Transportation Engineer ($4,000 Hiring Incentive)

About the role

Under the general direction of the Roadway Design Team Leader, performs roadway design, engineering, and design team management activities, and directs and reviews design activities of roadway designers within the team. Reviews and evaluates engineering reports, studies and plans prepared by the project team, consulting design firms, and others. This position may be responsible for assisting in the development of project scoping and planning documentation, including ADA compliance documentation. As a Design Engineer, prepares and monitors project schedules and coordinates with other project team members regarding project development and reviewing and approving contractor initiated documents.

Responsibilities

• Develops or oversees the development of roadway designs, construction plans, and details; including roadway geometrics, typical sections, pavement sections, superelevations, earthwork calculations, grading construction phasing, intersections, interchanges, turnouts, culverts, channels, safety barrier, curb, gutter, sidewalk, fencing, and walls complying with current design guidelines and policies.
• Attends project team meetings and perform duties with managing design teams conducting meetings, facilitating issue resolutions, coordinating with outside entities, develop and monitor a project's scope, schedule and budget.
• Facilitates scope changes and revisions to design, funding and schedule.
• Captures and coordinates with Utilities, ROW, Environmental Planning, and facilitates plan revisions to accommodate clearances.
• Develops or oversees the development of project earthwork calculations and reports, roadway cross sections, design calculations and reports, construction cost estimates, and special provisions for roadway design items.
• Actively participates in the pre-design project development stage, attending field reviews, providing roadway design expertise, and reviewing and providing comments/input to scoping documents.
• Provides post-design services for projects under construction.
• Reviews and recommends approval on shop drawings, construction change orders, and force account work orders.
• Attend Staff Meetings, training, consults experts, researches publications, correspondence and other electronic information available to learn and implement current practices as it applies to design issues.
• Informally trains summer interns, EITs, and new designers within the team on various roadway design methodologies and standards.

Requirements

This position is eligible for a $4,000 hiring incentive. The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Qualifications

• Education includes a BS in Civil Engineering or closely related field.
• Minimum 2-5 years of demonstrated highway and roadway design, including team leadership responsibilities.

Skills

• Knowledge of principles and practices of Civil Engineering as applied to the development, design construction and maintenance of the State Highway System.
• Thorough understanding of Federal and State regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines as applicable to the Project Development Process.
• Techniques used in data collecting and computer applications, ADOT Roadway Design and Group procedures, standards and guidelines.
• State statues, safety practices, methods procedures and techniques utilized in management of assigned resources consistent with ADOT Project Delivery and Operations Division.
• Competent in the principles of public participation, consultant management/coordination, and project management/coordination.
• Experience in the use of Microstation applications, including but not limited to Open Road Designer (ORD) and connect.
• Researching and interpreting a wide variety of highly technical data, analyzing and designing major highway related projects.
• Listening and problem solving, personnel management, leadership and employee relationships, supporting and promoting the Arizona Management System initiative.
• Computer application and computer aided analysis and design package utilization.
• Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Chat, Meets, Docs, Spreadsheets, Slides).

Benefits

• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance
• Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right.

Pay

$93,500

Schedule

Not specified