Locating Engineer
About The Position
The NC Department of Transportation’s Location and Surveys Unit provides statewide engineering and geomatics analysis to support transportation facility development and property acquisition, consistent with professional engineering and surveying practices and applicable laws and regulations. The unit is seeking an Engineering Supervisor II to assist the Division Team Lead. The Locating Engineer serves as a geomatics engineering subject matter expert for one of NCDOT’s 14 divisions. The role provides independent supervisory and advanced professional direction to an engineering and geomatics-oriented group in a moderately complex or broad functional area. It also involves performing complex geomatics engineering work, advising staff and division engineers and managers, and helping plan, evaluate, and estimate division-managed projects. The position promotes consistent geomatics engineering and contract administration practices to support timely project delivery. It is responsible for addressing technical and logistical issues and developing solutions so that division- and centrally managed projects are delivered on time and within budgetary restraints. The position may require registration as a professional engineer in North Carolina. Management prefers applicants able to legally operate a motor vehicle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field of engineering from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of progressively responsible experience, including two years of supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A professional engineer registration from the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors may be required.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle.
- Experience utilizing transportation and geomatics engineering rules, practices, standards, and principles.
- Experience coordinating multiple geomatic operations while ensuring compliance with Department and Unit procedures, operations, and policies.
- Experience making final recommendations and decisions requiring geomatics knowledge, providing professional surveying technical guidance, and collaborating with professionals regarding project network control.
- Experience interpreting and communicating complex geomatics engineering design concepts and techniques.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a geomatics engineering subject matter expert for one of NCDOT’s 14 divisions, in accordance with professional surveying practices.
- Direct an engineering and geomatics-oriented group through independent supervisory and advanced professional work.
- Assist with planning, evaluating, and estimating division-managed projects by directing staff and advising division engineers and managers on geomatics engineering.
- Perform complex or advanced geomatics engineering work.
- Provide consistent geomatics engineering and associated contract administration practices to support timely project delivery.
- Mitigate technical and logistical issues and provide solutions to deliver division- and centrally managed projects on time and within budgetary restraints.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
