Transport Engineer Spec I - Design

About the role

Performs advanced and specialized drafting, calculations and design work; performs field work; uses automated systems; learns specialized techniques. Design activity is overseen by a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who has final approval authority for projects.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance in planning and coordinating office operations.
• Affords assistance in writing general notes, specifications and provisions.
• Performs advanced and specialized design work.
• Performs advanced and specialized drafting and calculations in support of design activities; develops graphic presentations that include distinctive design features.
• Performs traffic engineering design work, analyzes traffic and accident data and recommends solutions for traffic problems.
• Prepares field notes.
• Prepares quantity summaries, hydraulic and utility studies and right-of-way maps.
• Prepares roadway design, traffic control, lighting, signal, and building plans.
• Reviews entire sets of plans for format, drafting and calculation errors and correlation of plans and specifications.

Requirements

Education: High School Grad or Equivalent in general high school studies.

Experience: 6 years drafting, design, plan preparation. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).

Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of: Advanced and specialized design/drafting procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of: Applicable engineering workstations and applications to support efficient planning and design activities.
• Higher mathematics.
• Applicable computer software applications and hardware.
• Interactive graphic and design information systems.
• Some knowledge of: Design and plan preparation methods and requirements.
• Computer-aided drafting and design systems.
• Expert skill in: Advanced and specialized design/drafting.
• Proficient skill in: Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others.

Skills

Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions.
• Subject to extreme cold and heat; below 32 and/or above 100 degrees for more than one hour.
• Balancing-walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling.
• Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist.
• Standing-prolonged periods of time.
• Talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words.
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading.

Conditions of Employment

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Position Information

TxDOT’s Amarillo District is looking for a Transportation Engineering Spec I to work in our Traffic Design Department.

If you looking to build a career, with a great group of people, TxDOT’s Amarillo District is the place for you!!

TxDOT offers competitive pay, great benefits, and work-life balance.

We have three core values: Safety for our employees and the traveling public, value our employees, and preserve our assets.

We also strive to achieve a work-life balance and recognize the importance of your career as well as your home life.

We offer a wide array of programs and activities including compressed work schedules, wellness leave incentive, career development programs, tuition assistance and many other benefits.

In 2024, TxDOT was recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents, and many of our offices statewide are also designated as Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites.

To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)

Job Engineering/Engr Support

Schedule Full-time

Employee Status Regular

Job Level Non-Management

Job Posting Jul 9, 2026, 1:21:23 PM

State Job Title/s Engineering Specialist I

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Applicant Information

The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.

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