Engineer Senior Structure & Bridge

Title: Engineer Senior Structure & Bridge

State Role Title: Architect Engineer II

Hiring Range: $82,448- $133,978

Pay Band: 6

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Salem District Office

Agency Website: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What drives you? Whether it's knowing the work you do makes a difference, having a great work/life balance, working on exciting and challenging projects, leading innovation, and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to professionalism. At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for you.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is responsible for building, maintaining and operating the state’s roads, bridges, tunnels and ferries. Through the Commonwealth Transportation Board, it also provides funding for airports, rail, and public transportation. Virginia has the third largest state-maintained highway system in the country covering 58,321 miles of interstate, primary, secondary and frontage roads. VDOT has about 7,500 employees making it one of the largest state agencies in Virginia delivering a program that exceeds $5 Billion.

The Salem District maintains more than 9,200 miles of roads in southwestern Virginia in the counties of: Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles. Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, and Roanoke. The district serves more than 650,000 citizens in these counties and the 14 cities and towns in its boundaries.

Please note: This position is offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus and $1500 Employee Referral Bonus.  Employee Referral requires that the current employee's name be listed on the application.

If you are an experienced professional engineer driven by innovation and a passion to design complex bridges and structures, we want you to join our Salem District Structure & Bridge Section team! As an Engineer Senior Structure & Bridge, you will serve as responsible-charge engineer in the evaluation, designing, checking, and drafting of complex bridges and ancillary structures for new construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects.

Core responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

Design, Analyze, & Check Structural Elements: Prepare preliminary and final bridge and structure designs for new construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects. Prepare bridge plans, sketches, and structural drawings. Ensure plans meet AASHTO and VDOT specifications. Investigate condition of existing structures. Analyze structures for safe load carrying capacity and perform structural calculations to ensure soundness and compliance of structural elements.

Project Management: Serve as project manager for new bridge design and bridge rehabilitation projects. Ensure effective development of bridge projects by coordinating design activities with other sections, divisions, and consultants. Assist in the development of scopes of work, develop and manage project schedules, review proposals and manhours, assist with negotiations, and coordinate activities for advertisement. Attend project meetings.

Project Team Participation: Lead or participate project teams as assigned. Ensure timely communications between project team members and stakeholders. Review and resolve challenges to enhance team performance.

Technical Guidance & Support: Provide technical guidance and support related to bridge construction activities, issues, and problems. Develop effective and economical recommendations to respond to construction problems and other bridge-related inquiries.

VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore visit http://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience applying civil engineering principles and practices related to structural engineering to include strength of materials, statics, and structural analysis
• Experience in structural steel design, reinformed and prestressed concrete design and soil mechanics
• Knowledge of specifications, codes and regulations related to structural design (e.g. AASHTO and LRFD structural design standards)
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