Engineer Trainee - 55010139

State of Florida•Tallahassee, FL

About The Position

The Florida Department of Transportation’s four-year Professional Engineer Training Program provides hands-on training across engineering disciplines and a career path toward professional registration and leadership. The first 18 months include exposure to Materials, Planning, Traffic Operations, Structures, Design, Construction, and Maintenance. Placement in a technical area depends on performance and availability, with the goal of preparing trainees to attain a Florida Professional Engineer license. Salary increases are anticipated at 12, 24, 36, and 48 months, contingent on satisfactory performance and available funding; an additional increase may be granted upon obtaining a Florida Professional Engineer license. The trainee performs increasingly complex technical engineering, construction administration, surveying, planning, and related tasks during rotations in the State Materials Office and other program phases. Rotations include materials research and testing; roadway, drainage, traffic, and structures construction and design; maintenance operations; traffic operations and safety; survey and mapping; transportation planning and environmental management; right-of-way work; and structures design and review. Other duties may be assigned. The role requires travel as needed and response before, during, and after emergency situations.

Requirements

Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university, or equivalent accreditation under the cited Florida statutes and rules; alternatively, receive the degree within four months of entering the program.
Have taken or be registered to take the Fundamentals of Engineering examination, administered by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers or an equivalent examination administered by another state, before appointment.
Knowledge of transportation engineering concepts, terminology, principles, and analytical techniques.
Proficiency in the use of computers.
Ability to solve engineering-related problems.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments and projects.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to establish effective working relationships with others.
Be a United States citizen or lawfully authorized alien worker; visa sponsorship is not available.
Travel as required and respond before, during, and after emergency situations.

Responsibilities

Perform assigned complex duties for training purposes during phases in the State Materials Office.
Receive instruction and perform technical tasks in asphalt, structural, soil, aggregate, chemical materials, pavement evaluation, field operations, and certification.
Perform increasingly complex engineering and construction contract administration tasks in roadway, drainage, traffic control devices, and structures.
Perform increasingly complex engineering tasks in maintenance field operations, warehouse, repair shops, and maintenance systems.
Perform technical engineering and sample-project tasks in roadway, drainage, and traffic design.
Perform increasingly complex tasks in signing and pavement marking, operations analysis, signalization and signal systems, and highway safety.
Perform increasingly complex technical surveying tasks in baseline control, design survey, and right-of-way survey.
Perform technical transportation planning tasks involving transportation statistics, multimodal planning, FDOT's five-year plan, project evaluation, and system planning.
Perform technical environmental tasks involving impact research, contamination assessment and mitigation, permitting, and compliance.
Perform engineering tasks involving drafting, legal descriptions, and right-of-way computations.
Perform engineering tasks involving bridge design, retaining walls, sign structures, box culverts, traffic signal structures, plan reviews, and shop drawing reviews.
Travel as required and respond before, during, and after emergency situations.
Perform other duties as assigned.