Senior Quality Engineer

Salary range is $70k to $165k, with a midpoint of $115k.  New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
• Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

GENERAL PURPOSE: 

Under general direction, performs a variety of duties in providing quality oversight on design and construction projects; performs quality audits, design reviews, submittal reviews, contractor design reviews and interfaces with design and construction personnel; provides timely analysis, studies, reports, surveillances, and audits; monitors and reviews work of consultants and contractors; provides quality oversight of civil engineering design, integration, and construction work; performs advanced level professional civil engineering; performs a variety of tasks related to quality oversight and quality system implementation requirements on design and construction packages.  Mentors, coaches and guides QA Engineers in maintaining the established standards of work.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Performs quality reviews on contract documents, specifications and construction submittals to ensure compliance to established Agency technical procedures, standards and criteria regarding civil engineering, performs a quality review on civil engineering design drawings, specifications, calculations, analyses, and reports produced to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with Agency policies and design criteria, design plans and contract documents for design errors, construction issues, conflicts, and interface coordination; writes review comments and assessments of results; and signs off when comments have been addressed.
• Performs advanced professional level duties in support of engineering design and construction programs; develops and applies design criteria, engineering standards, technical criteria, and quality procedures related to civil facilities, track work, structural, geotechnical, traffic, utilities, and roadways.  Performs technical review of a variety of plans, agreements, and documents.  Conducts quality oversight surveillances and audits; reviews construction manual, specification checklists and master specification submittal list; develops checklists and reports for quality audits, construction surveillances and assessments on assigned design and construction contracts; prepares quality system documentation; analyzes and evaluates Agency Requests for Deviation (RFD) and Nonconformance Reports (NCR) for processing through the Agency Material Review Board, and evaluates changes to design and construction quality management plans submitted by design consultants and contractors.
• Supports consistency within the QA group by providing guidance to QA Engineers through review of their ST QA reports, consistent interpr