Job Responsibilities
Serves as the Assistant Construction Engineer. Coordinates and supervises field engineers and technicians, ensuring a properly trained, certified and skilled workforce monitors construction activity on assigned highway and bridge construction contracts. Ensures minimum sampling and testing requirements and quality assurance specifications are met, and ensures all inspection work and highway, bridge, and utility construction activity is properly documented by field inspectors and engineers. Verifies quantities measured for payment to the contractor are accurate and in compliance with contract provisions and departmental policy. Monitors all contract and utility construction activity on assigned projects, ensuring compliance with contract plans and specifications and all applicable local, city, state, and federal specifications, laws, permits, and regulations. Ensures all construction-related right-of-way agreements are properly obtained and closely followed during construction. Assists the Resident Construction Engineer with general office correspondence and with the generation of contract documents and monthly construction pay estimates. Verifies all required contract submittals are received in a timely manner are accurate and are properly maintained on file for the duration of the contract. Assists the Resident Construction Engineer with correspondence required to close construction contracts following final acceptance. Meets with highway and bridge contractors, local, city, state, and federal authorities, utility representatives, and the general public concerning construction-related issues as a representative of the SCDOT, ensures the interests of the department are clearly communicated and protected during conflict. Ensures construction conflicts and complaints are resolved in a timely, ethical, practical, and cost-effective manner. Verifies highway and bridge construction is completed to the correct survey line and grade. Supervises the surveying crews and trains engineers and technicians in the proper use and maintenance of surveying equipment. Assists the Resident Construction Engineer with miscellaneous office management tasks. Verifies department property and office supplies are procured and maintained in an acceptable manner, assists with human resources management, ensures a safe and productive work environment, etc. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum And Additional Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Science and Management and three (3) years of engineering or construction management work experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence.
The physical demands for the essential functions involves sitting or standing at a desk for extended periods of time. This position may require occasional travel. May require bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, and kneeling. Walking for extended periods, treading rough terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and in natural environmental hazards. May be required to work outside normal business hours or respond to emergency situations.
Additional Comments
Applications accepted on-line at careers.sc.gov. Supplemental questions are considered part of the application and must be completed. Additional questions regarding the application process should be directed to: District 3 HR at 864-239-6044
Non-Discrimination Statement
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is committed to a diverse workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
