What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Engineer position at Empire Education Group?
TRC Companies, Inc., a pioneer in groundbreaking scientific and engineering developments since the 1960's, is a national engineering and environmental consulting firm that provides integrated services to the energy, environmental and infrastructure markets. TRC serves a broad range of clients in industry and government, implementing complex projects from initial concept to delivery and operation.
TRC is seeking multiple Transportation Engineers to join our team in Fresno, CA supporting District 6. These engineers will perform various transportation engineering tasks of average difficulty accomplished through understanding and applying Caltrans standards, manuals, guidelines, policies, directives and computer software applications. Travel is required. Employee is required to have a current California driver’s license, when operating a state-owned vehicle or driving another vehicle for state business.
Job Responsibilities
- Performing or guiding the design and technical analysis of the project(s) assigned. Makes sound decisions on technical problems and methods related to the work being performed based on established engineering principles and guidelines, and supervisory guidance.
- Serves as project engineer, defining the scope of the project, developing budget and schedule estimates, performing feasibility studies, managing staff, and providing training.
- Monitoring project progress status, compliance with approved scope, and informing all parties of the same.
- Reviewing proposed changes for impact on the project design, budget or schedule.
- Preparing reports and presentations that provide raw technical data in a concise and comprehensible manner.
- Consults with clients, engineers within other departments, and external project team members as a representative regarding assigned projects. Acts as the point of contact for inquiries regarding the project.
- Completes documentation of projects accurately and timely.
- May act as a technical providing training and outside presentations to clients, peers, and engineering community.
- Duties include the development, coordination, and review of engineering plans, specifications, estimates and reports, for highway, freeway, and transportation facility projects.
- Development of plans include producing and reviewing layouts, profiles, typical sections, title sheets, super elevation diagrams, drainage, construction details, grading, utilities, traffic striping, stage construction, detours, and quantity summaries. Provide review of technical studies, reports and packages produced by local agencies, developers, permit applicants and their consultants, for compliance with design standards and engineering principles.
- Produce and review project hydraulic design analysis and studies, storm water data reports, prepare and assemble contract specifications and documents for ready to list (RTL) submittal.
- Coordination of safety, constructability and value analysis review meetings, review and provide comments on project plans and estimates to assess completeness and to correct errors and deficiencies and to develop or improve the final plans, specifications & estimate (PS&E) product. Provide CADD support and training for various design software, user best practices, resolution of issues pertaining to computerized design, plotter support, file support, and computer related equipment inventory management.