Job Description

• • Serve as our lead technical expert in highway structures planning, design, and construction.
  • Work with the contracting industry, Federal Highway, division staff, and design units to set and establish policy, procedures, and specifications to ensure successful delivery of our bridge program.
  • Train and be a resource to Area Construction Engineers, Division Bridge Managers, Structures Management, Resident Engineers, their staff, and consultant engineering, inspection and design firms in all areas of structure construction.
  • Help maintain consistency in our bridge program across all 14 divisions.
  • Ensure successful completion of all high risk and complex structures in the NC Western Region and provides guidance and training to Area Construction Engineers in the region.
  • Manage implementation of bridge foundations, pile and drilled pier design and construction that varies regionally and requires advanced knowledge and skills in substructure construction, superstructure construction, wall construction that is regional in nature bridge approach, bridge, demolition, and culvert construction.
  • Handle routine construction correspondence related to bridge construction and approve extra/altered work for bridge items.
  • Approve time extensions, make final contract and plan interpretations, develop new construction specifications, and provide constructability feedback and guidance to design engineers.

• • Working knowledge of present construction practices, techniques, tools, and equipment related to structure construction, specifications, technical policies including concrete mixture design; concrete production and placement; reinforcing steel layout and tolerances; steel and concrete girder erection;  precast and prestressed members, structure construction research; superstructure grading, forming and finishing; structure rehabilitation, troubleshooting, and problem solving for plan and construction errors.
  • Knowledge of NCDOT policies and procedures related to administration of construction projects.
  • Working knowledge of construction/contract administration.
  • Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions and document decisions.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and conduct technical training.
  • Demonstrated ability to discuss and solve complex design and construction issues with industry partners, design experts, and FHWA to improve our bridge program and long-term durability of our overall infrastructure.
  • Ability to make final approval for complex or a broad variety/scope of program/project specifications for completeness, compatibility, compliance with engineering principles, standards, codes, and design needs.
  • Ability to research alternatives and designs or analyze special details for non-standard items of work for programs/projects.
  • Ability to determine program/project priorities, processes and procedures.
  • Project management experienced to manage complex/broad variety/scope of programs/projects for completeness, compatibility, compliance with engineering principles and design needs and standards.
  • Ability to resolve/approve major project/program changes.
  • Ability to independently make final recommendations and may require ability to make decisions that require specialized engineering and/or program knowledge.
  • Ability to serve as technical expert in the area of assignment and may require ability to represent the agency/university as an expert with regard to compliance with engineering principles, standards, codes, designs and statutes and address conflicting design constraints.
  • Ability to modify delivery, language or content to account for the characteristics and needs of the audience.
  • Strong communication skills to communicate verbally and in writing clearly, concisely and organized manner reports addressing novel or complex engineering concepts and facts such as standards/practices/codes/regulations.
  • Ability to participate and lead, as needed, in the development of long-range strategic goals.

• • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, and
  • 5+ years experience; and
  • 3+ years supervisory experience; or
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience.

• • Registered NC Professional Engineer (PE) Certifications.
  • A thorough knowledge and understanding of engineering concepts, practices, and theories used in the engineering specialty area and the ability to use it in practice.
  • A thorough knowledge of internal organizational structure, business needs/objectives, budget, planning, legal/public relations considerations, and other related factors.  

• • We may require registration as a professional engineer by the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: Award Winning, engineering, Government, great place to work, Living Wage Employer, ncdot, Public Sector, and Veteran Friendly. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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