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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION E280 Transportation Engineer I - Yoakum Area Office in Yoakum, Texas
Performs transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations and/or maintenance. Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Work requires contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.Essential Duties: -Assists Area Engineers with construction contract administration matters-Assists in providing recommendations to the Motor Carrier Division for routing of overload vehicles-Assists in the publishing of technical training and guidance to project personnel on scheduling and resources of projects in an enterprise management system-Coordinates with Area Engineers and reviews area office contract submissions-Oversees construction and audit records-Oversees construction project traffic control plans; periodically reviews traffic control devices with Area Engineers.-Oversees contracts, issues work orders and monitors construction schedules and contractor payments and job progress on construction projects-Oversees district laboratory operations and monitors material testing requirements and results for compliance with specifications-Performs complex engineering design work such as development of layouts, sketches, plans, specifications, estimates and contracts-Performs complex planning work such as plan review, calculations and assisting in transportation planning studies-Makes presentations and represents TxDOT-May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks