Civil Engineer Transportation Advanced - Southwest Region System Operations Section - Multiple [...]

State of Wisconsin; La Crosse (KS); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as an Advanced Civil Engineer Transportation. This role involves engineering tasks for highway maintenance and safety, with a focus on improving transportation infrastructure. Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits in a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Substantial leave time

Flexible work schedules

Exceptional pension plan

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Must have a valid Professional Engineering registration.
• Obtain Wisconsin PE registration within 3 months if from another state.

Responsibilities

• Perform traffic engineering tasks and analyze crash information.
• Provide engineering direction for highway maintenance.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Critical thinking

Education

Professional Engineering registration

Job description

Civil Engineer Transportation Advanced - Southwest Region System Operations Section - Multiple Positions

Join the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) engineering team and help shape the future of the State of Wisconsin's transportation infrastructure!

Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is recruiting to fill Advanced level Civil Engineer Transportationpositions located in the Division of Transportation System Development (DTSD) offices in the Southwest Regionin LaCrosse or Madison. These vacancies are located in our System Operations Section.

WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least3.5weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that rollover each year.
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations.For more information on WisDOT you can visit our website by clicking here .

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is an organization dedicated to creating transportation solutions through innovation and exceptional service. We are committed to fostering an environment rooted inIntegrity, Diversity, Excellence, and Accountability. Click here to learn more about how we apply these values in our work.

Every day, WisDOT’s Division of Transportation System Development plays the leading role in the upkeep and improvement of nearly 12,000 miles of state highways and bridges used by millions of people. You’ll find that behind every barrel is a dedicated team from a wide array of backgrounds including engineering, planning, environmental services, public outreach, real estate, finance and many more.It can be a challenging job, but we think you’ll find it’s an awfully rewarding one, too.

We’re looking for detail-oriented critical thinkers to help deliver a quality program to build, improve and maintain transportation infrastructure throughout the state. We encourage anyone at any point in any career to take a look at WisDOT opportunities and give some thought to how your skills and resume line up. Having a good attitude, a willingness to learn and a passion for creating lasting, impactful work will go a long way here. It’s a big system with lots of opportunity and responsibilities.

Are you up for it? At WisDOT, you can Build the Future – NOW.

Position Summary

Southwest Region (SWR)
Safety Engineer (Madison only) - This position performs a variety of traffic engineering tasks. The responsibilities of this position typically involve independently responsible for retrieving, analyzing and disseminating crash information in the interest of overall highway safety, represent the Department at various internal and external meetings (including county traffic safety meetings), and work closely with other units in the traffic area.

Maintenance Engineer (Madison only) - This position is responsible for engineering expertise pertaining to highway maintenance. This position provides engineering direction and guidance and performs the most complex functions of a professional engineering nature in highway and bridge maintenance activities. This position serves as the primary engineer for all aspects pertaining to winter maintenance in the assigned geographic area within the Southwest Region including policy decisions and media exposure. In addition to being responsible for field surveys, reviews, and plan specification reviews of all state highway projects, this position assists the maintenance supervisor in the development of the highway maintenance program .

Salary Information

This position is in schedule-range 14-13with anannual salary of $90,064 - $108,950, plus excellent benefits. A twelve-month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.

Travel up to 25% of the time may be required.

WisDOT does not sponsor work visas. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States. WisDOT is not an E-verify employer.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

Certain positions within this Department may allow remote/work from home flexibility for a portion of their work schedule, depending on the needs of the position and the work unit. This topic and any remote work flexibility that may be available will be discussed in more detail in the interview process. For permanent positions that allow remote work flexibility, it is not anticipated that working outside of Wisconsin (or bordering cities) will be allowedbecause positions may need to report to office locations in Wisconsin on short notice.

This position offers a hybridized work schedule. The position will be headquartered at and required to work from the SWR Office in La Crosse or Madison, Wisconsin two days per week. All employees working a hybrid work schedule are still expected to telework from within the state of Wisconsin. This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates must have the following at the time of application:

• A valid Professional Engineering registration and be able to obtain a Wisconsin PE registration within 3 months if PE registration is from another state

How To Apply

Apply online! To apply, click “Apply for Job” to start the application process. Then, you will access your existing account or to create a new account if you don’t have an account. Once you are logged in, click “Apply for Job.”Follow the steps outlined in the application process and submit your application.

Your application materials are very important parts of your application and are used during our evaluation process to determine your qualifications as they relate to the job. For instructions on how to develop and what should be included in these materials, click here .For more information on the basics of the selection process and how the State of WI ensures fair and equitable treatment of all applicants, click here . The vast majority of applicants are able to outline their background and experience in their resume in 1-3 pages. Any resumes submitted with more than 10 pages will not be considered after page 10. If this job posting requires a letter of qualifications, the same limit applies.

Permanent classified state employees who are eligible for consideration (transfer or voluntary demotion) should complete the application process as described above by the stated deadline.

Submitted materials will be evaluated by a panel of job experts and the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. Questions related to the job and how to apply can be directed to Jay Taylor at [e-mail] or 608-266-7460.For general wisc.jobs user information and technical assistance, please see the wisc.jobs Frequently Asked Questions page.

Deadline to Apply

Applications will be reviewed on a biweekly basis until positions are filled. Applications must be received by 11:59PM on the day prior to the review date to be considered for that biweekly review period.