Transportation Engineer

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION Be a part of an innovative and collaborative team driving a safer transportation system for Arizona. Drainage Engineer ($4,000 Hiring Incentive) Job Location

ROADWAY ENGINEERING
205 S. 17th Ave
Phoenix AZ 85007

Salary: $90,200.00

* This position is eligible for a $4,000 hiring incentive

Grade: 26

Closing Date:
June 22, 2026

Under the general direction of the Drainage Section Manager, this position provides expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and water resource engineering in drainage designs for highway and bridge construction projects. This position leads design teams by providing guidance on department policies and procedures and preparing and performing complex drainage calculations and modeling. The engineer is responsible for developing effective, quality, performance based practical designs in a timely manner, and may prepare or provide drainage data to other engineers to prepare plans for highway and bridge drainage facilities and structures.

Additional responsibilities include:

reviewing and approving drainage designs and plans prepared by consultants, other agencies, or private parties; and advising and assisting management, consultants, contractors, and district staff on difficult, complex, and technically demanding drainage engineering issues.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

* This position is eligible for a $4,000 hiring incentive

• Develops and/or oversees the development and documentation of roadway and bridge hydraulic and hydrologic designs, calculations and modeling; including but not limited to culverts, curbs and gutter, down drains, spillways, channels, crown ditches, storm drains, bank stabilization, scour protection, and other erosion control measures.
• Review and approve drainage documentation not limited to drainage reports and memos, roadway design plans, bridge hydraulic reports, special provisions, and cost estimates, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable drainage design guidelines, standards, policies and procedures.
• Review the drainage impact of potential encroachment permits and potential lease or sale of ADOT managed land, recommending approval or providing comments as necessary, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable drainage design guidelines, standards, policies and procedures.
• Represent Section, Group and ADOT at committees, workshops, project status meetings, comment resolution meetings, brainstorming, huddles, and other types of meeting with various ADOT Sections, Groups, agencies, consultants, contractors, attorneys, and general public.
• Communicates with ADOT Staff, outside agencies and organizations (FHWA, FEMA, EPA, Counties, etc.) through meetings, reports, and other means to ensure timely and well-coordinated responses.
• Participate in planning and project scoping tasks associated with road and bridge projects, providing drainage design expertise to analyze and define project needs and design alternatives (including developing erosion control measures, scour ratings, countermeasures and Plans of Action) that meet the performance objectives of a project.
• Organizes, attends and participates in field review meetings to better understand and resolve project related needs and issues.
• Participates in and contributes towards regular training, research, seminars and workshops to help improve technical abilities and capabilities of self and team, including developing standard work documents (typically 5% to 10%).
• Give expert witness testimony at drainage related litigation on behalf of the state.