Staff Civil Engineer - Nondestructive Pavement Evaluation

ARA Career•Gainesville, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

ARA is seeking a staff civil engineer to work on-site at the Florida DOT State Materials Office (SMO) in Gainesville, FL. This engineer, along with other ARA on-site staff, will participate in our pavement engineering consulting services contract. Join a team of engineers and engineering technicians who provide nondestructive pavement testing and evaluation on state-owned roadways throughout Florida. Lead state-wide pavement construction acceptance verification for ride quality. Receive, store, and process data and images collected with a high-speed inertial pavement profiler survey vehicle. Profiler data include pavement rut-depth, smoothness, and cross-slope. After processing data, perform analysis with MS VBA macros to compare data to state specifications for construction quality assurance. Provide report summarizing results. As necessary, edit existing analysis codes or develop/write new codes. Provide direction and support to technician staff for profiler data collection. Draft annual report summarizing the year’s construction acceptance results. Assist with statewide Pavement Condition Survey (PCS) processes. Receive, store, and process data and images collected with a laser crack measurement system (LCMS) survey vehicle or collected with a traditional camera-based system. After processing data, perform quality assurance assessment. Perform hydroplaning evaluations and investigations as needed. Other tasks, as assigned by the Florida DOT staff, may include: Further analysis for pavement evaluation or management purposes. Preparation of other technical reports and presentation materials. Analysis of other nondestructive testing data used in the evaluation of pavement infrastructure condition (e.g., falling weight deflectometer, ground penetrating radar).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering
2+ years of experience or advanced degree focusing on pavement engineering principles and practices, such as pavement design, evaluation, and management practices; structural capacity evaluation; pavement materials engineering; pavement performance modeling; resilient modulus analysis; soil materials characterization; statistical analysis; and general data reduction
Working knowledge of MS Office products and other specialty pavement-related evaluation tools

Nice To Haves

Experience analyzing nondestructive pavement testing data and pavement condition data
Knowledge of Microsoft VBA

Responsibilities

Provide nondestructive pavement testing and evaluation on state-owned roadways throughout Florida.
Lead state-wide pavement construction acceptance verification for ride quality.
Receive, store, and process data and images collected with a high-speed inertial pavement profiler survey vehicle.
Perform analysis with MS VBA macros to compare data to state specifications for construction quality assurance.
Provide report summarizing results.
Edit existing analysis codes or develop/write new codes.
Provide direction and support to technician staff for profiler data collection.
Draft annual report summarizing the year’s construction acceptance results.
Assist with statewide Pavement Condition Survey (PCS) processes.
Receive, store, and process data and images collected with a laser crack measurement system (LCMS) survey vehicle or collected with a traditional camera-based system.
Perform quality assurance assessment.
Perform hydroplaning evaluations and investigations as needed.
Further analysis for pavement evaluation or management purposes.
Preparation of other technical reports and presentation materials.
Analysis of other nondestructive testing data used in the evaluation of pavement infrastructure condition (e.g., falling weight deflectometer, ground penetrating radar).