State of Connecticut Executive Branch

Transportation Principal Engineer (Engineering) (35 Hour) (8739EM)

$59.11-$82.82 Hourly / $4,137.17-$5,796.86 BiWeekly /
$107,980.00-$151,298.00 Yearly

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Transportation this class is accountable for supervising the staff of a major engineering or railroad operating unit.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Receives general direction from the Transportation Manager, Transportation Assistant District Engineer or other employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Supervises a staff of engineers, technicians and other staff as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff; 
  • Provides staff training and assistance; 
  • Conducts performance evaluations; 
  • Determines priorities and plans unit work; 
  • Establishes and maintains unit procedures; 
  • Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards; 
  • Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures; 
  • Prepares reports and correspondence; 
  • Supervises work of engineers, technicians and other technical and/or clerical personnel in any one of several organizationally specialized engineering, operations, or railroad sections; 
  • Reviews detailed plans, specifications or studies of complex transportation engineering problems related to areas such as highway, bridge, facility or geometric design, traffic engineering, electrical engineering, geo-technical engineering, hydraulics and drainage, utilities, contract and project development, or railroad engineering; 
  • Coordinates design or construction projects; 
  • Prepares special reports, cost estimates, standards and specifications and fee schedules for consultant engineers, surveyors or contractors; 
  • Reviews progress reports; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • principles and practices involved in transportation engineering such as bridge design, foundations, highway design, transportation facilities design, transportation planning, drainage or hydraulics, research, pavement design, pavement management, traffic and utilities; 
    • administrative and financial controls with respect to transportation engineering plans, contracts, projects and reports; 
    • relevant agency policies and procedures; 
    • relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations; 
    • latest techniques and procedures employed in field of engineering or land surveying as applied to Department of Transportation; 
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills; 
  • Considerable ability to
    • interpret and apply principles of information systems and technologies; 
    • analyze and review engineering reports and plans; 
  • Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Nine (9) years of experience in complex transportation engineering projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the general experience must have been in a supervisory capacity over transportation engineering design projects. 

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Transportation Supervising Engineer (Engineering).

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Incumbents must possess Professional Engineer (PE) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S.§20-302.
  • Office of Property and Facilities: Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a Building Official license issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Safety.
  • Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
  • Incumbents may be required to travel.

COMPENSATION GUIDELINES

In accordance with applicable collective bargaining agreement's compensation guidelines.

JOB CLASS DESIGNATION

Classified/Non-Examined

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

(11)-Engineering

BARGAINING UNIT

(15)-ENG, SCIEN, TECH P-4

EEO

(2)-Professional

SALARY INFORMATION

EM 32

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

CANCELLATION CLAUSE

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Transportation Principal Engineer (Engineer) (35 Hour) in Salary Group EM 32 approved effective July 1, 2022. (Reviewed in accordance with Connecticut General Statute § 5-200a. Revised to modernize format and add Acknowledgement section.) Final No. 24-124

EFFECTIVE DATE

07/11/2024
CLASS: 8739EM; EST: 9/16/1994; REV: 7/12/2024;