(Open Recruitment)
State Highway Administration
Project Engineer (Transportation Engineering Technician IV)
Grade 14 (8449) SP# 26-85-05
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The State Highway Administration's (SHA) District 5 (Anne Arundel County) is currently recruiting for a Project Engineer (Transportation Engineering Technician IV) position. This position is open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies in this classification.
Nature of Work: The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Project Engineer on a medium size or moderately complex road or bridge construction project, and a fully proficient inspector under the supervision of a higher-level technician on a highly complex project. The incumbent may also function as a permit inspector, responsible for issuing, inspecting, and providing technical direction regarding utility, district office, residential access, commercial access, lane closure, and retrofit sidewalk permits. This position will be the primary source of technical knowledge for project staff, providing guidance, technical assistance, direction, and solutions to construction and/or engineering related issues. The incumbent will be charged with directing and monitoring the complete and accurate documentation of the construction process, ensuring that all files are current, and all progress estimates are accurate. As an inspector, this position will be required to instruct and mentor lower-level technicians in basic plan reading, proper construction inspection methods, and testing methods for materials used in highway and bridge construction.
MDOT offers a generous and competitive benefits package. You can learn about our amazing benefits here: MDOT Benefits Guide
“The State Highway Administration (SHA) has been named a Training magazine Training Awards winner for the seventh consecutive year."MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: Five (5) years of experience in technical engineering related work in the areas of design, traffic, construction, materials testing, engineering surveys, maintenance, or planning.
Selective Qualification: Two and a half (2 ½) years of the required experience must have involved in construction and/or inspection of transportation infrastructure projects.
- This statement contains a selective qualification, which is more focused in scope than the minimum qualifications for this classification. Selective qualifications are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (i.e., knowledge, skill or ability).
Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should possess the following:
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Ability to prepare clear, comprehensive, and concise reports.
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Knowledge of construction project practices and management.
Notes:
1. Applicants may substitute education in a civil engineering curriculum at an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester credit hours for each year of the required experience.
2. Applicants who possess an associate's degree in engineering, construction management or surveying or surveying technology from an accredited community college, college or university are considered to have met two years of the required experience.
Candidate must possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the state of Maryland.
The selected candidate will be required to pass the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Certifications (Soils, Concrete and Hot Mix Asphalt must be obtained prior to the completion of the probationary period).
