Transportation Engineer ; Land Surveying

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (CTDOT), is now accepting applications for the position of Transportation Engineer 2 (Land Surveying) in the Division of Construction Operations, Central Survey, Section, located at the DOT Headquarters in Newington, CT.

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• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees
• Join an award winning agency! CTDOT has been recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!

• Hybrid
• First Shift
• Monday
  - Friday
• Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Location:
  
  Department of Transportation Headquarters in Newington, CT
• A valid motor vehicle operator's license is required and must be maintained
• Applicants must be available to travel
• P-4 (Engineering and Scientific) bargaining unit

Property Mapping:
This is an advanced production level position acting as a team member to support the development of property acquisition mapping, release mapping, and State Right of Way mapping. This foundational position supports the Principal Engineer of Surveys in meeting CTDOT’s obligations to CT General Statutes.

Duties include:

• Land records analysis and interpretation
• Reading and interpreting CTDOT Right of Way maps
• Preparation of property acquisition and release maps using Bentley ORD computer aided design and drafting (CADD) software
• Review of mapping data produced by peers and subordinate staff
• Preparing and updating procedural workflows
• Communication with CTDOT engineers, consulting engineers, and other CTDOT employees to facilitate preparation of the aforesaid mapping

As one of Connecticut’s largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. It is the DOT's mission to improve quality of life through transportation. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving environmental and cultural resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve.

Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged. Learn more about our mission, vision, and values.

In the Department of Transportation this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of engineering or related tasks in one or more aspects of transportation construction engineering projects or studies in the following areas: construction, administration, rehabilitation, surveying, testing, materials testing, operations, or maintenance.

• Inspects construction projects;
• Acts as a team member in preparation of plans and estimates for construction or maintenance of bridges, structures and highways;
• Reviews shop plans;
• Oversees collection, recording, preparation and analysis of data pertaining to materials testing and transportation planning;
• Assists in budget preparation, report writing, general planning and administration of unit work from an engineering project coordination and technical stand point;
• Prepares research and administrative reports;
• Assembles and prepares contracts and unit cost figures;
• Plans budgetary requirements;
• Leads survey parties or acts as chief inspector of highway construction projects;
• Oversees field and office work in surveys;
• Performs complex tasks in the generation of base survey planimetric and topographic mapping and cross sections…