Bridge Maintenance Engineer - Statewide Promotional

About the role

This announcement is for the position of Bridge Maintenance Engineer in the SDDOT Office of Bridge Design. The Bridge Maintenance Engineer supervises a design squad consisting of 6 engineers and one CAD technician and is responsible for maintaining the SDDOT’s bridge network.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of assigned engineering activities and personnel
• Managing the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) program for the State of South Dakota
• Managing the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) program for the State of South Dakota
• Effectively planning & programming structure maintenance projects in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
• Ensuring structure repair and rehabilitation projects are designed efficiently to provide safe and cost effective structure plans for State highway construction projects
• Supervision of the SDDOT Bridge Maintenance Section
• Establishing uniform rehabilitation/design procedures and office practices
• Ensuring state bridge inspection is conducted in accordance with the NBIS, load rating and inventory reporting is in accordance with the NBIS
• Preliminary engineering project management
• Maintenance design training coordination
• Plan reviews
• Bridge construction troubleshooting assistance
• Assisting the Chief Bridge Engineer as needed

Requirements

• Successful completion of all structural engineering related college coursework as would be required of a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering
• Extensive bridge engineering/design/maintenance experience
• Engineering managerial (supervisory) experience
• Professional Engineer Registration in the State of South Dakota
• As the NBIS Program Manager for the State of South Dakota, this position is required by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to be a registered Professional Engineer or have a minimum of ten years bridge inspection experience and have completed an FHWA-approved comprehensive bridge inspection training course
• As the NTIS Program Manager for the State of South Dakota, this position is required by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to be a registered Professional Engineer or have a minimum of ten years bridge or tunnel inspection experience and have completed an FHWA-approved comprehensive tunnel inspection training course

Qualifications

• Growth mindset - Vision and creativity
• Team-oriented attitude
• Confident, action-oriented personality
• Attention to detail and a passion for organization
• Commitment to fostering high ethical standards

Skills

• To effectively communicate and apply structural engineering knowledge in practical bridge applications
• Lead and manage a team
• Possess excellent decision making skills
• To effectively manage a highly technical group of employees in delivering safe and economical bridge repair/rehab design & plans
• Manage the state bridge system inventory in the best possible condition within available funding constraints

Benefits

• Health insurance (zero-cost premium plan, low and high deductible plans, and single and family plans)
• Well-being program
• Employee assistance program
• Dental, Vision and Health Savings Account
• Free basic life insurance policy
• Membership in the South Dakota Retirement System with partial state match
• Paid leave (15 vacation days per year)
• Sick leave (14 days per year)
• Paid family leave (12 weeks for birth and adoption of child, equivalent to 40 hours per week)
• Military leave (15 days per year)
• 11 paid holidays
• Longevity pay
• Semimonthly pay periods
• Eligibility for meal per diems

Pay

$101,891.27 - $119,872.08, depending on experience

Schedule

Full-time position with the Department of Transportation. Generally 8 hour work days Monday-Friday. In-state travel is required for structure site inspections (average 1 or 2 times a month with occasional overnight stays as necessary for long distance and/or multi-day work trips). Some out-of-state travel is also typical of this position (1 - 2 times/year).