Senior Bridge Rater (Civil Engineer IV)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Boston, MA

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About The Position

About MassDOT Highway Headquarters Bridge Section The Headquarters Bridge Section is where driven, passionate bridge enthusiastic individuals are responsible for design, and operations and maintenance of bridges, tunnels, and other ancillary structures. The section works to ensure safe bridges for public use in conformance with the state and federal regulations. When you choose to join the team, you will not only be a member of a robust in-house bridge team you will be actively engaged in ensuring load carrying capacity of bridges across the Commonwealth! Incumbents of this position perform Live Load Capacity calculations of bridges of substantial complexity using AASHTO specifications and MassDOT standards and prepare rating reports for these bridges. They also perform Overload Capacity calculations of bridges of substantial complexity using AASHTO specifications and MassDOT standards and prepare overload reports for these bridges.

Requirements

• Applicants must have at least (A) five years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, technical or professional experience in civil engineering work in such areas as construction, survey, design, transportation, hydraulics, structural, sanitary, drafting, environmental, highway, architectural, airport, soils and materials, of which (B) at least three years must have been in a professional capacity, and (C) of which at least one year must have been in a supervisory capacity, or (D) any equivalent combination of the required experience, and the substitutions below.
• An Associate's degree with a major in civil engineering or civil engineering technology may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.
• A Bachelor's degree with a major in civil engineering or civil engineering technology may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience.
• A Graduate degree with a major in civil engineering may be substituted for a maximum of three years of the required (A) experience and one year of the required (B) experience.
• Based on assignment, possession of a current and valid Massachusetts Class D Motor Vehicle Operator's License may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of bridge load rating and posting practices for various bridge types including complex structures.
• Working knowledge and understanding of the MassDOT Bridge Inspection Handbook and MassDOT Bridge Manual.
• Working knowledge and understanding of the AASHTO Manual for Bridge Evaluation.
• Working knowledge of AASHTOWare BrDR and other structural modeling software.

Responsibilities

• Performs Live Load Capacity calculations of bridges of substantial complexity using AASHTO specifications as well as MassDOT Standards and prepares rating reports for these bridges.
• Reviews Live Load Capacity calculations of bridges of substantial complexity prepared by the Consultants using AASHTO specifications and reviews rating reports for these bridges.
• Performs Overload Capacity calculations of bridges of substantial complexity using AASHTO specifications and MassDOT standards and prepares overload reports for these bridges.
• Reviews Overload Capacity calculations of bridges of substantial complexity prepared by the Consultants using AASHTO specifications and reviews overload reports for these bridges.
• Evaluates and recommends alternatives of improving live load capacity of existing bridges through review of available data, discussion, and calculations.
• Provide recommendations for posting of existing bridges.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for a five-thousand dollar ($5,000) signing bonus (“Signing Bonus”) if you are newly hired at MassDOT.
• Current MassDOT employees are not eligible for the Signing Bonus.
• The Signing Bonus will be paid in two parts\: 1) $3,000 (less applicable taxes) included in the employee's first paycheck. 2) $2,000 (less applicable taxes) after the successful completion of the employee’s probationary period.
• Comprehensive Benefits When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees