottery means most petitions filed in April face roughly a 25% selection rate. For a Regional Manager moving on a specific timeline, the E-3's predictability is a practical advantage over the H-1B's lottery uncertainty.
Can I change employers or get promoted while on an E-3?
Yes to both, but each triggers a new filing. Changing employers requires a new LCA certified by the DOL and, if you're in the U.S., a new E-3 petition with USCIS or a new visa stamp at a consulate. A promotion to a materially different role, even with the same employer, may also require a new LCA if the job duties or prevailing wage level change significantly.