Transportation Engineering Director

Department: Community Infrastructure

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Jackson, MI

Reporting To: Zach Adams

Description

Waggoner Engineering is seeking a Transportation Engineering Director for our Jackson, MS office to serve as the technical subject matter expert for roadway design, mentor for Waggoner’s design staff, and senior project manager for roadway project delivery. This leadership position is an amazing opportunity to join a collaborative transportation team and deliver high profile projects.

Are you ready to inspire, engage and deliver? For almost 50 years Waggoner has delivered sound results through a culture of integrity, service and creativity to benefit our clients. Waggoner has more than doubled in size over the last five years and growth is expected to significantly increase through the addition of talented personnel.

What does that mean for you? Waggoner differentiates itself as a leader in growth strategy for water and disaster recovery, as well as providing full engineering services across 19 offices and 6 states; we need people who are inspired for future growth, engage as leaders in their respective fields, and deliver to both internal and external clients. 

If you are tired of hearing “we’ve always done it this way”; if you have a work hard/play hard attitude; and if you enjoy working with a vast team of professionals across various disciplines, you will fit right into our culture.

Your Primary Responsibilities will include

Projects will primarily be located throughout the State of Mississippi.  There is opportunity to work with Waggoner’s other 18 offices located throughout the Gulf Coast states.  Occasional travel to project sites and/or other Waggoner offices can be expected.  This is not a field office position.
 
Summary/Objective:
To provide quality planning, design and technical assistance to management and other members of design team in delivering projects within budgetary and time constraints.

The blend of experience required to fulfill this position includes roadway design, project management, and business development. We are seeking a skilled Senior level Project Manager with a track record of success in roadway design, project and team management, and serving as a client liaison as it relates to business development.

Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• 1. Performs engineering analysis and design (2D and 3D) for roadways, intersections, and related infrastructure, including new construction and rehabilitation. 
  2. Understands and applies principles of roadway engineering in accordance with MDOT and local municipality design guidelines.
  3. Understands and applies principles of traffic signalization to design of roadway and intersection improvements. 
  4. Performs analysis and design of stormwater management facilities for roadway drainage. 
  5. Prepares construction plans, specifications, and contract documents for contracting and bidding of construction projects. 
  6. Performs construction phase engineering, including periodic on-site reviews, in collaboration with Construction Services team. 
  7. Understands typical roadway constructability areas of focus, including multi-phased construction and traffic sequencing and the associated impacts to other roadway design components.
  8. Maintains and documents written and verbal communications with clients throughout the development and completion of a project.
  9. Conducts project status review with project manager and team members, checking accuracy of work completed, and monitors timeliness of project completion. 
  10. Prepares engineering studies and reports. 
  11. Provides technical guidance and training to members of the project team. 
  12. Prepares project design using sound engineering principles, engineering software and tools. 

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position will supervise roadway project managers and design staff.  Candidates will collaborate with engineering and CADD staff for plan production and report directly to the company-wide Transportation Director.

Work Environment

This leadership position operates in a professional office environment.  The candidate will work hand-in-hand with management, project managers and production staff to deliver roadway plans and specifications. 


 

What you'll need

• Required Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required. 
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