Senior Design Engineer
Salary $104,500.00
JOB SUMMARY: Under minimal supervision, serves as a senior engineer performing engineering assignments. Provides engineering assistance developing project plans, designs, or traffic engineering studies and other related documents, field experience with traffic signals and ITS hardware, cost estimates and other engineering technical reports for transportation projects. Provides training, support and knowledge sharing to other engineers.
JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES: Under limited supervision, manages the district design unit consisting of a design engineering group. Coordinates all work performed by the district design engineering staff.
Supervises and provides training in the preparation of complete roadway, standard bridge plans and right of way plans for proposed construction projects. Coordinates design project development within the agency. Directs hydrological and hydraulic studies detailing flood characteristics. Directs the calculation and summary of all quantities of materials pertaining to roadway and standard bridge design. Monitors compliance with Georgia Standard specifications, department policies and federal requirements.
Distributes work load to staff to meet Department's pre-construction schedule. Attends or conducts public information hearing. Interacts with other governmental agencies, businesses and citizens. Oversee consultant projects and coordinate design activities associated with "Quick Response" projects and larger projects. Manages the Quality Control (QC) efforts of the District Design Group(s) according to the formal QC/QA Program.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The selected candidate must meet the advertised minimum qualifications to include State Entry
Qualifications as well as Agency Specific Minimum Qualifications.
STATE ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:
AGENCY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
(algebraic, geometric, trigonometric) needed to determine quantities, cost estimates earthwork, skewed drainage cross quantities, cost estimates earthwork, skewed drainage cross sections, multiple horizontal/vertical alignments, spiral curves and survey calculations.
AGENCY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Professional certification, CPESC, CPSWQ, etc.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GDOT JOBS
The interview is just one part of the overall selection process and is not the only criteria used to make the final selection. In addition to the interview, the final selection is based on the applicant’s work history and performance (documented in HR and/or Office files), PeopleSoft/employee status (i.e. rehire code), employee performance reviews, personnel file review (HR & Office Files), criminal background check, employment reference checks (including references and commendations from Managers and other relevant documentation) and, for supervisory positions, demonstrated leadership skills based on past and current work history will be considered.
Good Employment Standing:
In accordance with the Interview and Selection Process (ISP), an applicant must have no active disciplinary actions to be in good employment standing. Actions that may disqualify an applicant include
letters of reprimand (active for 12 months after issuance date); suspension without pay or disciplinary demotion (active for 12 months from the effective date); Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) and
Leave Restriction Plans (active until 12 months after the date of conclusion). In addition, an employee must have an overall ePerformance rating score of three (3) or higher on their most current evaluation. Please note that Memorandums of Concern are not considered disqualifying factors. Human
Resources may remove any employee from consideration for selection who is pending a disciplinary action; however, if the action is resolved in the employee’s favor, he or she will be allowed to compete.
THIS IS AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
THIS IS AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION.
THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A REFERENCE
CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE
PLEASE INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT JOB INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION FOR
CONSIDERATION. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESCREENED.
UPON PROMOTION, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE 10% or THE GDOT JOB
SPECIFIC MINIMUM SALARY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
GDOT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $104,500.00 per year
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Work Location: In person
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