Engineer Structure and Bridge

Responsibilities

• Design and detail structures and bridges for new construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects.
• Check statically determinate and indeterminate structures of concrete and steel to meet alignment, dimension, strength, and economic requirements using AASHTO specifications to prepare plans.
• Compute dimensions and quantities of materials.
• Provide construction support and direction related to construction and maintenance of structures and bridges.
• Review plans prepared by others to ensure correctness, accuracy, and completeness.
• Prepare complete, clear, and concise analyses, reports, and recommendations.
• Provide technical advice, guidance, training, engineering support, and consultation within assigned engineering program areas.
• Analyze and interpret engineering data and information and investigate issues to resolve complaints.
• Prepare preliminary and final bridge and structure designs that comply with AASHTO and VDOT specifications.
• Prepare bridge plans, sketches, and structural drawings, including verification that shop plans meet AASHTO and VDOT specifications and align geometrically with project design plans.
• Investigate conditions of existing structures and assist with developing scopes for proposed bridge rehabilitations.
• Analyze structures for safe load-carrying capacity and perform structural calculations to ensure soundness and compliance.
• Use established VDOT policies and procedures for engineering project development and delivery, ensuring projects are completed in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate engineering program activities to meet deliverables within scope and timeline, including managing scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, change management, quality, and status reporting.
• Manage multiple concurrent assignments, provide status updates, and support special program initiatives as assigned.
• Serve and represent VDOT or the assigned program area on committees and work groups.
• Demonstrate customer service and work habits consistent with VDOT Values, coordinating information orally and in writing.
• Establish an effective line of communication between VDOT, contractors, government agencies, and the public; participate in meetings to present bridge-related issues.
• Document all occurrences for future reference.

Requirements

• Ability to apply engineering principles and practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with diverse groups.
• Ability to draw rational conclusions, develop solutions from analysis, make independent decisions, and manage multiple assignments.
• Ability to enforce and demonstrate safety behaviors and advocate and practice safety in everyday work activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to estimate quantities and costs of materials.
• Ability to interpret technical data and prepare and maintain detailed reports.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with competing deadlines and limited resources.
• Ability to negotiate outcomes and work with diverse customer groups.
• Ability to produce structural design plans and notes.
• Ability to provide detailed reports on review findings.
• Ability to read and understand highway construction plans.
• Ability to review and administer consultant design contracts.
• Knowledge of engineering specifications and standards.
• Knowledge of VDOT, state, and federal policies and procedures related to transportation engineering.
• Knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices related to structural engineering, including strength of materials, statics, and structural analysis.
• Knowledge of project management procedures and principles.
• Knowledge of specifications, codes, and regulations related to structural design, including AASHTO and LRFD structural design standards.
• Knowledge of structural steel design, reinforced and prestressed concrete design, and soil mechanics.
• Skill in providing and promoting good customer service to internal and external customers.
• Skill in using computers and software applications, including MS Office, project management tools, and engineering software programs.
• Ability to interpret construction plans and design specifications.
• Experience applying structural engineering practices including strength of materials, statics, and structural analysis.
• Experience applying structural design specifications and codes, including AASHTO and LRFD structural design standards.
• Experience in structural steel design, reinforced and prestressed concrete design, and soil mechanics.
• Skill using computers and software applications including automated engineering and design software.

Technologies

• AASHTO specifications
• LRFD structural design standards
• MS Office
• Project management and engineering software programs
• Automated engineering and design software

Additional Considerations

• A combination of training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering or a related field is desired.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience in the design and analysis of bridges and structures.
• Experience using AASHTO LRFD design specifications.

VDOT employees must abide by VDOT’s Code of Ethics and the Commonwealth’s Standards of Conduct.