Staff Civil Engineer - Nondestructive Pavement Evaluation
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. The role involves nondestructive pavement testing and evaluation on state-owned roadways throughout Florida, leading state-wide pavement construction acceptance verification for ride quality, assisting with statewide Pavement Condition Survey (PCS) processes, and performing hydroplaning evaluations and investigations as needed. Other tasks may include further analysis for pavement evaluation or management, preparation of technical reports and presentation materials, and analysis of other nondestructive testing data.
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
- Participate in pavement engineering consulting services contract.
- 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 as necessary.
- 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 after processing data.
- Perform hydroplaning evaluations and investigations as needed.
- Perform further analysis for pavement evaluation or management purposes.
- Prepare other technical reports and presentation materials.
- Analyze other nondestructive testing data used in the evaluation of pavement infrastructure condition.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- retirement plans
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
