Transportation Engineer I: Design & Inspect Projects

Commonwealth of Kentucky; Covington (KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings

Professional development

Collaborative work environment

Employee Wellness

Paid leave & holidays

First-day health coverage

Job summary

Commonwealth of Kentucky is seeking a Transportation Engineer I in Covington to perform professional engineering work across planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways and related facilities. The role involves coordinating projects, reviewing plans, and ensuring compliance with standards under a Licensed Professional Engineer.

The position requires Kentucky licensure or the ability to obtain it within probation and a valid driver's license.

Qualifications

• Experience with transportation engineering projects and deadlines.
• Strong organizational, communication, and computer skills.
• Ability to perform estimates.

Responsibilities

• Manages and oversees activities of engineering projects and programs with multiple phases and larger scopes of work and approve engineering documents as a Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Designs or coordinates the planning and, or, design of transportation facilities in accordance with the department's policies, procedures and standards and in accordance with federal rules and regulations.
• Interprets project plans and contract documents for property owners, local officials, contractors, consultants, materials suppliers and property owners.
• Reviews and investigates complaints of property owners and local officials.
• Travels throughout an assigned area or throughout the District for the purpose of conferring on technical and operational problems with contractors, material suppliers, consultants, local officials, departmental engineers and county maintenance and special operations crews.
• Makes routine and final inspection and acceptance of construction and maintenance projects.
• Interprets and drafts professional and technical papers and reports.
• Reviews planning studies and makes recommendations for alternative solutions. Makes recommendations concerning the planning or design of transportation facilities and related work.
• Reviews requests for repairs, makes estimates, determines expenditures of funds for transportation programs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Deadline management

Transportation engineering projects

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Computer skills

Estimating

Job description

Commonwealth of Kentucky is seeking a Transportation Engineer I in Covington to perform professional engineering work across planning, design, construction and maintenance of highways and related facilities. The role involves coordinating projects, reviewing plans, and ensuring compliance with standards under a Licensed Professional Engineer.

The position requires Kentucky licensure or the ability to obtain it within probation and a valid driver's license.