Transportation Specialist I - IV

at  Texas Department of Transportation

Transportation Specialist I - IV - (2402922)
Position Information
TXDOT’s Dallas County Area Office is looking for a Design Specialist/Design Engineer to join the Dallas County design team in a Project Manager role, directly responsible for designing, managing, and coordinating plan designs for various construction projects throughout Dallas County. In this role, you will assist with project planning and development for projects involving constructing, maintaining, and repairs of our highways, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure within Dallas County. This will include assisting in coordinating bridge action-item repairs designed by the Dallas Bridge design group, and incorporating them within your design projects to facilitate on-going infrastructure repairs, as well as manage & coordinate project deliverables assigned to other Dallas District in-house design groups. While working closely with co-workers within the Area Office design team, you will build and oversee entire projects from the initial scoping & design stage, all the way through the Letting and Bidding process.
Working in the Dallas County Area Office provides a great opportunity for a flexible work schedule, with up to 2 telework days a week, to facilitate a healthy work/life balance. With numerous perks specific to being located within the Dallas HQ campus, such as an on-campus mid-day walking group, you will have ample ways to balance your personal needs for health & wellness.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
Experience:
Transportation Specialist I: 2 years transportation design, construction, traffic operations, maintenance, bridge inspection experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).
Transportation Specialist II: 4 years transportation design, construction, traffic operations, maintenance, bridge inspection experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).
Transportation Specialist III: 5 years transportation design, construction, traffic operations, maintenance, bridge inspection experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).
Transportation Specialist IV: 5 years transportation design, construction, traffic operations, maintenance, bridge inspection experience. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).
Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER, AND DOES NOT TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE. ALL EMPLOYMENT IS DECIDED ON THE BASIS OF QUALIFICATIONS, MERIT AND BUSINESS NEED.

If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.
Please click this link to read the information for applicants: Additional Applicant Information

• Assists in prioritizing and scheduling projects.
• Assists with project assignments and determining work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
• Assists with project design involving design calculations and sketches of plans, layouts and typical sections.
• Coordinates compilation of complete plan packages for submission to the responsible engineer or architect for review and signature.
• Coordinates design work among TxDOT entities, consultants and contractors.
• Develops site layouts utilizing engineering workstations and software.
• Evaluates and analyzes design issues.
• May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks.
• Represents the Department at various meetings.
• Reviews and oversees plan packages submitted by consultants.
• Assists in overseeing project assignments and determining work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
• Assists in overseeing project design involving design calculations and sketches of plans, layouts and typical sections.
• Evaluates and analyzes complex design issues.
• Assists in prioritizing and scheduling projects.
• Coordinates compilation of complete plan packages for submission to the responsible engineer or architect for review and signature.
• Develops site layouts utilizing engineering workstations and software.
• May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks.
• Performs data collection, evaluations, analyses, studies, inspections, forecasts, assessments, and/or plan development.
• Represents the Department at various meetings.
• Researches and evaluates data, interprets and analyzes results, prepares reports and recommends solutions to problems.
• Reviews and oversees plan packages submitted by consultants.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.