Transportation Engineer II, III, IV Corpus Christi HQ

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Are you a transportation engineer with a passion for innovative design and a talent for project management? We’re seeking a motivated professional to join our team and take charge of managing consultant contracts, preparing cost estimates, and ensuring projects stay on schedule. If you thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and have a vision for designing the future of infrastructure, we want to hear from you!

• Acts in an advisory capacity on administrative, technical, regulatory and engineering aspects of transportation.
• Assists in developing and/or monitoring budgets.
• Negotiates fees, explains scope of work and monitors consultant design contracts.
• Performs complex planning work such as plan review, calculations and assisting in transportation planning studies; analyzes and assists in the resolution of contract problems and disputes.
• Analyzes and recommends approval for use of consultants and/or facility contracts.
• Analyzes and reports on routine program funding change scenarios and their impact to individual project schedules.
• Assesses and reports actual project progress versus planned progress to determine trends and variances for routine projects.
• Assists Project Managers related to resource assignments, schedules, scope, communication, quality, and/or procurement while utilizing available resources and maintaining the agency's project objectives.
• Assists project managers to establish realistic and achievable schedule baselines.
• Coordinates and/or monitors assigned projects/programs/plans.
• Coordinates phases of preliminary design and revisions in PS&E with districts, divisions, Administration, the FHWA, contractors, fabricators, Corps of Engineers and local entities; develops and/or reviews engineering related documents, correspondence, reports and remediation plans.
• Drives/travels to project/work locations to make on-site engineering reviews, analyses, tests and to provide technical support; monitors consultants' progress and work quality; checks invoices and associated documents; prepares supplemental agreements.
• Performs and/or coordinates the review and processing of PS&E submissions, special specifications or special provisions; reviews designs and detailed drawings of bridges and related structures.
• Reviews, processes and certifies project design plans developed by consulting engineers.
• Utilizes project management principles in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing for transportation projects.
• Coordinates with others to develop, monitor and update integrated project plans and schedules to ensure projects are executed efficiently.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Education
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Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related science (bachelor’s or higher degree accepted by TX PELS).

Experience
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• Transportation Engineer II: 5 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience
• Transportation Engineer III: 6 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience
• Transportation Engineer IV: 7 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-for-year basis.

Licenses and Certifications
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• Valid driver’s license (this position requires driving a state vehicle).
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Safety Impact Certificate
• Professional engineers licensed in another state must meet Texas requirements within six (6) months of hire or sign an agreement to obtain licensure.

• Applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations specific to safeguarding information and IT systems
• Highway construction design applications
• Plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance
• Design and plan preparation methods and requirements
• Program/project planning, development, and management methodologies
• Critical Path Method for managing projects
• Cost estimating and…