Transportation Specialist IV or V: District Portfolio Office; Austin District

Position Overview

Transportation Specialist IV or V:
District Portfolio Office (Austin District) (2601064)

TxDOT's Austin District Portfolio Office (Central Design) is looking for a Transportation Specialist IV or V position in Austin, Texas. This position provides technical computer-aided drafting expertise and coordination for design and development of transportation projects involving multiple design and advanced drafting techniques. It will involve active roadway design and project management for internally developed projects. Projects include complex urban and rural safety improvement projects, mobility projects, innovative intersection improvements, main lane widening, retaining wall design, freeway ramp reversals, bridge replacements, and complex drainage projects.

Assists with project planning and oversight, and the development of policies and procedures for the area of responsibility. Work requires contact with governmental officials, consultants, contractors, 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 as they arise.

• Assists in overseeing project assignments and determining work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
• Assists in overseeing project design involving design calculations and sketches of plans, layouts and typical sections.
• Assists in prioritizing and scheduling projects.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
  This position requires driving a state vehicle.

• Evaluates and analyzes highly complex design issues.
• Develops site layouts utilizing engineering workstations and software.
• Reviews and oversees plan packages submitted by consultants.
• Reviews and revises plans, specifications, estimates, and project designs for traffic control devices, signals, signs, markings, detours, traffic control plans, roadway illumination, traffic management systems, or Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
• Serves as a technical member on transportation-related projects.

Transportation Specialist IV and V: 5 years of transportation design, construction, traffic operations, maintenance, and bridge inspection 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.

• Valid driver’s license.
• This position requires driving a state vehicle.

• Design and plan preparation methods and requirements
• Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
• Quality assurance and control processes and procedures
• Interactive graphic and design information systems
• Contract development and oversight
• Applicable laws, rules, and regulations
• Maintaining effective working relationships with others
• Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
• Writing, reviewing and revising documents to include engineering notes, specifications, standards and procedures
• Reading and interpreting applicable plans, schematics, blueprints and maps
• Performing calculations to include material and labor estimates, expenses, technical survey data and engineering calculations
• Planning, coordinating and handling multiple projects within area of responsibility to meet short and long-term deadlines
• Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
• Persuasion and negotiation of critical issues
• Interpreting applicable information
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems

• The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Program/project planning, development, and management methodologies

• Light work: lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs.
• Repetitive motion: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and fingers
• This job has been identified as physically demanding and will…