Design Engineer jobs in Atlanta, GA

JOB SUMMARY: Serves as Group Leader, District Senior Design Leader, or Unit Manager over professional engineers performing a broad range of engineering principles and overseas complex projects. Manages the quality control process for engineering groups or Districts. Manages activities of the engineering group or District. Coordinates and assigns projects and project tasks among engineering group members or District to ensure on time project delivery.  

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES: Serves as Civil Engineering Group Manager within the Office of Bridge Design. Supervises the completion of project milestones and other deliverables according to the baseline schedule for bridges, retaining walls, box culverts, and other highway structures. Provides engineering solutions to design problems that arise during construction. Coordinates project development with the office and with the public, other offices, other governmental agencies, and public and private utilities. Reviews and coordinates the design and preparation of bridge construction projects performed by consulting engineering firms and local governments. Meet regularly with design group members to review work progress, resolve any problems to keep projects on schedule and ensure that the information and materials needed to complete project tasks are available to them. Develops action plans to resolve design related issues/delays with Design Group members. Coordinates with Project Manager and/or Project Team concerning issues related to project engineering & plan development. Makes recommendations and carries out personnel actions in accordance with applicable federal, state, and departmental policies and procedures. Approves leave in compliance with Dept. policy. Ensure WFTK is accurate. Prepares ePerformance plan and complete ePerformance ratings for all Design Group employees and counsels each individual on their performance. Prepares yearly goals and individual development plans for each member of the Design Group. Monitors performance and coaches employees to facilitate their development.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The selected candidate must meet the advertised minimum qualifications to include State Entry Qualifications as well as Agency Specific Minimum Qualifications

STATE ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or civil engineering and technology AND demonstrated experience in a lead worker or supervisory role, and a Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• OR Professional Engineering (PE) license and demonstrated experience in a lead worker or supervisory role. 

AGENCY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

·       Advanced level knowledge of Bridge and Structural engineering and AASHTO Bridge Specifications.  Strong familiarity with the Plan Development Process. 

·       Extensive experience performing/reviewing all types of engineering mathematical reasoning and design computations.  

·       Extensive experience developing project design for design quality, value analysis and from the point of view of construction staging compatibility.  

·       Extensive experience reviewing project designs for compliance with AASHTO and DOT specifications and engineering procedures.    

·       Demonstrates excellent leadership skills with experience inspiring, motivating and guiding others towards accomplishment of office/department goals.  

·       Demonstrated experience planning, distributing and monitoring work assignments; evaluating work performance and providing feedback to others on their performance. 

·       Demonstrated ability to independently direct and mange a team of advanced professionals in the development of multiple complete bridge construction projects and to coordinate this development effort with other Department offices, federal and state agencies, and local governments, as consistent with the provisions of the Department’s Plan Development Process.

·       Demonstrated experience anticipating problems in plan development, evaluating information, and developing and implementing effective solutions.  

·       Demonstrated experience developing a ready memory of projects and of structural solutions to problems solved in previous design experience.  

·       Demonstrated ability to use provided software applications to work efficiently.  

·       Demonstrated experience reading and understanding all pertinent design information from other offices.  

·       Demonstrated experience preparing clear, organized and succinct written technical correspondence.  

·       Committed to providing quality customer service.  

·       Demonstrated experience negotiating effectively with coworkers and other offices, to reach a mutually acceptable solution which is responsive to the interests of the Department.  

·       Demonstrated ability to readily learn and teach new design principles or plan development procedures to group members.   

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated understanding of the Department and unit's goals and responds to these goals in design and management decisions.  
• Demonstrated ability to devise innovative methods for clearly presenting difficult or complex design details where standard practices are likely to result in ambiguity and in equivocal interpretations by contractors.  
• Demonstrated ability to visualize project from plan. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GDOT JOBS

The interview is just one part of the overall selection process and is not the only criteria used to make the final selection.  In addition to the interview, the final selection is based on the applicant’s work history and performance (documented in HR and/or Office files), PeopleSoft/employee status (i.e. rehire code), employee performance reviews, personnel file review (HR & Office Files), criminal background check, employment reference checks (including references and commendations from Managers and other relevant documentation) and, for supervisory positions, demonstrated leadership skills based on past and current work history will be considered.  

Good Employment Standing:

In accordance with the Interview and Selection Process (ISP), an applicant must have no active disciplinary actions to be in good employment standing.  Actions that may disqualify an applicant include letters of reprimand (active for 12 months after issuance date); suspension without pay or disciplinary demotion (active for 12 months from the effective date); Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) and Leave Restriction Plans (active until 12 months after the date of conclusion).  In addition, an employee must have an overall e-Performance rating score of three (3) or higher on their most current evaluation.  Please note that Memorandums of Concern are not considered disqualifying factors.  Human Resources may remove any employee from consideration for selection who is pending a disciplinary action; however, if the action is resolved in the employee’s favor, he or she will be allowed to compete. 

THIS IS AN INTERNAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN ONLY TO GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS AN UNCLASSIFIED POSITION.

THE SELECTED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO A REFERENCE CHECK AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, WHERE APPLICABLE.

PLEASE INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT JOB INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION.  ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE PRESCREENED.

UPON PROMOTION, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE 10% or THE GDOT JOB SPECIFIC MINIMUM SALARY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. 

GDOT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER