Senior Highway Review Engineer

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Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

About the Indiana Department of Transportation:
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) provides a dynamic workplace that serves Indiana citizens, improves our state’s quality of life, and enhances its economic opportunity. INDOT has a number of innovative programs and projects, including Public-Private Partnerships, Green Initiatives, and cutting-edge uses of materials and assets. As part of the State of Indiana, INDOT offers a competitive total compensation package, as well as outstanding work/life balance.

Whether you are an established professional in the transportation field or just starting your career, INDOT has exciting and challenging opportunities for you.

Role Overview:
The Senior Highway Review Engineer supports INDOT's Highway Engineering Division by performing high‑level roadway design reviews and providing practical engineering guidance on major roadway improvement projects statewide, including added travel lanes and reconstruction, interchange design and modifications, roadway widening, and specialized intersection design. The position works closely with consultants, contractors, district staff, and Central Office engineering units to ensure project designs align with INDOT and AASHTO guidance, promote safety, and reflect cost‑efficient engineering decisions.

The engineer evaluates roadway geometry, horizontal and vertical alignment, lane configurations, traffic control design, hydraulics considerations, and maintenance‑of‑traffic elements to confirm designs are practical, constructible, and consistent with INDOT's design guidance. They also assist in refining INDOT design guidance and contribute to updates of the INDOT Design Manual. Applicants must demonstrate through resume project examples their experience in complex highway design consistent with these responsibilities.

Location:
This position is with INDOT’s Central Office in Indianapolis.

Salary:
This position traditionally starts at an annual salary of $85,020.00 but may be commensurate with education and job experience.

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The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Establishes procedures for overseeing the construction of highway road and bridge projects.
• Initiates procedures for reviewing and interpreting plans, specifications and construction methods with contractors.
• Prepares unique, unusual or highly complex design plans or reviews similar plans designed by consultants for bridges, roads and related traffic projects.
• Establishes methods for initiation, developing and administering major field traffic operations, such as complex interchanges or intersection layouts, addition of auxiliary lanes and collector roadways, signage, lighting and traffic signals.
• Establishes procedures for reviewing and inspecting bridges, to provide normal maintenance, cost-effective repair work or major rehabilitation.
• Develops and establishes practices and procedures for directing job control tests, documentation to aid in reviewing revised or newly adopted specifications and policies to keep field testing functions current.
• Provides recommendations and advanced level engineering expertise to field maintenance functions to resolve complex maintenance problems and provide effective and timely maintenance…