Engineer-Senior Licensed Professional​/Bridges

Engineer-Senior Licensed Professional/Bridges

Under the general direction of the Division Director of Roads, the Engineer - Senior Licensed Professional in the Structure Maintenance Section of Roads Maintenance Division is responsible for directing the engineering operations. This position will ensure the safety and longevity of bridges, pump stations, culverts and other structures in the Wayne County Roads system. The Senior Licensed Professional Engineer will perform complex structures operation decisions including determining if existing and proposed structure maintenance and construction projects are in compliance with Federal and State rules and regulations.

This position will review plans, generate repair costs for county bridges, pump stations, attenuators and dams, calculate and update bridge load ratings and report to the MiBridge website, along with other related duties to ensure the efficient operations of the Structures Section, which includes Building Maintenance in the Roads Maintenance Division.

Required tasks include inspecting pump stations, attenuators and dams as required; performing field reviews of on-going repair projects for bridges, pump stations and attenuators; reviewing/maintaining/updating inspections reports in MiBridge website and RFA's for all county bridge inventory list; calculating/updating all county bridge load ratings and reporting to MiBridge website, generating repair costs for county bridges, pump stations, attenuators and dams; assisting in attending MDOT/county meetings relative to structure maintenance;

supervising Journey Level and other less senior Engineers - (RFA coordinator, consultant coordinator or inspector) and rotation Entry Level Engineers; preparing maintenance schedule (bi-weekly, monthly, annually) for pump houses, attenuators and dams inventory list; checking inspection reports of bridges as they are due to stay in compliance with State and Federal regulations; checking daily plans of the bridge maintenance crews, materials used to do bridge repairs, evaluations of bridge repair methods;

checking RFA's for bridge scaling, pump house stations, attenuators and dam inspections, and bridge load rating requests; checking integrity of pump station structure, mechanical and electrical systems and conducting quarterly meetings to discuss issues related to function of all systems; directing, planning routine bridge inspections and fracture critical inspections, scour inspections, underwater inspections, element and detail inspections (section loss of steel and concrete members), pump station inspections, attenuator and dam inspections, as required;

procuring the services of engineering consultants and managing their work as it relates to bridge safety inspections, pump stations, attenuators and dams; giving daily direction and recommendations to the supervisors of structure maintenance crews; making decisions regarding repair materials, repair schemes, design of repairs, design of rehabilitation, temp support design; preparing maintenance schedule for bridge inventory list; estimating costs of repairs;

generating RFAs; generating RFPs to solicit services on as-needed basis; preparing Bridge load rating and condition ratings; performing other related duties and tasks as assigned.

Educational requirements/experience requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Engineering, State of Michigan PE License, at least two years of experience as a Licensed Professional Engineer managing Structure Engineering, a current FHWA Bridge Inspection Certificate, a valid state of Michigan Driver's License and an acceptable, safe driving record.

Below Additional Qualifications Preferred:
Bridge inspection experience, Bridge load rating experience using hand calculations, Experience using bridge load rating AASHTOware Bridge Software, Excellent experience using AutoCAD drafting software and Microsoft Office, Current FHWA Bridge inspection certificate meeting the requirement of Qualified Team Leader.