Job Information
Colorado Department Of Transportation Engineer-in-Training Construction - Floyd Hill Project in Golden, Colorado
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION:
This position is only open to Colorado state residents.
This position is covered by the Partnership Agreement between the State of Colorado and Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (COWins).
New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.
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DESCRIPTION OF JOB:
About the Work Unit
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is in the process of constructing an approximately $700 million Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) project to improve an eight mile section of I-70 from Floyd Hill to the Veterans Memorial Tunnels (the "Project"). There is potential that this project may include improvements to the eastbound lanes. This 8 mile stretch of I-70 is one of the most congested locations on the I-70 Mountain Corridor and is heavily impacted by adverse weather conditions. Floyd Hill is a highly visible portion of the I-70 Mountain Corridor that offers employees the opportunity to learn and practice their transportation design and construction management skills.
About the Position
The Engineer-in-Training position will ensure quality construction by supervising, inspecting, testing, and documenting the work on highway construction projects and verify they are in compliance with the contract plans and specifications. The position is also expected to gain engineering expertise and to apply engineering theories, principles, and standards to the design and preparation of plans and specifications for highway projects.
As the selected candidate gains knowledge and experience, there is opportunity for advancement.
There is one position that will be filled at either the Engineer-in-Training I or II level, depending upon the appointed candidate's qualifications.
Your duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Assist with the inspection and certification of the contractor s equipment, materials, methods, workmanship, and products to ensure they are in conformance with the contract plans and specifications. Assemble data, calculations, figures, reports, and diaries for project records; check calculations and tabulated quantities summarized in plans under supervision. Track construction and contract budgets and generate spend down information for each contract. Support the required financial reporting required, including updating the federal financial plan and preparing monthly updates. Assist with tracking project activities and document them as design progresses; tracking construction activities and document them as required; ass st with drafting Contract Change Orders/Minor Contract Revisions, letters and construction engineering memos; preparing a complete and accurate historical account of project activities and maintaining an organized filing system for easy access to documents. Learn to apply current engineering principles, theories, design specifications, applicable design standards and engineering expertise to