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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 Traffic Engineer
Align your credentials with U.S. licensing expectations
An Australian bachelor's in civil or transportation engineering satisfies the E-3 visa specialty occupation degree requirement, but employers often ask whether you're working toward a Professional Engineer license. Document your academic transcripts and any Engineers Australia membership before applying.
Target public infrastructure and DOT-contracted employers
State departments of transportation and firms holding federal highway contracts file LCAs regularly and understand specialty occupation rules for engineering roles. These employers are more likely to have established E-3 sponsorship workflows than smaller private consultancies.
Confirm the job description requires your specific degree field
E-3 approval depends on the role requiring a degree in a directly related field. A posting that says 'engineering or related field' is weaker than one specifying civil or transportation engineering. Ask the hiring manager to tighten the job description before your employer files the LCA with DOL.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the LCA and consulate paperwork
The LCA must be certified by DOL before your consulate appointment can proceed. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service manages the entire process from offer to consulate appointment, so nothing stalls between the employer's signature and your visa stamp.
Time your application around consulate appointment availability
E-3 visas are processed at Australian consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. Wait times vary significantly by location and season. Request your employer's LCA as soon as your offer is finalised so you can book the earliest available appointment slot without delay.
Prepare for prevailing wage questions before your offer letter is drafted
DOL's prevailing wage determination ties your offered salary to the geographic area and job level. If the employer's initial offer falls below the DOL wage level for your role and location, the LCA will not certify. Raise this with HR before the offer is formalised.
E-3 Visa Traffic Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Traffic Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for E-3 visa sponsorship roles in the U.S. You can filter by job title, location, and sponsorship status to find Traffic Engineer positions at employers who are already set up to file an LCA and support the E-3 process, saving you from cold-applying to employers unfamiliar with the visa.
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 Traffic Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes. Traffic engineering requires at least a bachelor's degree in civil or transportation engineering, which satisfies the E-3 specialty occupation definition. The role involves technical analysis of traffic flow, signal design, and road safety systems that cannot be performed without that specific disciplinary background. Your employer's job description should reflect this degree requirement explicitly when filing the LCA with DOL.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Traffic Engineer roles?
The E-3 has a 10,500-visa annual allocation that has never been exhausted, so there is no lottery and no random selection. H-1B registrations for the same fiscal year are capped at 85,000 with a lottery that rejects the majority of applicants. For Australian Traffic Engineers, the E-3 means a predictable, employer-driven process where approval depends on your qualifications and the job offer, not chance.
Can I change Traffic Engineer employers while on an E-3 visa?
Yes, but each new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll need a new E-3 visa stamp if you travel internationally before starting the new role. If you remain inside the U.S., you can begin working for the new employer once the LCA is certified and a new visa petition is in process, though timing between roles requires careful coordination to avoid a status gap.