Eric Thomas Jr.

Eric Thomas Jr., PE, serves as a Congestion Management Project Engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) since July 2019, with prior roles including Senior Traffic Operations Engineer and Metro Signal Systems Engineer. Before NCDOT, Eric held the position of Transportation Engineer at Accelerate Engineering, PLLC, after being a Traffic Engineer in Training at Stantec. Eric’s career began at the North Carolina Department of Transportation, where responsibilities as a Traffic Operation Engineer included employing signal system timing and incident management to enhance transportation safety and efficiency. Eric holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and has developed leadership skills through a rotational program encompassing various transportation engineering disciplines.