Transportation Engineer Chief – Kanawha

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The Transportation Engineer Chief in this position will serve as the Construction Engineer Chief. Performs advanced-level engineering and complex administrative work, responsible for a group of engineering and non-engineering divisions within the Department of Transportation. Serves as a Staff Engineer to the Commissioner of Highways or as the administrative and technical head of a group of divisions from the following:
Construction, Materials, Maintenance, Traffic Engineering, Roadway Design, Structures, Right of Way, Enforcement, and Equipment. Coordinates the inter-agency and intra-agency operations of divisions engaged in either project development or engineering operations. Performs related work as required.

REQUIRED TRAINING/EDUCATION

• Current license as a registered professional engineer in West Virginia.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Eleven (11) years of highway engineering experience involving the design, construction, or maintenance of highways.
• Substitution 1: A Master of Science degree in civil engineering from a regionally accredited college or university may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.

OR

• Substitution 2:
  Non-highway engineering experience may be substituted for the professional highway experience at the rate of two (2) years of general experience for one (1) year of highway-related experience.

Note: Experience must have been acquired after the obtainment of a bachelor’s degree, but may have occurred before or after registration as a professional engineer.