Professional Engineer I, Bridge Design, Denver

This position is open to Colorado residents and non-residents applicants. 

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

About the Position:
This position provides professional structural engineering knowledge for the design of highway structures and components for construction projects, development of Structural Standards and Specifications, and the appraisal and rating of existing structures.  Checks designs, reports, and other structural engineering submittals prepared by consultants and department personnel, providing the direction necessary to bring the designs into compliance with state and federal rules, objectives and guidelines.  Helps construction and maintenance personnel interpret structural plans and specifications in order to resolve construction issues.  Provides input to the maintenance of the department’s Structural Standards and Specifications.  Researches and advices management on new theories, products, materials, processes, and software pertaining to structural engineering.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Standards & Specifications

• Develop new structural engineering Standards and Specifications.
• Maintain and publish assigned portions of the Department’s structural Standards and Specifications.

Design Studies

• Select appropriate highway structures for construction optimizing safety, economic, construction, and aesthetic and durability considerations.
• Prepare structure selection reports by preparing general layouts, costs estimates and documenting findings and project decisions.

Design/Detailing/Analysis

• Design highway structures and structural components conforming to state and federal requirements and objectives using engineering principles, national design specifications, and the Department’s structural
• Standards and Specifications.
• Prepare construction specifications for structures.
• Evaluate and report the condition and capacity of existing structures for overloads, rehabilitation, or remedial action.

Construction

• Provide construction assistance on projects including helping construction and maintenance personnel interpret the bid documents.
• Perform the inspection of fabricated structural products.
• Redesign portions of the proposed structure as needed to resolve field problems.
• Review and suggest changes to the shop drawings to make them conform to the intent of the bid documents.

QC/QA/Rating

• Independently check structure selection reports and structural bid documents for in-house and consultant projects providing the necessary direction to bring them into compliance with state and federal requirements and objectives, engineering principles, national design specifications, and the Department’s structural Standards and Specifications.
• Make the calculations and prepare structural rating packages for new and existing bridges.

Communication

• Communicate (meetings, telephone and correspondence) with outside parties to establish the purpose, schedule and design requirements for the Department’s projects and other assignments.

Field Engineering

• Inspect structures in the field for the purposes of appraising structures; resolving design, construction, or maintenance issues.
• Utilize knowledge and understanding of site topography, material degradation and overall structural behavior.

Training

• Read industry publications and attend training, seminars, and presentations to stay abreast of new structural engineering related products, materials, practices, software and research.
• Assist coworkers and the consulting community in the practical use of new products, materials, software and research related to structural engineering.

Management

• Coordinate the design efforts of contributing engineers and supervise the Department’s Technicians in the preparation of project bid documents.
• Train and assist other personnel in the design of highway structures and answer related questions regarding the meaning or intent of standards, specifications, and procedures.

Structure Assessment Management

• Assist the Regions and the structural asset management unit with identifying, scoping, and prioritizing needed structural work for individual structures or groups of structures.
• As assigned cross train in the bridge inspection and asset management programs and performs NBI and Pontis inspections, provide asset management data analysis, and prepare reports.

Work Environment: 

• Primarily 8:00 am – 5:00 pm work hours, Monday-Friday, potential for flex time
• Opportunity to work from home up to 2 days a week starting from 6 months after hire.
• Approximately 20% spent in the field, 80% spent in the office
• Daytime travel during business hours to project sites, to attend meetings, conduct preliminary engineering investigations.
• Occasional evening/night and weekend work depending on construction projects.
• May be required to work on call during road closures as needed.
• Overnight travel to projects throughout the Region as well as to meetings in other parts of the state: approximately 10%
• Required to work in proximity to heavy traffic, in variable weather, and over variable terrain
• Exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy conditions caused by the weather.
• Contact with water or other liquids; or exposure to nonweather-related humid conditions.

Required to operate CDOT vehicles

Minimum Qualifications

• Current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from the Colorado State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Professional Land Surveyors

OR

• Current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from another U.S. state’s Board of Licensure. If meeting qualifications with an out-of-state PE license, it would be a condition of employment to obtain your Colorado PE license within six months of hire.