Assistant Transportation Engineer
Alameda County Transportation Commission Oakland, CA, USA
- Location: Oakland, CA, USA
- Categories: Engineering, Planning and Development, Project Management, Transportation or Transit
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Jul 17, 2024
Job Description:
Assistant Transportation Engineer
Description
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
- Knowledge of civil and transportation engineering principles, concepts, and standards to help successfully deliver capital projects located on the state highway system, arterials or rail crossings.
- Ability to learn project controls, cost control, and project reporting.
- Aptitude to understand Federal, State, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, design standards, and procedures relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
- Knowledge of practices researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, and reporting analysis.
- Skills collaborating and building strong partnerships with a wide variety of local agencies and consultants.
- Strong work ethic; ability to prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner and meet critical deadlines; detail-oriented approach to work.
- Knowledge or experience with grant application development.
- Knowledge of capital project development processes/phases.
- Effectively communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing, including demonstrated technical writing skills.
EXAMPLE OF ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as an assistant project engineer/ project participant (based on experience) on transportation engineering projects including multimodal/complete streets corridor projects, freeway interchange modernization projects, rail grade separation and crossing safety improvements, and other regionally significant projects.
- Review and develop drafts of project study reports, project reports, environmental documents, and other technical documents.
- Review plans, specifications, estimates, and technical reports for consistency with applicable codes and standards and requirements of Caltrans, local jurisdictions, and other agencies.
- Perform Quality Control checks on technical work products from consultants.
- Provide input into project designs (based on experience) and technical analyses to best meet project purpose and need and manage scope as overseen by Project Managers.
- Review drafts of contract terms and amendments; ensure consultant/contractor compliance with agency terms and conditions, standards and specifications, and time and budget estimates; review and track deliverables and action items; monitor project schedule and cost adherence. Investigate problems related to scope of work or cost issues. Support project manager to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Analyze and report on project schedules and project expenditures as directed by the Director of Project Delivery.