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Lead Project Delivery Engineer (TTE)
Description
About WSDOT
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputation for excellence. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods throughout the state. In addition to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-winning Active Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation!
The Opportunity
WSDOT is seeking a skilled technical engineer to provide senior-level oversight, technical leadership, and engineering expertise for overseeing state and federal grant-funded public transportation capital construction and infrastructure projects. This position will support the successful development and delivery of complex, high-risk multimodal transportation investments by ensuring projects are planned, designed, constructed, and administered in compliance with legislative intent, grant program requirements, and applicable state and federal regulations. Responsibilities include technical oversight of approximately $600 million in public transportation capital investments, including contract and regulatory compliance, risk management, project delivery support, and implementation of technical analysis, policies, and standards.
What to Expect
Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Lead Project Delivery Engineer will:
- Provide senior-level technical oversight of a small team managing capital construction projects led by grantees.
- Apply advanced professional engineering judgment to oversee complex, high-risk grantee-led projects.
- Serve as the Transportation Technical expert and senior technical authority.
- Provide expert guidance in project risk identification and mitigation, lead team activities in financial oversight and administration of state-funded projects and otherwise support capital investments.
- Ensure project compliance with applicable state and federal engineering standards, funding requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Provide strategic technical advisory support to the Program Manager related to project delivery methods, risk management strategies and performance outcomes.
- Coordinate as a technical expert with grantees, internal and external WSDOT partners, and partner agencies.
- Ensure compliance with environmental, right-of-way, ADA, and other applicable requirements, lead construction project closeout and inspection documentation review.
- Manage the review and approval of invoices, contracts, and amendments.
- Investigate and assist in resolving project disputes, including the analysis of financial impacts and complex schedule delays.
Qualifications
To be considered for this opportunity, the following competencies are required:
Civil Engineering Expertise
- Extensive experience in leading or overseeing capital construction projects through planning, environmental review, design, and construction.
- Extensive experience, education, or training in transportation engineering, planning, or related fields.
- Advanced understanding of construction policies, processes, and engineering principles.
- Familiarity with applicable state and federal regulations, such as environmental documentation including NEPA, Uniform Act, BABA, Buy America, and others.
- Extensive knowledge and skills to use advanced engineering judgment in identifying transportation challenges and potential risks before they materialize and develop recommendations for mitigation.
Leadership Skills
- Ability to lead teams in generating and implementing workable, useful, and appropriate courses of action in response to evolving situations.
- Experience communicating complex policy, project, and technical information effectively using verbal, written, and visual communication skills to a diverse audience, including program/project managers, executives, internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to lead and serve as a key member on various internal and external teams to collaboratively make decisions, and prepare well-developed programs, projects, systems, and reports in alignment with WSDOT and partners’ priorities.
Project Management Expertise
- Demonstrated experience managing complex processes including the transition from traditional approaches to project delivery to implementing new methods and practical, innovative solutions.
- Extensive knowledge of project management, performance evaluation, and conflict resolution best practices and ability to apply them in a wide variety of situations.
- Ability to develop and implement project evaluation techniques and tools.
Growth Mindset &Service-Oriented
- Actively demonstrates a commitment to learning and growth, especially in team members.
- Takes action to meet the needs of others.
It is preferred that qualified candidates also demonstrate:
- Technical Leadership & Guidance: Ability to provide clear guidance to staff within Public Transportation Division and within the public transportation arena for optimized scoping procedures and consistent review and prioritization methods.
- Communication & Stakeholder Support: Extensive experience in clearly reporting on transportation issues and challenges to program/project managers and external stakeholders in clear and understandable terms.
- Transportation Project Delivery: Experience with design standards, engineering principles, and project delivery processes related to transportation capital construction and infrastructure projects.
- Strategic Planning & Program Development: Ability to work with teams and stakeholders to identify business requirements and develop qualitative and quantitative project and program goals.
- Engineering Compliance & Professional Practice: Credentials to sign, seal, and date final plans, specifications, and estimates in Washington State.
- Program & Resource Management: Ability to develop and manage staff, consultants, budgets, timelines, resources, and contracts, and organize and prioritize work despite tight deadlines, multiple stakeholders, and competing priorities. Monitor and report progress toward goals.
- Mentorship & Staff Development: Extensive experience, knowledge, and credentials to train and mentor junior team members on an engineering career path.
Important Notes
- This recruitment may also be used to fill additional positions per business needs.
- This position offers flexible/hybrid remote work options. The official duty station and/or frequency of telework for this position will be determined based on candidate preference and overall business needs.
- In addition to base salary, employees may be entitled to other forms of compensation depending on the type, duties, or location of the position. For union-represented positions, more information on other forms of compensation can be found in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements. Information on other compensation types for non-represented positions can be found in Chapter 357-28 of the Washington Administrative Code.
- WSDOT does not use the E-Verify system, therefore we are not eligible to extend STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT). For more information, please visit www.uscis.gov
Why WSDOT
- Work-Life Balance – We are committed to ensure that our staff experience the reward of public service, while also sustaining a routine that suits each individuals’ lifestyle. As such, there are a number of flexible schedule options available, including telework options for eligible positions.
- Paid Leave – In addition to 12 paid holidays, full-time employees earn up to 25 paid vacation days per year!
- Tuition Assistance – Permanent employees have several options for assistance with education expenses, including tuition reimbursement programs, government discounts at participating colleges throughout the state, and eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness.
- Plan For Your Future – WSDOT offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a variety of healthcare options. Employees also have their choice of state retirement programs, and much more. Go to State Benefits for more information.
Check out this video to learn more: Why WSDOT?
How to Apply
Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Your relevant experience may be evaluated to determine salary. Therefore, it is very important that the “Work Experience” portion of the application be completed in as much detail as possible.
In order to be considered for this opportunity, please include the following with your online application:
- An attached Resume outlining (in reverse chronological order) your experience to date.
- An attached Cover Letter that further explains your qualifications and indicates why you believe you are a viable candidate for this role.
- Contact details for a minimum of three (3) individuals who can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job-related competencies. NOTE: This information may be entered in the “References” section of the online application; does not require an additional attachment.
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WSDOT is an equal opportunity employer. We value the importance of creating an environment in which all employees can feel respected, included, and empowered to bring unique ideas to the agency. Our diversity and inclusion efforts include embracing different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints while fostering growth and advancement in the workplace. All persons, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, and/ or gender identity, are encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the listed Recruiter.
Contact Us
For inquiries about this posting, you may contact the assigned Recruiter at Robyn.Lovely@wsdot.wa.gov. Please be sure to reference 26DOT-HQ-04428 in the subject line.
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