Engineer II

General Description

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is dedicated to delivering a safe, high-quality, and efficient transportation system across the State of Wyoming. We are currently seeking a highly motivated and qualified Engineer II to join our team in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This full-time position offers the opportunity to contribute to highway projects from inception through design, construction, and contract completion, under the guidance of the Resident Engineer.

• Perform engineering tasks related to highway projects throughout all phases, including design, construction, and contract management.
• Work closely with the Resident Engineer and other team members to ensure timely and successful project delivery.
• Support the preparation and review of plans, specifications, and contracts for various transportation projects.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

• 2,000 Hiring Bonus (see eligibility details)
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities
• and MUCH MORE!

Mandy McMicheal /  / mandy.mcmicheal

• Issues, reviews, comments, and revises plan sets.
• Reviews and approves or rejects project submittals/permits.
• Reviews and updates forms and documentation procedures regarding construction activities and pay quantities.
• Inspects and assures projects/facilities are completed according to plans, specifications, design criteria, and budgetary constraints.
• Compiles and submits engineering recommendations and summaries for designing various projects/facilities with varying levels of complexity.
• Conducts extensive research of existing and evolving technologies.
• Provides technical guidance, advice, and oversight.
• Works in direct contact with contractors and subcontractors daily in the management of projects under construction.
• Deals with landowners, traveling public, local, county, state, and federal government entities in the same context.
• Performs field inspections, laboratory testing, materials analysis, and quality control.
• Develops engineering models, conducts studies, makes cost estimates, and submits reports, summaries, and other required documentation.
• Reviews and evaluates the work of assigned engineering technicians.
• Performs inspections and testing to ensure the contractor is constructing the project according to plans, specifications, etc.
• Provide the contractor provides the necessary information to construct a project (showing a project and interpreting plans).
• Calculates and documents quantities for payment to the contractor.
• Examines and verifies numeric data and specifications on source documents by recalculating computations using geometry or trigonometry.
• Resolves geometric and trigonometric problems encountered during the process of making detailed engineering drawings.
• Review construction plans and verify that these are in accordance with designated specifications and other requirements.
• Conduct field engineering surveys, including operating a level, operating a total station, GPS, and making decisions to solve problems.
• Checks and verifies the accuracy of detailed project drawings and makes corrections in drawings if necessary.
• Design preliminary work, calculating land areas, earth forms, circular curves, material quantities, and other qualitative measurements using geometric and trigonometric computations.
• Trains other personnel in engineering and surveying, and trains personnel on proper fieldwork documentation techniques.
• Coordinate with the contractor, other agencies, and the public when a project impacts them.
• Oversees moderate to major construction projects by documenting pay quantities, directing the work schedule of subordinates, and working with a contractor for quality control.
• Ensures materials sampling and testing are performed properly; audits material summaries for QA/QC purposes.
• Prepares water agreements, materials agreements, and other necessary agreements.

• Valid Driver's License
• QC/QA Certification in Soils & Aggregate, Asphalt, and Concrete
• Asphalt Concrete, Soil & Aggregate
• WYDOT Portland Cement Concrete

• Knowledge of authoritative reference materials in the field of engineering.
• Knowledge of surveying and surveying instruments and measurement and testing equipment, and systems.
• Knowledge of complex algorithms used in mathematical computer models to recognize the theory as the basis of their use.
• Knowledge of construction methods and processes, project scheduling, cost estimating procedures, and material quantity takeoffs.
• Knowledge of scientific and/or technical research practices.
• Knowledge of principles, theories, concepts, and practices of engineering.
• Knowledge of computers, calculators, survey equipment, and testing…