Salary: $93,432.00 - $102,756.00 Annually
Location : Pueblo, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number:
Department: Department of Transportation
Division: CDOT Region 2
Opening Date: 09/08/2026
Closing Date: 9/22/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: 5615 Wills Blvd, Pueblo, CO. 81008
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: [email protected]
Type of Announcement: A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
Hiring Pay Rate: The 2026 Step Pay Program may increase the salary range for employees with time in the class series.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Department Information
Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year

Description of Job
At CDOT, our Roadway Design Engineers are responsible for managing the entire design process, from scoping to advertisement, including preparing construction plans, specifications, cost estimates, and project management. It may also include involvement with innovative contracting and delivery methods and providing technical oversight to ensure work complies with departmental policies, procedures, and design standards. Our employees are the CDOT engineer of record, and stamp plans with their professional engineer license in accordance with the State's licensing regulations. The position provides ongoing design support during construction, coordinates with specialty units and external partners, performs conceptual design as needed, and conducts regular site visits and inspections to resolve field-related design or construction issues.The position may assist in mentoring less experienced engineers and team members as well as assisting the Resident Engineer with special tasks such as developing workflows, determining areas to improve design consistency, etc.

As a CDOT employee, you represent the owner of the State's transportation infrastructure and have the ability to identify safety concerns, changes in transportation needs, areas for improvement, and then determine a project's criteria. Our mission is to provide the best multi-modal transportation system for Colorado that most effectively and safely moves people, goods, and information.
The types of projects that you might work on will depend upon the geography, population density, traffic volume, and transportation needs. Projects can range in cost from $150,000 to $100 million. Periodically, we will have larger projects, such as the US 50b Interchange Improvements or the US 50 Passing Lane CM/CG projects.

• Smaller routine and emergency maintenance repairs, such as culvert issues, collapsing retainer walls, sink holes
• Roadway resurfacing projects, traffic improvements, signal replacements, utility coordination/relocations
• Reconstructing intersections, such as changing the configuration, adding a new leg, corridor widening, installing a roundabout, ensuring ADA compliance
• Bridge rehabilitation or replacement, fiber wrapping girders and columns, replacing bridge deck components
• New interchange and/or alignment construction
• Rockfall mitigation
• Integrate wildlife crossings and bike/pedestrian access into the transportation system

Delivering a successful transportation project requires coordination with a wide variety of groups. Our Project Engineers work with and provide expertise to CDOT specialty groups (e.g. utilities, right-of-way, survey, environmental, materials, traffic, geotechnical, planning), Federal Highway Administration, US Forest Service, US Geological Survey, Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Motor Carriers Association, local government, elected officials, drainage basin controlling agencies, public utilities, railroads, businesses, consultants, contractors, local community groups, and so much more.
Our employees also participate and provide expertise on local, statewide, or national committees, task forces, and steering groups. We are invested in identifying and implementing improvements in all aspects of our work.
CDOT offers many free training opportunities offered during work time. We offer a robust Transportation Engineering Training Program that consists of courses specifically designed to meet CDOT's specialized needs as well as ones offered by the National Highway Institute. CDOT offers everything from brown bag seminars, to leadership courses, and very technical training.
To be successful at CDOT, our employees should be highly organized, excellent project management skills, comfortable engaging with internal and external stakeholders, able to build consensus with diverse groups, strong communicator, maintain a project's momentum, knowledgeable about CDOT's standards and specifications, able to proactively identify and resolve potential engineering problems as well as be open to knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Our employees are passionate about improving safety for everyone who uses our infrastructure. We take pride in what we do and get a thrill when we see a completed project that we were involved in.
At CDOT, we do more than build and maintain roads as the decisions our employees make directly affect the communities that we live in. CDOT's mission is to provide the best multi-modal transportation system for Colorado that most effectively and safely moves people, goods, and information.
Work Environment:

• Your schedule will primarily be 8:00 am - 5:00 pm work hours, Monday-Friday, but we are flexible to meet your work/life balance needs while ensuring CDOT business needs are met.
• You will likely work a hybrid schedule with a combination of in-office and remote work after training period.
• Average work week 40-50 hours
• Approximately 20% spent in the field, 80% spent in the office
• Travel required during work hours throughout the Pueblo and Region 2 area.
• Occasional overnight travel 1-3 times a year throughout Colorado
• Occasional attendance at night meetings
• Required to work in proximity to heavy traffic, in variable weather, and over variable terrain
• Required to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Required to operate CDOT vehicles

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications
Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

• Current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from the Colorado State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Professional Land Surveyors
• OR Current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from another state.

Please Note: The required experience must be substantiated within the work experience section of your application. "See Resume" statements on the application or resumes in lieu of a complete application may not be accepted. Additional information submitted after the closing date of this announcement will not be considered in the review of your application. In addition, part-time work will be prorated.

Conditions of Employment

• Applicants who do not have a current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from the Colorado State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors will be required to obtain this within six months of hire.
• Must pass a pre-employment screening which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks. More information in the supplemental information section.
• A current valid driver's license is required for all Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) positions which require operating a state or personal motor vehicle to perform one or more essential functions of the position.
• Shift work

Preferred Qualifications

Theexceptional applicantwill be an experienced Professional Engineer and will possess the proven ability or accomplishment in the following:

• Demonstrated success with the duties listed in the Description of the Job section;
• Years of State service experience related to the duties of this position;
• Highest work/personal ethics and integrity;
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and be adaptable to changing assignments;
• Ability to take initiative to solve problems in an innovative manner;
• Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders with sensitivity to their needs, priorities, promises made and commitments;
• Effective interpersonal and relationship-building skills;
• Strong time and project management skills, including prioritization and multi-tasking ability;
• Excellent reasoning, investigative, analytical, and problem-solving ability;
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, both written and oral;
• Strong attention to technical detail and accuracy;
• Experience using Bentley products such as MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer;
• Passion for safety;
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Gmail and Google Applications, SAP, and the ability to quickly learn other software systems.

Supplemental Information
Applicant Checklist

Complete Applications must include the following documents:

1. A complete CDOT Application for Announced Vacancy (please submit online using the green 'APPLY' button at the top of this announcement)
2. A complete Supplemental Questionnaire (The questionnaire is part of the online application. You will be prompted to answer them as you are completing your online application.)
3. A cover letter that describes your interest in this position, how your experience aligns with the minimum and preferred qualifications of this position. Cover letters must be uploaded as an attachment to your online application. Cover letters will not be accepted after the closing date and time of the announcement.
4. A detailed chronological resume. Resumes must be uploaded as an attachment to your online application.
5. If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214. Please submit this as an attachment to your online application.

Please note that you may redact information on your attachments that identifies your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
Only complete applications submitted by the closing date for this announcement will be given consideration. Every effort must be made to submit all application materials by the announcement close date. Where unusual circumstances prevent timely acquisition of transcripts, they must be submitted within five business days of the announcement close date. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Failure to submit properly completed documents by the closing date of this announcement may result in your application being rejected.