STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE BRANCH JOBS

Transportation Supervising Engineer (Engineering)

Pavement Management

Recruitment #241024-9164FQ-001

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Introduction


The State of Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT), is now accepting applications for a Transportation Supervising Engineer (Engineering) role within the Project Administration Unit, Pavement Management group in the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, at our Headquarters in Newington, CT.


WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
THE ROLE:
The Transportation Supervising Engineer supervises the staff of the Pavement Management group and is responsible for the development and implementation of the Department’s Pavement Program, coordinates all pavement management activities across the Department Bureaus, serves as the asset management champion for pavements and is responsible for the following:
  • Providing services to assist in determining cost-effective strategies for the state-maintained network of pavements
  • Managing pavement databases including condition, inventory, and activity data
  • Utilizing Pavement Management System (PMS) analysis tools to optimize the cost-benefit ratio of network pavement construction programs, including the Maintenance Resurfacing Program (MRP), Pavement Preservation Program (PPP), and Pavement Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program (PRRP)
  • Providing potential treatment candidates for the MRP, PPP, and PRRP paving programs and vetting them in collaboration with CTDOT Maintenance and CTDOT Pavement Design Unit staff
  • Administering PPP project development alongside the CTDOT Pavement Design Unit
  • Performing quality assurance of pavement condition data collected by the CTDOT Photolog Unit
  • Annually preparing pavement condition data for the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)
  • Providing annual pavement data updates to FHWA for CTDOT Transportation Asset Management Implementation Documentation as well as assisting with updating pavement data in the Transportation Asset Management Plan every four (4) years
  • Responding to pavement data inquiries to address related concerns
  • Providing state pavement performance measures for the CTDOT Performance Measures Dashboard
APPLICATION DETAILS:
Applicants must be available to travel for training, conferences, meetings, field reviews, etc. both within and outside of normal working hours, when necessary, and must possess and retain a valid driver’s license.

Please list your Driver's license number, expiration date, and issuing State, Professional Engineer (PE) license number and expiration date, if applicable, and any other job-relevant licenses or certifications you hold in the Licenses and Professional Certifications section of your application.

ABOUT US:
As one of Connecticut’s largest State agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. It is our mission to provide a safe, accessible, and efficient multimodal transportation network that improves the quality of life and promotes economic vitality for the State and the region. We have a significant transportation infrastructure system that is essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses and supporting economic and community development while preserving environmental and cultural resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that is representative of the communities we serve. Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged.

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Selection Plan

To Apply:
  • Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
  • Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
  • All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
  • In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited.  If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting. 
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Important Information After You Apply:
  • For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
  • This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
  • Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
  • Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
  • Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
  • The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
  • Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics.
Connect With Us:
Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Hayley Newhouse, at Hayley.Newhouse@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Transportation and Connecticut Airport Authority this class is accountable for supervising engineers and other staff engaged in engineering and/or related tasks in one or more aspects of transportation engineering projects or studies in the areas of administration, bridge design, design, drainage, electrical, foundations, hydraulics, maintenance, operations, pavement management, regulation compliance, rehabilitation, research, traffic or utilities.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Supervises work of engineers, technicians and other technical and/or clerical personnel in any one of several organizationally specialized engineering operations, railroad or airport sections; 
  • Reviews detailed plans, specifications or studies of complex engineering problems related to areas such as highway, bridge, facility or geometric design, traffic engineering, computer applications, electrical engineering, highway operations, geo-technical engineering, hydraulics and drainage, utilities, contract and project development, environmental compliance, railroad engineering or airport engineering; 
  • Supervises research into development of improved materials or products and testing methods; 
  • Supervises field and office research projects on engineering and technical problems; 
  • Supervises research on economic, financial and administrative aspects of pavement management, highway construction and maintenance, design of highways and bridges with reference to materials to be used and in pavement work correction, resurfacing and winter maintenance techniques; 
  • Coordinates design related elements of construction projects; 
  • Prepares special reports, cost estimates, standards and specifications and fee schedules for consultant engineers, surveyors or contractors; 
  • Reviews progress reports; 
  • Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff; 
  • Provides staff training and assistance; 
  • Conducts performance evaluations; 
  • Determines priorities and plans section work; 
  • Establishes and maintains section procedures; 
  • Develops or makes recommendations on policies and standards; 
  • Acts as liaison with other operating sections, agencies and outside officials; 
  • Prepares reports, recommendations and correspondence; 
  • Conducts analytical studies of engineering costs incurred to determine amounts reimbursable under federal aid and amounts due public utilities under state and federal policies; 
  • Prepares comprehensive reports on fiscal matters relating to departmental engineering operations; 
  • Directs concurrent billing programs for department; 
  • Acts as an assistant in performing highly specialized administrative or engineering studies; 
  • Supervises or provides highly technical assistance in conducting studies or establishing policy, procedures or methods; 
  • Supervises field or office functions for location, boundary, construction surveying and design projects; 
  • Supervises preparation of comprehensive technical reports and related correspondence; 
  • Makes oral presentations at public hearings or meetings; 
  • Reviews work of consultants (engineers, designers, etc.); 
  • Acts as the Primary Assistant to the Chief Engineer in performing special projects and overseeing Bureau activities; 
  • Oversees the Department's Consultant Selection Panel process; 
  • Serves as a member of departmental committee assisting in preparation and/or revision of standard specifications; 
  • 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; 
    • departmental operational methodologies; 
    • latest engineering principles, techniques and procedures employed in engineering field; 
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills;
  • Considerable ability to
    • analyze and review engineering reports, plans and specifications; 
    • interpret and apply principles of information systems and technologies; 
  • Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Eight (8) years of experience in transportation engineering.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been as an engineer with lead responsibility for complex transportation engineering projects in bridge design, drainage, electrical, foundations, traffic, facilities design, highway design, research, utilities or hydraulics. 

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Transportation Engineer 3 (Engineering).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience with pavement management principles 
  • Experience with federal laws and requirements of transportation asset management 
  • Experience managing data, ensuring data quality and knowledge of data governance concepts 
  • Experience using asset management system analysis tools and preparing technical reports 
  • Experience working with other Department units and federal agencies 
  • Experience working with groups in a leadership role 
  • Experience with providing verbal and written communication to a diverse population 
  • Experience leading, mentoring, and developing performance of staff

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.
  • Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.
  • Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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.


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