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24 Oct 2022
Full-Time Engineering Technician II – NEW HIGHER SALARY!
Job Description
How to Apply
You MUST apply online at https://tinyurl.com/3j7dhesx by November 4, 2022 at midnight EST to be considered.
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NEW HIGHER SALARY: $37,577 – $65,760
The Challenge
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Technician to join our Winston-Salem Construction team.
In this role, you will:
- Lead senior project roadway/structure inspectors and support senior engineers in the administration of highway construction contracts.
- Monitor contractor’s daily operations and perform/review test reports to ensure that all work and materials conform to specifications, plans, and contract documents.
- Perform contract administration duties such as pay record entry/review, materials-received reports, certified payroll review, daily diary review, as-constructed plans preparation, and monthly quantity verification prior to estimate payment.
- Resolve daily constructability issues and troubleshoot problems to mitigate delays to project delivery.
- Assist other NCDOT staff and contract forces in utility relocation efforts by inspecting and tracking relocation work.
- Anticipate contract problems and advise engineering staff of the need for plan revisions, supplemental agreements, or other contract adjustments to improve safety, timely-delivery, and quality of delivered projects.
- Monitor contractor’s operations to ensure compliance with subcontract agreements and with the contract Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements.
- Ensure compliance with NC Sedimentation and Pollution Control Act, and that all work performed in permitted areas is done in accordance with permits.
- Direct and schedule junior technicians staking out and inspecting every phase of a construction project to ensure it is built according to contract documents in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Manage all aspects of assigned construction projects with limited supervision from senior engineers.
- Be directly involved with the leadership, management, counseling, and training of junior technicians, both NCDOT and contractors.
- Communicate and coordinate work with contractors, subcontractors, utility owners, and property owners to minimize delays and disturbances while maximizing project progress.
What You Bring
- Strong skills understanding contracts, plans, standards, and specifications.
- Experience performing inspection, sampling, and materials testing (concrete, asphalt density) to ensure compliance with NCDOT specifications.
- Computer skills using iPads, desktops, laptops, Microsoft Office, SharePlus/SharePoint, math functions, and HiCAMS.
- Experience maintaining neat, legible, and accurate records and reports, including computer/iPad data entry.
- Working knowledge of Basic Work Zone Safety and NCDOT Workplace Safety Policy and Practices.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive lines of communication between other technicians, engineers, contractors, and the public.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills to convey in a clear, concise, organized, and persuasive manner.
- Ability to make independent decisions using sound engineering judgement.
- Strong commitment to work safely in an outside environment with exposure to hazards on construction sites including heights, highway traffic, weather extremes, and traversing rough terrain in evaluating highway construction. Must apply safety philosophy and program to all operations.
- Agility to perform moderate physical activity including but not limited to walking, climbing, balancing, kneeling, and standing.
- Strength to lift 50 pounds.
- Advanced working knowledge of math functions.
- Flexibility to work nights and/or weekends as required by project workload/staffing with fluctuating hours, if needed, on any assigned project in the Division.
Note
- Safety toe shoes required.
Management Prefers
Candidates with:
- A valid Driver’s License.
- Experience with iPads/tablets, HiCAMS, and SharePlus/SharePoint.
Education & Experience
- Associate’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology, Survey Technology, or a related field, and
- 2+ years relevant technician-level experience; or
- An equivalent combination of training and experience.
Questions?
Call me: Alyssa Jacobs at 336-293-9610.
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