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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION E283 Transportation Engineer IV, or V - Cooperative and Automated Transportation - STR Division - Austin, TX in Austin, Texas
Transportation Engineer IV:Performs highly advanced and complex 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 are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.Transportation Engineer V:Performs highly advanced and complex transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, projectdevelopment and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations, maintenance and/or [research]. Ensures compliance withapplicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Work requires contact with governmentalofficials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for thework product.Essential Duties:Transportation Engineer IV:Provides information regarding innovative and experimental technologies to department personnel.Analyzes schedule trends, determines risks and recommends options to management for corrective action for highly complex projects.Coordinates with other Divisions and Districts on contracting issues and serves as the point of contact for their professional services contracting program.Monitors contract performance, evaluates contract deliverables, reviews billing documentation, monitors the consultant's compliance with the terms of the contract, and/or prepares and delivers a written evaluation of the consultant's performance.Makes presentations and represents TxDOT.Negotiates fees and budgets, develops and negotiates scopes of work, negotiates contract work schedules, and negotiates other contract agreementsPerforms and/or coordinates the review and processing of Plans, Specifications Estimates (PSE) submission, special specifications or special provisions.Reviews literature, technical data, material specifications and proceduresReviews, processes and certifies project design plans developed by consulting engineers. Transportation Engineer V:All the Above and:Provides technical assistance for the development of rural ITS/traffic management corridors.Coordinates on design schematics, assists with capacity and level of service studies and reviews in-house and consultant traffic control/traffic management/intelligent transportation systems (ITS) plans and projects.Reviews and assists districts with the planning, design of PSE, and the letting for traffic management systems.