Transportation Engineer​/Transportation Engineering Associate III; PLS

Project Management Responsibilities

• Identifies project characteristics and objectives
• Establishes project plan
• Assigns and orients project staff
• Allocates equipment resources
• Monitors work for quality and timelines. Takes corrective actions as needed
• Provides guidance, decisions, and direct supervision as needed. Resolves survey related problems. Consults with higher line of authority as necessary
• Advises management, or other SCDOT engineering staff, of discovered project problems that may significantly impact the project

• Conforms to professional standards of applicable work
• Adheres to a professional standard of ethical conduct
• Certifies applicable documents, plats, and drawings as a registered professional land surveyor
• Sets monuments which control the location of boundary lines as written in the legal description of parcels of property acquired for right of way or other purposes
• Determines property boundary line locations
• Identifies boundary line discrepancies
• Reconciles records and field evidence
• Reconciles conflicting deed descriptions
• Determines location of easements
• Considers the priority of calls for landowner rights
• Identifies field conditions for evidence of possession

• Complies with SCDOT Rules & Regulations, Policies and Engineering Directives relative to the group’s operation
• Submits required reports and paperwork in an accurate and timely manner
• Approves work time and leave request for subordinates
• Ensures all unit supervisors adhere to the procedures set forth for documenting and approving work time and leave request in MSS

• Serves in an advisory capacity, individually or as a team member, to develop policies, procedures or engineering directives, standards, and specifications related to SCDOT surveying
• Participates in software and associated procedure development as a team member, generally providing input with other surveying personnel, to software programmers
• Serves in an advisory capacity, individually or as a team member, for the testing and evaluation of new equipment and software
• May communicate directly with vendors concerning equipment and software purchase and/or use for SCDOT applications
• Provides training requiring applicable specialized surveying expertise for SCDOT agency wide staff. For example, training District Engineering personnel on the use of survey equipment
• Provides advice and assistance to Districts and other areas of SCDOT to resolve surveying related problems or issues

• Responsible for personnel matters including hiring, evaluating, disciplining, and promoting
• Applies affirmative action and EEO requirements
• Responds to employee grievances for assigned personnel

• Supervises staff to include preparing performance planning and evaluation documents and related personnel paperwork
• Coaches, counsels, and trains employees
• Establishes and monitors work processes
• Implements management policies and initiatives and promotes teamwork within the organization
• Complies with SCDOT Safety policies and procedures
• Maintains the upkeep and maintenance of State vehicles and inventory items

• Utilizes ESS in SCEIS to enter work time along with charge codes and leave request
• Maintains and updates personal information in ESS as needed
• Performs other related duties as assigned

A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Science and Management and three (3) years of engineering or construction management work experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence. Necessary Special Requirement:
Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor by the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors. A valid motor vehicle operator’s license is required.

The physical demands for the essential functions of this position involve sitting or standing for extended periods of time. This position may require travel. This position may require bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, and kneeling. This position required driving and walking for extended periods, treading rough and uneven terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and natural environmental hazards.

May be required to work outside of normal work schedule, especially during inclement weather and/or other departmental-related emergencies. This position may be exposed to outside environment in all weather conditions and noise.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is committed to a diverse workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.