Transportation Engineer 3 (Construction Engineering)

North American Transportation Management Institute; Newington (CT); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) in Newington, CT, seeks a Transportation Engineer 3 (Construction Engineering) to lead staff in CMAR/CMGC roles and serve as a project manager for alternative project delivery methods.

The role includes developing manuals, researching best practices, and training internal staff on policy, procedures, and project delivery methods. Position is hybrid after training, with standard 40-hour weeks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management.
• Three years of experience in transportation construction engineering.
• One year at the working level in a professional transportation construction engineering capacity.

Responsibilities

• Provide recommendations of policies and standards to Management.
• Administration, monitoring and oversight of Consultant Engineering firm.
• Develop and maintain cost data relative to design, construction, project budgets, funding sources and expenditures.
• Prepare responses by written letter and emails for requests for changes, transfers, reassignments, or disposal of some or all portions of contract work.
• Supervising staff and field visits to projects may be required.

Skills

Staff Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management

Tools

Office 365

SharePoint

Compass

Job description

The State of Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is accepting applications for Transportation Engineer 3 (Construction Engineering) position in our Division of Construction Operations (DCO), in the Central Construction Unit at our Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees

POSITION DETAILS:

• Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Monday through Friday, first shift
• Location: Newington, CT
• Hybrid (in office/telework) available following successful completion of the initial training/review period.

THE ROLE:

The focus of this position will be related to leading staff in the alternative contracting efforts including CMAR and CMGC acting as a project manager to facilitate the development and delivery of the alternative project delivery methods of Construction.

The position will coordinate the development and maintenance of process manuals for Department personnel for administering CMAR and CMGC projects. Among the expected assigned duties is to gather National Best Practices and technological advances related to construction of CMAR and CMGC projects to train in-house staff and develop training guidelines and policy and procedures.

Position Responsibilities Include:

• Provide recommendations of policies and standards to Management
• Administration, monitoring and oversight of Consultant Engineering firm
• Develop and maintain cost data relative to design, construction, project budgets, funding sources and expenditures
• Prepare responses by written letter and emails for requests for changes, transfers, reassignments, or disposal of some or all portions of contract work
• Report writing and researching and preparing administrative reports
• Supervising staff
• Field visits to projects may be required
• Serve as technical advisor for construction projects
• Manage records and files
• Review contracts for conformance with latest specification documents
• Collect, record, prepare and analyze data pertaining to plans and specification requirements
• Act as liaison with operating units, agencies, consultant staff and other outside officials
• Assist the Districts with monitoring and addressing concerns with Contract requirements and research to prepare administrative reports
• Perform related duties as required
• These duties include becoming acquainted with current office procedures and being familiar with electronic methods like Office 365, SharePoint and Compass for project tracking and delivery.

ABOUT THE DIVISION:

The DCO is the central construction engineering and administrative office for the Office of Construction which administers construction projects statewide from design to final acceptance. The Central Construction Unit is responsible for Alternative Contracting.

A Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management and three (3) years of experience in transportation construction engineering.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the working level in a professional transportation construction engineering capacity.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Transportation Engineer 2 (Construction Engineering).