Transportation Engineer Civil (GS)

The Division of Engineering Services (DES), Geotechnical Services (GS) is looking to hire a Transportation Engineer Civil (TE Civil) in the Office of Geotechnical Design South (OGDS).

Under the direction of a Senior Transportation Engineer or Senior Engineering Geologist, the incumbent will provide technical expertise, support, and recommendations on geotechnical topics as they evolve, starting with the project planning phase and progressing through the design, construction, and operation phases of the State Transportation System. Periodic travel to the Districts and field sites for periods of several days to weeks may be required. The TE Civil will conduct geotechnical studies including site exploration, direction of laboratory testing, analysis, and preparation of reports, presenting recommendations, designs, and specifications including consideration of constructability.  These studies include and are not limited to the areas of expansive soils, mechanically stabilized walls and embankments, tieback retaining walls, geotechnical earthquake engineering including earthquake response, settlement and stability of embankments, stability of earth and rock slopes, soil nail walls, and design of structure foundations (shallow and deep).

As part of employment with DES, there is a mandatory TE Civil Professional Development Rotation Program that applies to all permanent full-time TE Civils hired after January 1, 2017. Temporary relocation more than 50 miles from your permanent unit may be necessary for rotation assignments.

Incumbents should have thorough knowledge of soil mechanics principles; soil behavior under various stress paths and stress conditions; laboratory and field soil and rock testing methods and procedures; site exploration and sampling techniques and equipment; and geotechnical field instrumentation methods and practices.  This knowledge is as normally acquired in graduate level course work in geotechnical engineering.

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The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.

PARF# 59-4-007 / JC- 428473