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Engineer Structure and Bridge

Virginia Department of Transportation Colonial Heights, VA

Colonial Heights, VA

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Full time AASHTO Bridge Design Bridge Engineering

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Job Description

The Virginia Department of Transportation is looking for an engineer to design and analyze transportation bridges and structures for new construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation work in Colonial Heights, VA. This onsite role combines technical structural analysis, plan review, and hands-on construction support, while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across VDOT projects.

You will help ensure designs meet AASHTO requirements and VDOT specifications, support project delivery through effective engineering communication, and contribute to safe, code-compliant infrastructure outcomes.

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.

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