Transportation Supervising Engineer; Construction Engineering

Transportation Supervising Engineer (Construction Engineering)

The State of Connecticut Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). its experienced agency employees to apply for a transportation supervising engineer (construction engineering) role within the Office of Construction in Norwich.

Position Details:
Monday–Friday, full‑time, 40 hours per week. First shift 7:30 am‑4 pm.

Location:

DOT District 2 Headquarters in Norwich (open to other districts). Eligible for telework after successful completion of test period.

The Transportation Supervising Engineer will assist District Engineers in supervising a staff engaged in transportation engineering in office and field.

Responsibilities include:

• Daily project or program oversight, coordination, and direction of assigned staff.
• Managing program funding and program‑wide engineering and construction scheduling.
• Meeting with State, Local, and Federal officials and coordinating with Metro‑North, Amtrak, FRA, FTA, FHWA and other regulatory agencies.
• Program design review, value engineering analysis, and program refinement.
• Constructability analysis and coordinating design issues on Design‑Build projects.
• Resolving issues during construction.
• Conducting performance appraisals, preparing consultant agreements, negotiating work assignments.
• Overseeing project engineers dedicated full time to this program.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Assist, confer with and advise Transportation Principal Engineers or Transportation Assistant District Engineers on all types of construction projects such as highways, bridges and transportation facilities.
• Conduct inspections of state projects.
• Review and assist in approving contract proposals prior to advertising.
• Review and make recommendations on contractor monetary claims.
• Supervise and oversee inspection of construction work.
• Make recommendations concerning proposed design changes, construction methods and substitution of materials.
• Assign inspection personnel to various construction projects.
• Review plans and specifications in preliminary and final stages.
• Make recommendations to prevent recurring problems and assist design engineers with construction projects.
• Supervise and maintain continuous contact with project engineers.
• Coordinate field operations with other districts.
• Serve as technical advisor on construction matters.
• Supervise and oversee office functions related to construction projects (processing orders, estimates, consultant payments, approvals, memoranda).
• Supervise and implement computerized construction reporting systems.
• Prepare and maintain schedules for all survey and design projects.
• Check detailed plans, specifications and estimates of cost of proposed projects.
• Conduct special investigations and studies of complex design problems.
• Interpret policy and recommend practices needed for implementation.
• Correlate office or field operations with other sections.
• Serve as technical advisor for survey and design.
• Supervise office functions related to logistics and administration.
• Schedule and monitor all location surveys performed by state personnel and surveyors.
• Recommend standards of accuracy and limits of coverage for individual projects.
• Recommend and maintain specifications for ground and photogrammetric surveys.
• Prepare and administer agreements for photogrammetric mapping and surveys by contract.
• Oversee inspection, sampling and testing of materials used for construction and maintenance projects.
• Recommend solutions for problems concerning materials.
• Initiate/direct training of technical personnel in testing and sampling of materials.
• Prepare and maintain a manual of testing procedures.
• Initiate or assist in preparation of specifications.
• Confere with material producers, contractors, agency engineers and others concerning the materials and their use.
• Direct application of statistical techniques for quality control of materials.
• Prepare agreements for the testing of materials by certified outside testing agencies.
• Direct or provide technical assistance in conducting studies for establishing policy and procedures.
• Schedule, assign, oversee and review work of staff.
• Provide staff training and assistance.
• Conduct…