Transportation Engineer 3 (Drainage Engineer)
State of Connecticut - DOT Bureau of Highway Operations
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State of Connecticut - DOT Bureau of Highway Operations in Thomaston is seeking a Transportation Engineer 3 (Drainage Engineer) to supervise drainage design, inspect structures, and coordinate with towns and agencies. The role emphasizes MS4 compliance and environmental considerations on state transportation projects.
The position is full-time, on-site with occasional travel for training and field reviews, and requires a professional engineering mindset with strong analytical and communication
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and three years of transportation engineering experience.
- For state employees, substitution options such as PE licensure may apply per the job spec.
Responsibilities
- Oversees work of lower level engineers and performs complex design work.
- Oversees field inspection of structural condition and prepares recommendations.
- Recommends revisions to drainage design and related plans.
- Represents department in meetings and coordinates with towns and agencies.
- Reviews plans, specifications and cost estimates for projects.
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Are you a current DOT employee?
Do you want to continue to make commuting and traveling throughout CT safe?
If so, we encourage you to read below and apply today!
The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT), is now accepting applications from its motivated agency employees for an exciting Transportation Engineer 3 (Drainage Engineer) position in the Bureau of Highway Operations in the District 4 office, located in Thomaston!
Schedule: Full-Time (40 Hour), First Shift (7:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.), Monday - Friday
Please Note: This is an on-site position, eligible for situational telework.
In the P-4 (Engineering, Scientific and Technical) bargaining unit
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- Professional growth and development opportunities
- A healthy work/life balance to all employees
- Work for an award-winning agency! CTDOT has been recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!
- The convenience of an on-site, low-cost fitness center, on-site cafeteria, and Electric Vehicle (EV) charging at our Newington, CT, Headquarters facility. All CTDOT facilities have ample free parking with easy access from major highways and by public transportation.
This position will be part of the Special Services Unit; Bureau of Highway Operations located in District 4 (Thomaston). The Special Services Unit is responsible for inspection of drainage structures, culverts, and catch basins, with a concentration on MS4, and potential environmental impacts of regulated areas within DOT properties.
You will handle property owner and municipal complaints, some of which may require the creation of a Maintenance work order. As the District's Drainage Engineer, you will be assigned to assist and carry out direction from the Bureau of Highway Operations Administration and Maintenance Manager in accordance with federal and state statutes, policies, and regulations. If you’re familiar with DOT’s Hydraulics and Drainage Manual, Encroachment Permit Regulations and policies, procedures, statutes, and regulations relative to drainage easements this is the role you’ve been looking for!
Applicants must be available to travel for training, conferences, meetings, field reviews, etc. both within and outside of normal working hours, when necessary, and must possess and retain a valid driver’s license.
Please list your Driver's license number, expiration date, and issuing State, Engineer-In-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE) license number and expiration date, if applicable, and any other job-relevant licenses or certifications you hold in the Licenses and Professional Certifications section of your application.
As one of Connecticut's largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. It is the DOT's mission to improve quality of life through transportation. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving environmental and cultural resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve.
Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged.
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In the Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Airport Authority this class is accountable for acting as a working lead who assists a supervisor in supervising a designated group of employees and/or for performing the most complex engineering or related tasks in one or more aspects of engineering projects or studies in the areas of administration, bridge design, design, drainage, electrical, foundations, hydraulics, maintenance, operations, pavement management, regulation compliance, rehabilitation, research, traffic or utilities.
- Oversees work of lower level engineers and performs complex design work;
- Designs difficult foundations and bridges of advanced design;
- Makes field inspection of bridge sites to obtain information necessary for design of important structures;
- Oversees field inspection of structural condition of existing structures and preparation of sketches, plans and recommendations for adequate repair;
- Acts as liaison between towns and state as consulting engineer in repair of bridges;
- Oversees and conducts research on materials incorporated in bridges, highways, and miscellaneous structures and maintenance and construction methods in field;
- Oversees state and consultant engineers in review of storm sewer and culvert designs and computations prepared by Design division and contracting engineers for watersheds of 650 acres and less;
- Provides technical advice to Design division and District Engineers on pollution control measures and unusual storm sewer and culvert designs;
- Prepares computations for storm sewer and culvert designs;
- Attends field reviews on all new designs for highway projects;
- Recommends revisions to improve drainage design;
- Oversees laboratory work on soil samples for determination of void ratio, water content, specific gravity, grain size distribution, plasticity limits, permeability, optimum moisture content, confined and unconfined compressive strength, direct shear and consolidation;
- Prepares detailed geotechnical reports and recommendations;
- Oversees analyses, computations, preparation of plans and data relating to hydraulic problems encountered in planning and design of highways;
- Performs hydrographic analysis and flood routing for retention basin designs;
- Serves as expert witness in court cases;
- Reviews drainage design on major permit applications for shopping centers and housing developments;
- Assists in preparation and updating of Drainage Manual;
- Oversees engineers, electricians and technicians in design or maintenance of extensive highway lighting, traffic light installations and computerized traffic control systems;
- Performs complex work in preparation of plans, specifications and estimated cost of electrical contracts and work;
- Oversees inspection of electrical construction and maintenance work and preparation of monthly and final estimates;
- Coordinates preliminary surveys and planning of engineering requirements for construction and maintenance of electrical installations with state utilities;
- Assists in coordination of work of design engineers with consulting engineers in preparation of plans to determine contract documents;
- Recommends need for test, alterations, revision of replacement of equipment associated with highway lighting, traffic lights, drawbridges, and highway buildings;
- Acts as consultant to district forces and other state agencies;
- Oversees consultant engineers in the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates of bridges and structural improvement, construction and reconstruction of highways and construction or reconstruction of transportation facilities;
- Recommends treatment of alignment, grade, surface and drainage features;
- Makes project reports and analyzes comparative routes for economy, feasibility and utility;
- Oversees activities of engineers and technical assistants engaged in review and processing of major traffic generator studies, highway traffic engineering investigations, surveys, design and research;
- Reviews reports from investigators and subordinates;
- Prepares final reports and recommendations applying to traffic signs, signals, markings, control devices, illumination, channelization, detour and route designations;
- Represents department in state, town, public meetings;
- Oversees and reviews plans, specifications and cost estimates for adjustment of relocation of public utilities in conflict with design and layout of construction for purpose of establishing their engineering adequacy;
- Determines extent to which state shall reimburse utility companies for costs incurred;
- Prepares and reviews agreements governing terms involved;
- Represents state in negotiations with Federal Highway Administration for reimbursement of funds to state;
- Confers with consulting, engineers, corporate, municipal planners, departmental personnel and others involved in coordinating utility adjustments with highway reconstruction work;
- Advises departmental auditors on acceptability of credits offered or claims for payment made;
- Conducts field and office investigations of engineering, technical or other problems and prepares reports for higher level employees;
- Analyzes problems and recommends effective solutions;
- Assists in establishment of policy, procedures and methods;
- Represents department in legislative matters;
- Assists in development and review of department contracts;
- Performs related duties as required.
- As assigned by the supervisor distributes, prioritizes, oversees and reviews unit work;
- Provides staff training and assistance;
- Conducts or assists in conducting performance evaluations;
- Acts as liaison with operating units, agencies, consultant staffs and other outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
- Recommends policies and standards;
- Prepares reports and correspondence;
- Performs related duties as required.
- Considerable knowledge of principles and practices involved in transportation engineering such as bridge design, foundations, highway design, transportation facilities design, transportation planning, maintenance, drainage or hydraulics, research, pavement design, pavement management and traffic;
- operational methodologies and established policies;
- Knowledge of administrative and financial controls with respect to transportation engineering plans, contracts, projects and reports;
- Considerable analytical, problem solving and technical report development skills;
- interpersonal skills;
- oral and written communication skills;
- Considerable ability to interpret and apply principles of information systems and technologies;
- Ability to analyze plans and estimates;
- Supervisory ability.
A Bachelor’s degree in engineering and three (3) years of experience in transportation engineering.
One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the working level in a professional transportation engineering capacity.
NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Transportation Engineer 2 (Engineering).
- Possession of Professional Engineer (PE) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S.20-302 may be substituted for the Bachelor's degree requirement.
- Possession of Engineer-In-Training (EIT) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S.20-302 may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.
- A Master’s degree in engineering may be substituted for one (1) year of the General Experience.
- Current incumbents in the class of Transportation Engineer 2 (Engineering) who do not possess the degree or certification/licensure qualifications as detailed on this class specification may be considered for promotion to Transportation Engineer 3 (Engineering) upon having three (3) years of experience in transportation engineering. One (1) of the three (3) years' must have been as a Transportation Engineer 2 (Engineering).
- Experience communicating with DOT staff, Town, and field personnel on implementing DOT standards on encroachment permit, VIP and construction projects.
- Experience leading others in the administration of a project.
- Experience analyzing and reviewing engineering reports, project reviews, funding obligations, schedules, estimates, time extensions, shop drawings, project closeouts as well as plans, and specifications related to highway, traffic, drainage or structure construction.
- Experience with resolving claims and customer care complaints in a timely manner.
- Experience analyzing drainage issues, determining and implementing effective solutions.
- Experience using COMPASS, MS Office Suite, and GIS.
- Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
- Incumbents may be required to travel.
Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some danger of injury or physical harm from highway or construction environments and a moderate degree of discomfort from exposure to year round weather conditions.
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.
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