Assistant Area Engineer; Professional Engineer

Applications will be considered from residents and non-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 Assistant Area Engineer (PE I) works in The Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT's) Construction Engineering Services Branch, Area Engineers Unit. The Unit provides technical assistance, engineering support, subject matter expertise, training, and Quality Control/Quality Assurance functions for the Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, the Construction Engineering Services Branch Manager, the five CDOT Engineering Regions, contractors, consultants, and local agencies on all matters related to project development and contract administration of construction projects.

This position assists the Area Engineer in the following:

• providing technical assistance, engineering support and subject matter expertise on all matters related to construction and contract administration of construction projects.
• providing technical engineering design and construction guidance and expertise to improve the quality of design and construction, which includes project development, contract administration, contract modification, disputes and claims and training.
• creating, developing, issuing and implementing policies, procedures and specifications to assure effective and efficient project development and contract administration of highway construction projects by the five CDOT Engineering Regions, contractors, consultants and local agencies.
• identifying, conducting and facilitating training to meet the needs of the CDOT Regions, CDOT Head Quarters Brances, contractors, consultants and local agencies.
• gathering compiling and reporting on engineering project development and construction practices' data for multiple reporting requirements.

This position will participate in the administration of the statewide QC/QA program per the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)/CDOT Oversight Stewardship Agreement. The duties may include performing research for a Task Force or assisting with annual CDOT Engineering Residency visits and annual traffic control reviews.

• Uses engineering knowledge and expertise to assist the Area Engineer in providing technical assistance and engineering support throughout CDOT as well as to external stakeholders on all matters related to construction contract administration of construction projects. This involves responding to questions and concerns, suggesting solutions to problems, researching concerns or unresolved issues and recommending acceptable solutions.
• Assists the Area Engineer to create, develop, issue and implement policies, procedures and specifications, and to revise, update and distribute procedural directives, procedure manuals to assure effective and efficient project development and contract administration of highway construction projects by the five (CDOT) Engineering Regions, contractors, consultants and local…