Transportation Engineer 3/District Environmental Coordinator, Capital Programs - Planning, Garfield Hts., Cuyahoga County - PN 20057107

Who We Are:

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation's 5 th largest interstate system and the 2 nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency's vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.

ODOT's Mission Statement:

To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well-maintained, and positioned for the future.

What You Will Do:

The ODOT District 12 Capital Programs Department has a vacancy that requires the expertise of a licensed professional engineer. The District's emphasis on positioning itself for the future presents a great opportunity to join a high-performing staff who are focused on personal and professional growth, teamwork, and public service. If you are a highly motivated individual who values challenging work and a good work/home life balance, consider how you can contribute at District 12. A sample of common tasks for this position are below:

TE3 - District Environmental Coordinator

• Prepares necessary environmental documents and reports, reviews environmental documents, coordinates with and provides guidance to the Office of Environmental Services (OES), Local Public Agencies (LPA's), and consultants.
• Review environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, and environmental reports (e.g., air, noise, water, historical, etc.), and provide comments.
• Provides environmental clearance on appropriate projects and coordinates more complex projects with Central Office ODOT Staff.
• Establishes and attends project development-related meetings, and conference calls to ensure the success of ODOT's program.
• Supervises/leads a team of lower-level support personnel by assigning tasks, monitoring work progress, and evaluating the work completed.
• Conducts public involvement meetings to communicate project issues and ODOT's program.
• Assist with scoping, plan review, and/or design for capital improvement plans.
• Manages the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process to avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental impacts in the environmental planning stage for all projects.

Who we are looking for:

The ODOT District 12 Capital Programs Department is seeking licensed Professional Engineers in the State of Ohio who are passionate about public service, conscientious, self-directed, adaptable problem solvers, and take initiative to manage issues independently. The candidate should have a good understanding of engineering principles, design standards, and the ODOT project development process. The candidate should also have proficiency in reading and interpreting plans and contract documents. Strong communication skills are essential for interacting and building relationships with various team members, project stakeholders, public officials, contractors, and external customers. If you are someone who takes pride in your work, thrives on continuous improvement, values a team environment, and wants to be an active part of developing the workforce of the future, then you will fit in with the culture at ODOT District 12!

Benefits to you:

-Extensive benefits including medical, vision, dental, and basic life insurance

-11 paid holidays per year

-Paid time off with vacation, sick, and personal leave accruals

-At least a 14% employer contribution into your OPERS pension plan

-Pay increases pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code

-Employee Tuition reimbursement programs

-Work/Life Balance

-The opportunity to work on an important mission

Official Position Description:

Acts as staff specialist, Environmental Engineer, (i.e., develops & evaluates plans & criteria for variety of projects & activities to be carried out by others; assesses feasibility & soundness of proposed engineering designs, evaluation tests, products or equipment when necessary data is insufficient or confirmation by testing is advisable), &/or supervises/leads team of lower level transportation engineers, technicians, &/or support personnel by assigning tasks, monitoring work progress, & evaluating the work completed on highway plans. Performs other supervisory responsibilities (i.e. completes performance evaluations, coaches staff, approves leaves, provides for environmental training of district staff in coordination with OES) for subordinate staff. Assesses feasibility & soundness of proposed engineering designs/complex plans from an environmental perspective & designs or oversees design changes to incorporate findings. Prepares necessary environmental documents & reports; reviews environmental documents, coordinates with & provides guidance to the Office of Environmental Services (OES), Local Public Agencies (LPA's), & consultants. Assures accurate & timely updating of the program (i.e., ELLIS) & assures their business rules, policies & procedures are implemented,, used, & maintained as standard business practice in designated work environment;

Represents organization at conferences to resolve questions. Signs engineering documents & plans as Registered Professional Engineer; generates &/or reviews special reports, roadway designs, environmental impact statements, environmental assessment, reviews complex engineering reports (e.g., air, noise, water, historical, etc.) & related environmental documents to provide for effective implementation in order to determine needed plan designs & other project changes; has authority to approve use of contingencies (i.e., quantity & plan design); Formulates, distributes, & approves District Programmatic Categorical Exclusions; conducts & documents environmental field reviews for all District projects to ensure project adaptability & prepares design changes to final plans to solve plan implementation problems Operates state vehicle to conduct inspections & testing (e.g. asbestos inspections, noise analysis). Acts as the District Scenic Highways & Byways Coordinator.

Directs engineering/technical activities on behalf of supervisor to plan, schedule & coordinate work, assists in development of section policy, budget preparation &/or long range planning. Acts as liaison with other agencies to initiate, program, scope or schedule projects; coordinates activities & monitors progress of projects in preliminary development. Advises offices, consulting firms, Federal Highway Administration, local public agencies & others with projects/problems in assigned area of expertise (e.g., reviews consultant proposals, agreements, modifications, & invoices for all environmental contracts

Assist supervisor or higher-level engineer regarding unusual or complex problems; attends meetings; prepares & maintains correspondence files as a result of meetings with public officials, consultants, utility companies & ODOT officials. Testifies in civil court proceedings as employee of Department. Represents department at conferences to resolve questions. Operates state vehicle to travel throughout district to conduct field reviews of project implementation &/or review site of proposed project to ensure project adaptability.

Qualifications
Licensed as registered professional engineer by Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Surveyors; 12 mos. exp. as group or project leader providing work direction & training to engineering technicians &/or lower-level engineers or 12 mos. exp. in conducting engineering related research (i.e., conducting engineering related research only applies to staff specialist positions); if assigned to operate a state vehicle to travel to & inspect project sites, must possess valid driver's license.

-Or licensed as registered professional engineer by Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Surveyors; 12 mos. exp. as Transportation Engineer 2, 85642; if assigned to operate a state vehicle to travel to & inspect project sites, must possess valid driver's license.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated registration.

Job Skills: Civil Engineering