Tunnel and Specialized Bridge Inspection Manager - Bridge Division

Oversees and manages engineering and inspection staff and consultants performing fracture critical/nonredundant steel tension
member inspections, underwater bridge inspections, complex bridge inspections, and tunnel inspections. Supports statewide efforts
to perform damage and in-depth inspections. Ensures compliance with applicable bridge inspection metrics, state policies,
procedures, standards and guidelines. Serves as TxDOT's Tunnel Inspection Program Manager. Manages a team of engineers and other
professional staff. Work requires contact with governmental officials, private entities and/or contractors. Employees at this
level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product

Essential Duties: 

• Advises staff engineers.
• Answers technical and policy questions related to bridge inspection and maintains bridge inspection data; analyzes data and provides summaries.
• Assists in overseeing and maintaining the Bridge Inspections Program in the Bridge Division and assists districts with bridge inspection-related matters.
• Coordinates fracture critical, underwater or off-system bridge inspection programs.
• Chairs or serves as a member of a contract selection team.
• Develops, recommends, and implements modifications as necessary for continual improvement to existing program of responsibility.
• Develops standards in conjunction with TxDOT divisions and districts and the Federal Highway Administration and ensures compliance with
• National Bridge Inspection Standards.
• Makes presentations and represents TxDOT.
• Oversees and performs bridge structural evaluations/analyses of structures; inspects bridges that have appraisal and condition ratings or are recommended for closure.
• Performs critical inspections on large or unusual structures when requested by the Bridge Division or in response to an emergency.
• Performs final review, prepares, evaluates and negotiates contracts with consultants for routine, fracture critical and underwater bridge inspections.
• Performs underwater inspections, diving, fracture critical member inspections and scour critical evaluations; travels statewide as required to perform this essential duty.
• Recommends replacement/rehabilitation/repair of damaged bridges and coordinates with local officials on critical findings involving structures, not under state jurisdiction, to have them posted, repaired or closed to the traveling public.
• Supervises professional engineers and other professional employees
   

Minimum Qualifications: 

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related science bachelor's or higher degree accepted by TXPELS 

Experience:

• 4 years of experience in transportation engineering. (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
• Must have one (1) year supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for
  supervisory/managerial experience

Licenses and Certifications: 

• Texas Licensed Professional Engineer

  • 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: 

Extensive knowledge of:

• Bridge design engineering principles, practices and methods and the application of engineering theory
• Bridge construction and evaluation methods, procedures and regulations
• Fatigue and fracture mechanics
• Applicable industry safety standards, guidelines, and specification codes
• Materials used in highway/bridge construction and maintenance
• Bridge inspection and appraisal methods and procedures

Considerable Knowledge of:

• Structural engineering terminology, principles, practices and methods and the application of engineering theory
• Materials design, specifications and applications
• Contract development and oversight

Expert Skill in:

• Research and analysis methodologies
• Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities

Proficient Skill in:

• Establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support overall business strategy/results; anticipating and adjusting for problems/roadblocks
• Directing and establishing objectives; clarifying roles and responsibilities through individual performance plans; monitoring and measuring performance against goals; evaluating results and making necessary adjustments to meet deadlines
• Supervising technical staff
• Negotiating settlement of differences without damaging relationships; applying effective questioning and listening techniques to determine other parties' positions in a direct and diplomatic manner
• 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
• Scheduling work assignments

Ability to:

• Communicate Effectively

Other Attributes:

• Provides organizational leadership; fosters collaborative relationships; initiates and supports quality management activities and performance management measures to provide the highest quality products and services
• 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
• Subject to noise
• Subject to hazards-moving vehicles/mechanical parts, high places/heat, or chemicals
• Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs
• Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another
• Standing-prolonged periods of time
• Stooping-bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
• Crouching-bending body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes visual inspection of small defects/parts
   

Conditions of Employment: 

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions.

• 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.

• Must have completed a comprehensive training course for bridge inspection based on the requirements of the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) and for Tunnel Inspection based on the requirements of the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) within (1) year of date of hire.