Transportation Engineer Trainee (Construction Engineering) #260609-8741FS-001

About the role

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (CTDOT), is now accepting applications for Transportation Engineer Trainee (Construction Engineering) positions in the Office of Construction, in the Bureau of Engineering and Construction.

Responsibilities

• Receives training in introductory professional engineering work for the development of technical and professional transportation engineering and transportation construction engineering skills and knowledge.
• Performs a wide variety of increasingly difficult duties as technical skills are acquired during the course of the training period.
• Knowledge of basic transportation engineering theories, principles and methods;
• Skill in use of drafting and calculating instruments and other computer applications;
• Considerable ability in performing mathematical computations, making neat and accurate drawings and preparing minor design and structural details.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor's degree.
• Possession of Professional Engineer (PE) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302 may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.
• Possession of Engineer-In-Training (EIT) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302 may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.
• Possession of Land Surveyor (LS) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302 may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.
• Possession of Land Surveyor-In-Training (LSIT) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302 may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.
• Possession of at least Level III certification, from the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET), in one of the following Civil Engineering Technology Programs may be substituted for the General Experience requirement:
• Transportation Construction Inspection Program - Highway Construction Inspection.
• Construction Materials Testing Program - Asphalt, Concrete or Soils.
• Transportation Program - Highway Materials, Highway Surveys or Highway Construction Inspection.
• Possession of a Level III Survey Technician Certification from the National Society of Professional Surveyors may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.
• Possession of an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification, at the level of a Welding Inspector (WI) or above, may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.
• Possession of a Civil 3D certification may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302.
• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302.
• Land Surveyor (LS) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302.
• Land Surveyor-In-Training (LSIT) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S. §20-302.
• Level III certification, from the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET), in one of the following Civil Engineering Technology Programs may be substituted for the General Experience requirement:
• Transportation Construction Inspection Program - Highway Construction Inspection.
• Construction Materials Testing Program - Asphalt, Concrete or Soils.
• Transportation Program - Highway Materials, Highway Surveys or Highway Construction Inspection.
• Level III Survey Technician Certification from the National Society of Professional Surveyors.
• American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) certification, at the level of a Welding Inspector (WI) or above.
• Civil 3D certification.

Skills

• Knowledge of basic transportation engineering theories, principles and methods;
• Use of drafting and calculating instruments and other computer applications;
• Performing mathematical computations, making neat and accurate drawings and preparing minor design and structural details.

Benefits

• Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
• Join an award winning agency! CTDOT has been recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!

Pay

• $76,307 - $123,809/year

Schedule

• Monday - Friday.
• Full Time, 40 hours per week.
• First shift.