23245 - Eng SB Insp

Virginia Department of Transportation•Suffolk, VA

9d•$77,276 - $125,574

About The Position

This engineering position supports the highway transportation system by helping ensure bridges and other structures are designed, inspected, constructed, and maintained to high standards of safety and quality. The role provides technical advice, guidance, and training in assigned engineering program areas; prepares engineering analyses, reports, and recommendations; and consults on engineering matters. It manages assigned projects and activities to meet their scope and timelines, and communicates with VDOT staff, contractors, local governments, consultants, citizens, and FHWA regarding transportation projects and programs. The position performs and reviews bridge and structure inspections, prepares and evaluates inspection reports, documents repair and rehabilitation recommendations, and promptly escalates critical findings to support public safety. It performs load-rating analyses and may recommend weight restrictions or structural repairs. The role also manages consultant inspection contracts, carries out quality assurance and quality control reviews, supports project management, and represents VDOT or its program area on committees and work groups. The work requires applying engineering standards, policies, and procedures; interpreting technical information; and coordinating multiple assignments with competing deadlines. It includes outdoor, hands-on inspections in varied weather, at heights, and in confined spaces, using required equipment. A valid driver's license is required. VDOT employees must follow VDOT's Code of Ethics and the Commonwealth's Standards of Conduct.

Requirements

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers and diverse groups.
Ability to perform hands-on safety inspections outdoors in all types of weather, at great heights, and in confined spaces, and to use required equipment.
Ability to perform quality assurance and quality control inspection reviews and manage consultant inspection contracts.
Ability to prepare, review, and maintain inspection records and reports, and communicate structure conditions and repair, rehabilitation, and replacement recommendations.
Experience and ability performing load-rating analyses for bridges and other structures.
Experience in bridge and structure design, inspection, and maintenance, including knowledge of methods and materials.
Skill with computers and software applications, including structural design and analysis applications.
Valid driver's license.
Ability to apply engineering principles, analyze information, draw rational conclusions, develop solutions, make independent decisions, and manage multiple assignments and priorities.
Ability to demonstrate and promote safety behaviors and maintain effective working relationships.
Ability to negotiate outcomes and work with diverse customer groups.
Ability to plan and coordinate bridge, culvert, and ancillary structure components; read highway construction and structure plans; visualize details; and draw technical sketches.
Ability to use hand analysis and software to calculate load stresses in bridge structures.
Knowledge of engineering specifications and standards; VDOT, state, and federal transportation-engineering policies and procedures; load-stress analysis; construction materials; repair methods; project management; and bridge and structure design, inspection, and maintenance.
Skill in operating measuring devices and testing equipment, and in using MS Office, project-management, and engineering software.

Nice To Haves

Training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related field.
Experience in the design and analysis of bridges and structures.
Qualification as a Bridge Safety Inspection Team Leader as required by FHWA.

Responsibilities

Provide technical advice, guidance, and training in assigned engineering program areas.
Analyze and interpret engineering data; prepare clear reports and recommendations.
Provide engineering support and consultation for assigned program areas.
Manage assigned projects and activities to meet defined scope, schedules, and deliverables.
Communicate with VDOT staff, contractors, government agencies, consultants, citizens, and FHWA; investigate issues and resolve complaints.
Coordinate consultant inspection schedules and assigned structures, and review invoices for compliance with inspection agreements and payment-notification requirements.
Apply VDOT policies and procedures and ensure engineering projects comply with state and federal laws and regulations.
Inspect bridges and other structures; compile and submit inspection reports; document repair and rehabilitation recommendations; and report critical findings promptly.
Perform bridge and structure load-rating analyses using plans, sketches, hand analysis, and software; recommend weight restrictions or structural repairs as appropriate.
Coordinate and perform quality assurance and quality control inspection reviews; prepare summary reports and recommendations, brief stakeholders, and follow up on actions.
Assist with project management, including scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, change management, quality, and status reporting; manage concurrent tasks and report progress.
Review inspection reports for compliance with FHWA requirements and applicable Department practices, policies, and procedures, including the accuracy of condition documentation, ratings, quantities, narratives, sketches, and photographs.
Coordinate communication of structure conditions and recommendations for replacement, rehabilitation, and repair.
Manage special initiatives and projects and represent VDOT or the assigned program area on committees and work groups.
Coordinate the flow of information orally and in writing, and demonstrate customer service and work habits consistent with VDOT values.