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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SPECIALIST

Job Location:

Address:  ADOT Central District Construction
2600 W. Broadway Road Tempe, AZ 85282

Posting Details:

Salary Range: $64,804.59 - $74,804.59 

Anticipated Salary: $69,804.59

Grade: 22

Closing Date: 12/09/2024

Job Summary:

Under general supervision, this technical specialist performs a variety of journey level engineering duties in highway construction. Reviews accuracy and completeness of project work and information. Recommends approval or disapproval of project work. Directs activities of ADOT and consultant highway construction technicians. Approves and disapproves inspector work and diaries. Writes cost estimates and supplemental agreements.

Job Duties:

• Inspects and examines highway construction projects, diaries, computations, materials test results and other documentation. Ensures that project measurements and payments are in accordance with project plans, special provisions and supplemental agreements. Calculates land area, materials quantities and other quantitative measurements.
  
  
• Confers with agency officials, staff members and representatives of other agencies to acquire information needed for immediate determinations and decisions
  
  
• Reviews project for design clarify, accuracy, and constructability; reviews specifications and special provisions; prepares detailed cost estimates, reviews construction schedule, and determines whether all supporting information has been obtained.
  
  
• Complies Information for work unit and writes periodic reports on assigned activities.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge in:

* Principles and practices of civil engineering, as applied to highway construction Inspection.
* Computational and adjustment factors to be applied in the review and analysis of engineering data and land description data related to highway construction inspection.
* Knowledge of construction inspection methods, procedures, and techniques. Knowledge of construction materials testing procedures.
* Agency standards, policies and procedures applicable to highway construction inspection.
* Computer program applicable to highway construction inspection.
* Google Platform Knowledge

Skill in:

* Analyzing and evaluating a wide variety of engineering data.
* Researching, reading, and interpreting a variety of technical engineering document such as survey data, highway plans, blueprints, specifications, materials testing data and computer generated data.
* Skills in analysis and preparation of materials field testing data.
* Change order and technical writing
* Oral and written communications.
* Organizing and prioritizing work assignments.

Ability in:

* Use computational and adjustment factors
* Use mathematical computations.
* Communicate written and orally.
* Safely drive a full-size pickup truck on and off-road.
* Work outdoors for extended time, exposed to heat, cold, dust and noise.
* Maintain professional, productive interpersonal relations with all highway construction partners and stakeholders
* Ability to read and interpret a variety of construction documents, including highway maps and plans.

Selective Preference(s):

Three years experience equivalent to a Senior Transportation Engineering Technician level (grade 20 or above) OR a Highway Maintenance Supervisor (PG 19); or Completion of the Arizona Department of Transportation Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Program; or Registration as a professional Civil Engineer in the State of Arizona. Certifications with ATTI and ACI.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, and the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record ch