Transportation Engineer III, or IV - Design - Design Division - Austin, TX
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Engineering
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Transportation Engineer III
Performs advanced and complex transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations and/or 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 establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives.
Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.
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/or 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.
EssentialDuties Transportation Engineer III
- Performs advanced and complex engineering design work such as development of layouts, sketches, plans, specifications, estimates and contracts.
- Develops, recommends, and implements modifications as necessary for continual improvement to existing program of responsibility.
- Interprets manuals and required guidelines for traffic operations.
- Makes presentations and represents TxDOT.
- May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks.
- Monitors consultants' progress and work quality; checks invoices and associated documents; prepares supplemental agreements.
- Negotiates fees, explains scope of work, and monitors consultant design contracts.
- Performs and/or coordinates the review and processing of Plans, Specifications & Estimates (PS&E) submission, special specifications or special provisions.
- Prepares correspondence and/or detailed engineering surveys.
- Provides design engineering support for districts in project development.
- Represents the district/division at technical meetings.
- Leads/trains engineering staff and professional staff.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
- Develops short-term and long-term goals and coordinates planning activities and resources required to meet goals.
- Performs highly advanced and complex engineering design work such as development of layouts, sketches, plans, specifications, estimates, and contracts.
- Performs highly advanced and complex planning work such as plan review and calculations.
- Serves as a project manager overseeing consultants performing advanced and complex engineering work.
- Acts in an advisory capacity on administrative, technical, regulatory and engineering aspects of transportation.
- Assess and reports actual project progress versus planned progress to determine trends and variances for complex projects.
- Evaluates the performance of new transportation products.
- Negotiates fees and budgets, develops and negotiates scopes of work, negotiates contract work schedules, and negotiates other contract agreements.
- Updates, reviews, monitors, and/or reviews requests for changes to plans, manuals and/or standard sheets.
- Writes reports and specifications.
Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related science bachelor's or higher degree accepted by TX PELS.
Experience- 6 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 yearbasis.
Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
Licenses and Certifications- Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
- TX Licensed Prof Engineer*
- Safety Impact Certificate
Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related science bachelor's or higher degree accepted by TX PELS.
Experience- 7 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience
- Experience…
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