Engineering Technician - Boulder; EPST III

Applications will be considered from residents of Colorado.

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

CDOT employees make a difference by providing freedom, connection, and experience to the traveling public, while also keeping them safe. The State of Colorado offers competitive medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts. Visit the State of Colorado benefits for details, current premium rates and a summary video about benefits. The state also offers PERA retirement, great optional PERA plans such as 401K, a generous paid time off package of annual, sick, holiday and other leave, strong career growth, tuition reimbursement and professional development.

Perks include Colorado Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP) counseling, wellness, credit union membership and employee discount program. Visit CDOT Benefits for details. Some positions may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

CDOT’s strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

The eligible list created from this announcement may be used to fill current and future vacancies for a period of up to 6 months.

The Region 4 South Program Engineering Unit is responsible for the management of projects and operational areas within the Region 4 Transportation System. This includes management of roadway design and construction contracts to implement the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Roadway design consists of preparing plans and specifications, which are professionally certified in accordance with Federal and State standards that are accurate, biddable and constructible.

The construction consists of overseeing and directing construction projects in the field to ensure the work is in accordance with the awarded contract. The operational responsibilities include engineering support for maintenance and an interface with local agencies and property owners as required. Ultimately the unit is responsible for providing the best multi modal transportation system for Colorado that most effectively moves people, goods and information.

This position serves as a senior project technician responsible for designing, inspecting, documenting and measuring the work on highway construction projects. Additionally, this position works as a project manager for less complex projects such as write-up or maintenance projects, etc), or as assistant project manager on more complex projects, responsible for ensuring that the highway project is built in accordance with the plans and specifications thus providing a safe and adequate highway system.

• Perform construction inspection of assigned project during the construction phase to ensure construction activity is following plans, specifications, standards, policies, procedures (used in the CDOT Construction Manual), laws and regulations, including all documentation;
• Inspect contractor work and be responsible for the administrative and satisfactory completion of the projects under construction;
• Certify that the contractor's construction methods, procedures, materials and final product are in compliance with engineering details, standards and specifications by making thorough visual inspections;
• Certify that the contractor's material, workmanship, and products are in conformation with the contract plans and specifications by supervising and maintaining proper documentation;
• Determine if the method statements and the CPM schedule submitted by the Prime Contractor are reasonable and acceptable prior to the commencement of work and maintaining updates through project duration;
• Determine if work performed is in accordance with standards and qualifies as acceptable for payment;
• Identify irregularities in the plans and specifications and determine what the appropriate action to take is as stated in the contract;
• Interpret plans and specifications and determines if the project is in compliance;
• Perform and properly document measurements of materials incorporated into the project to assure accurate payment for contract work;
• Assure accurate payment for contract work by supervising, making measurements of quantities, calculate quantities from field data, and perform independent checks of measurements and calculations for accuracy;
• Finalize construction projects (prepare the final engineering documents as required per the most recent final documentation checklist);
• Authorize change orders for modifications to the plans and specifications and direct the contractor through formal…