Assistant Transportation Engineer - Traffic Engineering

State of Maine • Augusta, GA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is an entry-level professional services and scientific position in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Traffic Engineering. The role performs a variety of moderately complex engineering functions supporting the construction and maintenance of public works structures, systems, and facilities, as well as transportation engineering. The position reviews preliminary and final plans for transportation and public works projects to assess compliance with engineering standards and project specifications; studies traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impacts; and evaluates transportation systems to determine whether modification or expansion is needed and to design devices for individual projects.

The position requires knowledge of, or the ability to learn, engineering principles and practices; transportation planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance principles, practices, and techniques; and traffic and right-of-way issues relating to highway engineering. The role offers opportunities to work with ITS and traffic engineering devices and systems, including Changeable Message Signs, Road Weather Information Systems, traffic signals, incident management devices, traffic counting devices, and the Transportation Management Center.

The position is with the Maine Department of Transportation’s Maintenance & Operations—Traffic Engineering office in Augusta, Maine. Applicants must submit an online application, cover letter, current resume, and applicable post-secondary transcripts, licensing, registration, and certifications.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a closely related field; alternatively, non-engineering college graduates and candidates without degrees must possess a Certification of Engineer-Intern issued by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, engineering principles and practices.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, transportation planning, design, construction, and/or maintenance principles, practices, and techniques.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to learn, traffic and right-of-way issues relating to highway engineering.

Responsibilities

• Review preliminary and final plans for transportation and public works projects for compliance with engineering standards and project specifications.
• Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess potential project impacts.
• Evaluate transportation systems to determine the need for modification and/or expansion and to design devices for individual projects.
• Support construction and maintenance of public works structures, systems, and facilities and transportation engineering.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays
• More than three weeks of vacation leave annually, with accrual increasing with years of service
• Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees
• 12 days of sick leave annually
• State-paid 85%–95% of employee-only health insurance premiums, depending on salary
• Health insurance premium credit of up to 5% for participation
• State-paid 100% of employee-only dental insurance premiums
• State contribution equivalent to 14.06% of pay toward Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS)
• Additional wellness benefits for State employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level