Transportation Engineer Tech I or II

Performs basic design work and calculations. Performs field work; uses automated systems. Design activity is overseen by a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who has final approval authority for projects. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.

Essential Duties:

Transportation Engineer Tech I:

• Performs basic design work. 
• Performs intermediate drafting and calculations in support of design activities; accomplishes non-routine and complex assignments. 
• 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. 
• Uses automated programs, interactive graphics and the Design and Construction Information System.
• Works on reproduction of plans. 
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned. 

Transportation Engineer Tech II:

The above and:

• Assists in on-the-job training of the less experienced technicians. 
• Performs advanced drafting and calculations in support of design activities; develops graphic presentations that include distinctive design features. 
• Reviews entire set of plans for format, drafting, and calclation errors and correlation of plans and specifications. 

• Writes general notes, specifications and provisions.

   

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Experience: 

Transportation Engineer Tech I: No experience required. (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. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Transportation Engineer Tech II: 2 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. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications:
Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Competencies:

Transportation Engineer Tech I: 

• Basic roadway design
• Hydrologic, hydraulic and geotechnical design activities and principles
• Applicable engineering workstations and applications to support efficient planning and design activities. 
• Higher mathematics
• Interactive graphic and design information systems
• Writing and revising standards and procedures
• Performing basic design and drafting
• Training in a classroom, office, or field environment
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications and systems
• Follow verbal and written instructions

Transportation Engineer Tech II: 

The above and:

• Intermediate design and hand and computer-aided drafting procedures 
• Applicable engineering workstations and applications to support efficient planning and design activities. 

• Performing intermediate drafting

   

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions

• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools

• Standing-prolonged periods of time 

• Walking-moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work sitr to another 

• Fingering-picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand

• Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words

• Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication 

• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and or fingers

Conditions of Employment:
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• 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.