Project Engineer
About the role
COTA's Project Engineer serves as an engineering professional responsible for administering and overseeing large Federal Transit Administration (FTA)–funded capital projects. This position directs and coordinates highly complex professional engineering activities associated with the planning, design, resident engineering during construction, and closeout of transit capital improvement projects ranging from $25 million to $500 million in total program value. The Project Engineer serves as the agency's owner's representative ensuring compliance with FTA grant requirements, federal regulations, and applicable state and local standards. Performs duties that advance COTA's Strategic Plan and reflect the organization's core values of safety, empowerment, accountability, teamwork, and service, and support the mission of Moving Every Life Forward. Location: 33 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43215.
Pay
$93,953.60 - $110,531.20
Benefits
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- Supplemental and Life Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Discounts
- COTA Bus Pass
- Wellness Initiatives
- On-Site Chair Massage
- On-Site Health Coach
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Public Pension through OPERS & Ohio Deferred Compensation
Responsibilities
- Serves as Project Engineer for Federal Transit Administration (FTA)-funded transit capital projects, including transit facilities, maintenance facilities, stations, guideways, systems infrastructure, and related assets.
- Provides professional engineering oversight across the full project lifecycle, including planning, environmental clearance, conceptual development, preliminary engineering, final design, procurement, construction administration, testing, commissioning, start-up, closeout, and transition to operations and maintenance.
- Administers engineering aspects of FTA-fund