Project Development Specialist (Transportation Specialist Entry or Senior)

Position Summary

This position serves as a project leader in both design and construction for transportation improvement projects in the Northeast Region.

This position serves as a construction project leader for small, medium, and large construction projects. This position assumes the responsible charge for all construction activities, including the inspection, direction of assigned personnel, project layout, and conducting of public involvement for construction projects. This position administers construction contracts to ensure compliance with plans, specifications, and acceptable construction practices, and represents the department in high level contacts with the public and local officials. The projects may involve roadway and bridge reconditioning or reconstruction, substantial grading and paving, erosion control issues, complex layout, utility conflicts, various types of construction, traffic handling operations, and environmental issues.

This position serves as a project leader for the development of plans, specifications, and estimates for small, medium, and large design projects and as assistant design project leader for major complex projects. This position is responsible for preliminary and final plan preparation, investigating alternatives, preparing layouts and detail drawings, determining drainage, preparing reports and special provisions, performing engineering computations, and checking and reviewing the adequacy and correctness of technical work done by others. This position assumes responsible charge for conducting of public involvement coordination of utility and environmental issues and coordination of plan development with other agencies, division bureaus, and region sections.

The duties noted above are senior level; the position may be filled at the entry level with developmental opportunities to the senior level.

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Salary Information

The entry level position is in schedule-range (14-15) with an annual salary of $54,766 - $60,590, plus excellent benefits.

The senior level position is in schedule-range (14-14) with an annual salary of $64,480 - $74,880, plus excellent benefits.

A twelve month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.

Job Details

Independent travel may be required up to 25% of the time for fieldwork, trainings, meetings, etc.

WisDOT does not sponsor work visas. WisDOT is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM-OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates at the entry level must have education OR experience with engineering principles and methods - may include: using engineering software, reviewing plats or surveys, reading and interpreting technical documents, construction inspection, material testing, preparing plans and bid documents, etc.

Qualified candidates at the senior level must have extensive education OR experience with engineering principles and methods

How To Apply

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Permanent classified state employees who are eligible for consideration (transfer or voluntary demotion) should complete the application process as described above by the stated deadline.

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Deadline to Apply

Applications will be reviewed on a bi-weekly basis until the position is filled. The first application deadline is Monday, May 18th at 11:59 CST.