Transportation Engineer II/III/IV

Performs highly advanced and complex transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations and maintenance. Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Work requires contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties:

Transportation Engineer III

• Assists districts with bridge inspection-related matters
• Develops specifications for special bridge design details and projects.
• Reviews shop drawings prepared by fabricators for bridges and related structures.
• Designs complex bridge projects and performs specialized design
• Performs complex structural analysis of bridge designs
• Performs inspections, structural evaluations and analyses of bridges and related structures that have appraisal and condition ratings or are recommended for closure.
• Rates and monitors load carrying capacities of bridges

Transportation Engineer III

In addition to the duties listed above

• Designs highly complex bridge projects and performs specialized design.
• Performs highly complex structural analysis of bridge designs.
• Performs structural review of complex forming, false work and erection details.
• Develops specifications for special bridge design details and projects.
• Recommends bridge replacement, bridge rehabilitation and repair of damaged bridges.
• Reviews and checks special designs and solutions for unique structural problems.
• Reviews designs and detailed drawings of bridges and related structures prepared by other engineers and technicians

• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

   

Transportation Engineer IV

In addition to the duties listed above

• Recommends prioritization of bridge replacement, bridge rehabilitation and repair of damaged bridges.Designs highly complex bridge projects and performs specialized design.
• Performs highly complex structural analysis of bridge designs.
• Performs structural review of complex forming, false work and erection details.
• Rates and monitors load carrying capacities of bridges.
• Trains engineering staff.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related science bachelor's or higher degree accepted by TX PELS.

Experience: 

• Transportation Engineer II: 5 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience

• Transportation Engineer III: 6 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience

• Transportation Engineer IV: 7 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience

(Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications:

• Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
• Licensed Prof Engineer*
• If performing underwater bridge inspections: Must have Open Water Diver certification.
• For Bridge Inspection: Must have completed a comprehensive training course based on the Bridge Inspector's Training Manual or NICET Level III or IV certification in Bridge Safety Inspection within (1) year of date of hire. 

*Professional engineers licensed in another state in the United States, but not currently licensed in the State of Texas, must (1) meet the license requirements of the State of Texas Engineering Practices Act, (2) obtain a professional engineering license from the State of Texas within six (6) months of the date of hire, and (3) sign an agreement to that effect as a condition of employment.

Competencies:

• Standards and specifications for bridges and other transportation structures
• Fatigue and fracture mechanics
• Bridge construction and evaluation methods, procedures and regulations
• Bridge inspection and appraisal methods and procedures
• Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others
• Facilitating groups using effective communications methods; contributing to and guiding groups in defining objectives, staying on task and reaching consensus; soliciting participation, challenging ideas and summarizing accomplishments and planned actions
• 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 above 100 degrees for more than one hour
• Subject to noise
• Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Required to wear protective gear-respirator, hard hat, or other device
• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
• Climbing - ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)

• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical. 
• Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
  • Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) – does not authorize “medical marijuana” under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.