Transportation Engineer Trainee - Pavement Management (Target Class: Transportation Engineer 1 And 2 (Engineering)) - #240606-8741Fs-003

Introduction

Interested in a career that has a direct positive impact on Connecticut's citizens and communities? Join our team of engineers who are working to ensure that Connecticut's pavements are expertly preserved, rehabilitated and reconstructed!

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT), is now accepting applications for a Transportation Engineer Trainee position in the Pavement Management section in the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Project Administration Unit at our Newington Headquarters!

Current students who will be graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering by the end of December 2024 are strongly encouraged to apply!

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview page!

• The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company: 'Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.

• Professional growth and development opportunities.

• Mentoring by experienced, licensed professionals.

• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

• On-site low-cost fitness center, on-site cafeteria and Electric Vehicle (EV) charging.

• Ample free parking with easy access from major highways or by public transportation.

• Join an award winning agency! CTDOT was recently awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Full-time, 40 hours per week.

• Monday through Friday.

• First Shift.

• Centrally located in Newington, CT.

• Applicants must be available to travel for training, conferences, meetings, field reviews, etc. both within and outside of normal working hours, when necessary.

• A valid motor vehicle operator's license is required and must be maintained.

THE ROLE

Engineers in the Pavement Management section:

• Provide services to assist decision makers in determining cost-effective strategies for maintaining, preserving, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Connecticut state-maintained network of pavements.

• Manage pavement databases that include pavement condition, pavement inventory, and pavement activity data. These databases are used within a Pavement Management System (PMS) to generate optimum strategies over the entire network for construction programs by maximizing cost-benefit ratios for given funding levels. These include the pavement resurfacing, preservation, and rehabilitation and reconstruction programs.

• Manage project development for the Pavement Preservation Program, collaborating with engineers throughout units within the department, from project initiation through to full project establishment.

• Review pavement condition data for the annual Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) submittal to FHWA.

• Oversee and ensure quality assurance of pavement condition data collected by the CTDOT Photolog Unit according to a federally approved data quality management plan.

• Provide pavement data updates to FHWA each year for CTDOT's Asset Management Implementation Documentation for FHWA to perform an annual consistency review. Pavement inventory and condition data, performance projections using the PMS, gaps in targets, and pavement financial information, are all needed for the submittal, which also includes an updated pavement fact sheet each year.

• Respond to pavement data inquiries from the executive level and public to address legislative, news related highway concerns and citizen concerns.

• Provide state pavement performance measures for inclusion in the CTDOT Performance Measures Dashboard.

DISCOVER THE CHANCE TO

• Learn progressively more about pavement and asset management.

• Problem solve, recommend, and implement effective solutions in a timely manner.

• Contribute to providing safe and efficient transportation improvements for the traveling public.

• Utilize computer software such as Microsoft Excel, SQL Server, Access and database management applications.

• Showcase your oral, written, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• SALARY/PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY (Effective 06/28/2024)

Transportation Engineer Trainees receive training to develop technical engineering skills and knowledge. After successfully completing your one-year training program, you will be promoted to the target class of Transportation Engineer 1 (Engineering). The target class has a minimum qualification of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and one (1) year of experience in transportation engineering or transportation construction engineering. After successfully completing two years as a Transportation Engineer 1, you will be promoted to Transportation Engineer 2 (Engineering).

Promotional Opportunity

Salary

Transportation Engineer Trainee

$72,629/annually

After successful completion of a one (1) year training program, you will be promoted to Transportation Engineer 1 (Engineering)

$81,047-$99,673/annually

After successful completion of two (2) years as a Transportation Engineer 1, you will be promoted to Transportation Engineer 2 (Engineering)

$91,244-$117,842/annually

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please list your Driver's license number, expiration date, and issuing State, Engineer in Training license number (if applicable) and any other job-relevant licenses or certifications you hold, in the Licenses and Professional Certifications section of your application.

ABOUT US

The mission of the DOT is to provide a safe and efficient intermodal transportation network that improves the quality of life and promotes economic vitality for the State and region. Learn more about our mission, vision, and values here!

Watch the video below to learn what Transportation Engineers do at the Connecticut DOT!

Selection Plan

TO APPLY

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.

• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

• In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.

• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.

• Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.

• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate's obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING

• Please read or watch our Applicant Tips on How to Apply.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFTER YOU APPLY

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.

• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.

• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.

• Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.

• Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview.

• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

CONNECT WITH US

• Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Brittney Woodley at brittney.woodley@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Airport Authority this class is accountable for receiving training in introductory professional engineering work for the development of technical and professional transportation engineering and transportation construction engineering skills and knowledge in order to qualify for advancement in the field of transportation engineering.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

The Pavement Management team is responsible for compiling pavement condition information and proposing cost-effective treatment strategies to optimize investments in pavements. As a Transportation Engineer Trainee, you will:

• Assist in developing, updating, and maintaining pavement management databases in Microsoft SQL Server.

• Assist in performing analyses using CTDOT's Pavement Management System software called dTIMS.

• Assist in documenting and maintaining annual pavement activity data on the state-maintained highway network (Office of Construction Capital Improvements, Pavement Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program, Maintenance Resurfacing Program, Pavement Preservation Program, and Major Traffic Generator Permits).

• Assist in documenting yearly construction cost data.

• Assist in managing the interface between pavement-management data and the Department's data warehouse (including the Linear Referencing System used by Roadway Information Systems in the Bureau of Policy and Planning).

• Assist in maintaining and improving pavement performance curves and models through analyses of historical condition, composition, and inventory data.

• Assist in developing protocols for modifications to the PMS data and analysis procedures (tables, attributes, variables, treatment triggers).

• Assist in preparing HPMS data for reporting to FHWA.

• Assist in preparing pavement condition data for the annual TAMP Pavement Fact Sheet.

• Assist in running queries in SQL Server for stakeholders.

• Assist in performing activities according to a Pavement Condition Data Quality Management Plan (DQMP).

• Perform pavement data acceptance checks.

• Report pavement data quality exceptions according to a DQMP.

• Assist in maintaining a pavement data acceptance log according to a DQMP.

• Assist in laying out and collecting validation control site data.

• More information can be found here.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of basic transportation engineering theories, principles and methods;

• Skill in use of drafting and calculating instruments and other computer applications;

• Considerable ability in performing mathematical computations, making neat and accurate drawings and preparing minor design and structural details.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Possession of a Bachelor's degree.

NOTE: If the target job classification has a Minimum Qualification that requires specific licensure and/or the Bachelor's degree to be in a specific area(s), then these specific licensures and degree areas are required for appointment to the Transportation Engineer Trainee classification. Candidates cannot be appointed until all degree requirements are complete.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• Possession of Professional Engineer (PE) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S.§20-302 may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.

• Possession of Engineer-In-Training (EIT) licensure from the Department of Consumer Protection State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors consistent with C.G.S.§20-302 may be substituted for the General Experience requirement.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Possession of an accredited bachelor's degree in engineering with course work relevant to the fields of pavement engineering, pavement management, asset management, and/or statistics.

• 3.0 or higher grade-point average in relevant engineering and statistics courses.

• Academic, internship or work experience in the fields of pavement management, asset management, and/or statistics.

• Academic, internship, or work experience using asset management and/or relational database management system software (RDBMS) applications.

• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, and/or similar computer software, and/or in using C or C++ general-purpose computer programming language.

• Experience with presentation skills.

• Experience with providing verbal and written communication to a diverse population.

• Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.

• Experience in efficiently managing large workloads.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some risk of injury or physical harm from highway, construction site, or on-site environments and a moderate degree of discomfort from year-round weather conditions.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.