Senior Project Engineer - Transportation in Hernando

Senior Project Engineer – Transportation

Location:

Hernando, MS. Provide technical assistance to project team to deliver construction projects within budgetary and time constraints.

• Base Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience
• Signing Bonus: One-time $10,000, payable within 30 days of start date.
• Clawback Provision: Repay signing bonus if resign or terminate for cause within 12 months.

• Serve as first line of response to transportation and construction project representatives assigned to various projects, including supervisory tasks such as scheduling and workload allocation.
• Develop and maintain transportation specifications and other standard contract documents in coordination with design personnel.
• Work with project team during the initial contracting phase to develop project budgets and schedules that adequately account for transportation and construction phase efforts.
• Provide constructability and QA/QC review of contract documents and related support for projects.
• Maintain a working knowledge of and a continuing education effort focused on construction methods, materials, and products.
• Conduct periodic reviews of job site progress in the field.
• Conduct project status reviews with project manager and team members, checking accuracy of work completed and monitoring timeliness of project completion.
• Develop templates, databases, procedures, etc. for consistent preparation of opinions of probable construction cost and serve as the primary point of responsibility for preparation of OPCs.
• Assist design engineering staff and clients in construction bidding and contracting activities including attendance at bid openings, review and recommendation of contract award, preparation of final contract documents for execution, etc.
• Lead the construction review process as necessary for problem identification and problem solving, scheduling, periodic payment requests, project documentation, contract modifications, project record, close out documents, and other documents.

• Serve as Mid-South’s technical lead in executing services included in the transportation and construction discipline.
• Mentor staff in various skill sets necessary to execute service areas within projects.
• Ensure client quality expectations are met.
• Provide feedback of transportation and construction review personnel’s performance.
• Handle client technical questions and complaints through the PM; follow procedure to solve client technical problems in collaboration with PM.
• Accurate, detail oriented, committed to excellence, continuous improvement, quality monitoring, root cause analysis, culture of doing job right first time.

• Strong technical expertise in this discipline.
• Clear and persuasive verbal communication.
• Clear and informative written communication.
• Active listening; encourages discussion.
• Timely effective communications about project status and expectations.
• Open to different viewpoints; solicits varied ideas.
• Aims to be client’s technical expert.
• Stays aware of client technical needs and satisfaction.
• Responds promptly to client technical questions and requests.
• Effectively manages client technical expectations.

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Four years of experience with direct client interaction and knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.

Professional registration/certification desired.

• Proficient in using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office.
• Knowledge of design, online reports and MDOT systems.
• Superior communication and organizational skills and in-depth knowledge of industry products and operations.

Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, veterans’ status, or disability.