Position InformationThe Texas Department of Transportation's Corpus Christi District is seeking an experienced Transportation Engineer V for the Central Design Office in Corpus Christi, Texas. In this role, you will serve as a project manager, leading the development of PS&E projects ranging from preventive maintenance to freeway expansions. Responsibilities include applying engineering expertise to solve complex design challenges, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations, overseeing consultant contracts, and mentoring engineering staff.
You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, utilize industry-leading design tools, and help deliver transportation improvements that enhance safety, mobility, and connectivity across South Texas. This position offers opportunities to expand your leadership skills, grow your professional network, and make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.
Position DescriptionPerforms highly advanced and complex transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations, maintenance and research. Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Work requires contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.
Essential Duties:- Monitors contract performance, evaluates contract deliverables, reviews billing documentation, monitors the consultant's
compliance with the terms of the contract, and prepares and delivers a written evaluation of the consultant's performance. - Performs and coordinates the review and processing of Plans, Specifications & Estimates (PS&E) submission, special specifications or special provisions.
- Performs highly advanced and complex engineering design work such as development of layouts, sketches, plans, specifications, estimates and contracts.
- Reviews and revises schematics, PS&E, project designs, shop drawings and field changes for traffic control devices, signals, signs, markings, detours, traffic control plans, electrical distribution and roadway lighting and traffic management systems.
- Reviews shop drawings, plans, specifications, estimates, supplemental agreements and change order requests.
- Trains engineering staff.
- Updates, reviews, monitors, and reviews requests for changes to plans, manuals and standard sheets.
- Writes/reviews proposals and estimates for letting.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:Education:Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related science bachelor's or higher degree accepted by TX PELS.
Experience:8 years engineering, transportation engineering, or related engineering experience (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
Licenses and Certifications:- Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
- Licensed Prof Engineer*
- Safety Impact Certificate-upon hire
*Professional engineers licensed in another state in the United States , but not currently licensed in the State of Texas, must (1) meet the license requirements of the State of Texas Engineering Practices Act, (2) obtain a professional engineering license from the State of Texas within six (6) months of the date of hire, and (3) sign an agreement to that effect as a condition of employment.
Competencies:- Hydrologic and hydraulic engineering principles, practices and methods and the application of engineering theory
- Applicable plans, specifications and estimates preparation, review, processing and compliance requirements
- Construction phasing and sequencing
- Applicable engineering workstations and applications to support efficient planning and design activities
- Design and plan preparation methods and requirements
- Performing basic design and drafting
- Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
- Planning, coordinating and handling multiple projects within area of responsibility to meet short and long-term deadlines
- Planning, assigning, directing, coordinating and reviewing the work of professional, administrative and technical employees
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:- Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
- Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
- Hearing-perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication
- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading
- Repetitive motion substantial movements of the wrists, hands, knees, waist, and fingers
