Transportation Principal Engineer (Engineering)
Newington, CT - USA
Job Summary
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- Professional growth and development opportunities.
- A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
- Working for an award winning agency! CTDOT was recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Womens Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!
- Monday - Friday
- Full Time 40 hours per week
- First Shift
- Location: Newington CT
- This position is eligible to apply for Telework in accordance with the State Telework Policy.
In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee of the agency listed abovefor at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service absent any applicable collective bargaining language and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
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- Schedules assigns oversees and reviews work of staff;
- Provides staff training and assistance;
- Conducts performance evaluations;
- Determines priorities and plans unit work;
- Establishes and maintains unit procedures;
- Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;
- Acts as liaison with other operating units agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
- Prepares reports and correspondence;
- Supervises work of engineers technicians and other technical and/or clerical personnel in any one of several organizationally specialized engineering operations or railroad sections;
- Reviews detailed plans specifications or studies of complex transportation engineering problems related to areas such as highway bridge facility or geometric design traffic engineering electrical engineering geo-technical engineering hydraulics and drainage utilities contract and project development or railroad engineering;
- Coordinates design or construction projects;
- Prepares special reports cost estimates standards and specifications and fee schedules for consultant engineers surveyors or contractors;
- Reviews progress reports;
- Performs related duties as required.
- Considerable knowledge of
- principles and practices involved in transportation engineering such as bridge design foundations highway design transportation facilities design transportation planning drainage or hydraulics research pavement design pavement management traffic and utilities;
- administrative and financial controls with respect to transportation engineering plans contracts projects and reports;
- relevant agency policies and procedures;
- relevant state and federal laws statutes and regulations;
- latest techniques and procedures employed in field of engineering or land surveying as applied to Department of Transportation;
- Considerable
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Considerable ability to
- interpret and apply principles of information systems and technologies;
- analyze and review engineering reports and plans;
- Supervisory ability.
- Possession of an accredited bachelors degree or coursework in Civil Transportation Hydraulic Geotechnical Engineering or a closely related field.
- Experience employing the latest techniques state-of-the-art computer software and procedures in the field of hydraulic engineering and geotechnical engineering as they apply to the transportation projects.
- Experience with engineering design related to water resource management bridges culverts drainage structures bridge foundations retaining walls scour countermeasures and slope stabilization.
- Experience showcasing knowledge and understanding of the Connecticut General Statutes (CGS) and Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies relating to Flood Management Certification (FMC) the FMC process and regulatory framework.
- Experience working with and interpreting FEMA Flood Insurance Studies (FIS) mapping technical data and regulatory floodplain/floodway analysis models for compliance with state flood management and FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations.
- Experience with the Office of the State Traffic Administration (OSTA) regulatory process related to the review of major traffic generators and their potential stormwater impacts to state transportation infrastructure.
- Experience preparing subsurface exploration programs.
- Experience involving standard test procedures of physical properties of soil and rock interpreting the test results and applying the results to DOT projects.
- Experience involving design and construction of multiple foundation types including spread footings driven piles micropiles drilled shafts and underpinning.
- Experience involving geotechnical support during construction and providing recommendations for construction related issues.
- Experience writing technical documents design specifications letters and reports.
- Experience with Asset Management principles.
- Experience being a technical resource during Emergency Declarations.
- Experience balancing workload amongst multiple priority projects and technical reviews.
- Experience leveraging interpersonal skills to supervise a large team.
- Experience with relevant department policies and procedures and state and federal laws statutes and regulations.
- Experience with verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills.
- Experience with departmental contracting and procurement methods.
- Experience leading supervising evaluating mentoring assigning work and developing improved performance of engineers.
- Experience administering task-based consultant contracts for support services and overseeing the consultant assignments and the associated staff.
- Experience interacting and coordinating with transportation system stakeholders of all levels including government officials.
- Incumbents must possess Professional Engineer (PE) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S.20-302.
- Office of Property and Facilities: Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a Building Official license issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Safety.
- Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operators license.
- Incumbents may be required to travel.
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women minorities and persons with disabilities.
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