Transportation Engineer 4 - D8 CPA - District Environmental Coordinator - PN20062935

Who We Are:

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5th largest interstate system and the 2nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency’s vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.

Odot'S Mission Statement:

To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future

Benefits To You:

• Extensive benefits including medical, vision, dental and basic life insurance
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Paid time off with vacation, sick and personal leave accruals
• At least a 14% employer contribution in to your OPERS pension plan
• Pay increases pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code
• Employee Tuition reimbursement programs

-Work/Life Balance

 -The opportunity to work on an important mission

District Environmental Coordinator

Leads D8 Environmental Engineering Team within the Planning Department including:

• Manages the environmental program for District 8, reviewing and approving all District 8 environmental documents.
• Serves as the point of contact for Highway Management and District 8 Facilities to review environmental impacts associated with force account work and Facilities improvements.
• Serves as District 8 point of contact coordinating with ODOT's Office of Environmental Services and external environmental resource agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring environmental commitments are honored throughout project development.
• Ensures environmental impacts are considered when projects are initiated and scoped.
• Ensures the environmental process requirements are completed timely resulting in successful delivery of District 8's capital program annually.
• Represents ODOT at various MPO and TID committee meetings.
• Serves as District 8 point of contact for management of the combined D7/D8 Environmental Services Task Order.
• Serves as District 8 PIO contact for public inquiries on environmental grounds (e.g. traffic noise complaints)

Official Position Description:

 As District Scope of Services & Programming Engineer, acts as staff specialist (i.e., develops engineering policies & plans projects concerned with unique or controversial problems which have significant impact on major organizational programs; keeps abreast of new scientific methods & developments affecting Department & recommends changes in program emphasis; represents administrator in administration of contracts involving multiple complex projects, programs & directives; develops &/or revises policies & directives based on field observation & testing); signs plans &/or other engineering documents as registered professional engineer. Schedules scope meetings with other offices in order to gather information to be used in formulation of project scope (e.g., obtain preliminary engineering data necessary for preparation of workable scope for estimating programming & design packages). Prepares or directs others in preparing programming packages for Ellis computer system. Acts as Ellis coordinator, responsible for data entry into Ellis system. Oversees ranking systems (i.e., bridge & pavement) including management & analysis of data utilized by these systems. Develops long-term strategies for achieving normalization regarding both bridges & pavements. Provides support in managing & forecasting future requirements related to District allocation/work plan. Provides information to internal & external customers regarding current & historical bridge & pavement condition ratings. Operates state vehicle to travel to & inspect project sites.
Manages District Environmental Section & coordinates project & meeting deadlines. Oversees work of personnel involved in preliminary engineering, project scoping &/or preparation of programming packages. Coordinates work with local public agencies (LPAs) & metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). Assists administrator in preparation & monitoring of District budget allocation. Evaluates programs, policies & procedures. Provides administrator with technical advice to aid in decision-making. Evaluates policy changes & their impact on budget & traveling public. Re-scopes existing projects as needed due to policy changes. Cooperates with work plan coordinator in creating & assessing various funding scenarios. Independently generates & signs name to internal & external correspondence to consultants, local governments & general public.
Coordinates revisions necessary to keep Ellis up-to-date. Represents administrator at meetings & conferences with state, federal & local government agencies. Speaks for administrator regarding District work plan. Prepares or directs preparation of correspondence, reports & policy statements. Utilizes personal computer (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint) to prepare presentations & reports.
 

Licensed as registered professional engineer by Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Surveyors; 12 mos. exp. as Transportation Engineer 3, 85643; if assigned to operate a state vehicle to travel to & inspect project sites, must possess valid driver’s license. 

-Or licensed as registered professional engineer by Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Surveyors; 2 yrs. exp. as group or project leader or supervisor providing work direction & training to employees engaged in engineering projects or 2 yrs. exp. in managing engineering research projects (i.e., managing research projects applies only to staff specialist positions); if assigned to operate a state vehicle to travel to & inspect project sites, must possess valid driver’s license. 

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated registration.

• This position has been designated as a Career Professional position per the Ohio Revised Code 5501.20.
• Valid Driver's License required
• Must be licensed as Registered Professional Engineer by Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Surveyors.

All exempt promotions are required to serve a 6-month probationary period.