Resident Engineer

Professional Engineer 2 – Resident Engineer
Oregon Department of Transportation
Delivery & Operations Division – Region 3
District 8
White City

The role:

Bring your management experience to our team in White City! As a resident engineer, you will supervise and manage the delivery of multimillion dollar transportation construction projects. You will be responsible for contract administration, managing staff and participating on management teams. Apply today!

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions and hope you will join us on our path to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are an agency that embraces social equity through our values, strategic planning, and actions. Leaning into our equity priorities means we continually examine what we do, the impact we have, and our progress toward weaving social equity into who we are. To learn more about our social equity commitments, visit our Social Equity website.

A day in the life:
* Plan, prepare, evaluate, document and manage the office’s fiscal budgets and cash flow.
* Manage construction authorizations and construction engineering budgets on each project.
* Oversee financial administration functions including preparing monthly reports, state payroll and ordering supplies.
* Plan, prepare and document the monthly plan for workforce balancing of engineers, technicians, surveyors, clerical and other staff.
* Coordinate hiring, training, performance reviews and leave requests.
* Assign, schedule, direct, supervise and review work performed by construction and survey staff.
* Oversee comprehensive review of preliminary and final plans and specifications.
* Coordinate pre bid and preconstruction meetings with staff and stakeholders.
* Meet with contractors to plan and coordinate work, resolve issues and discuss scheduling.
* Supervise the preparation of monthly contractor progress payment estimates.
* Conduct field visits, perform inspections and review accident reports.
* To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.

What’s in it for you:
* Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, competitive benefits packages and so much more.
* Live, work and play in White City, Oregon!

What we need:

A valid professional engineer's (PE) license in civil, structural, or transportation-related engineering and three (3) years of journey level professional engineer experience.

Note: If registered in another state, successful applicants will be required to obtain comity within six months of hire.

What we’d like to see:
If you have these qualities, let us know! It’s how we will choose whom to move forward!
Note: You do not need to have all of these qualities to be eligible for this position.
* Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with a variety of audiences including internal and external partners.
* Experience leading and working with multidiscipline teams with varying viewpoints and perspectives.
* Experience related to transportation projects, highway construction and contract administration.
* Ability to use advanced engineering judgment and apply engineering principles in highly complex and controversial contract plans.
* Experience coaching and mentoring staff to build a positive work environment and a trusting, cohesive team.

Learn more and apply:

Our first application screening is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 28th. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.

Please note that we can only accept applications through our website.

Questions? Call 503-910-6372 or email ODOTRecruitmentCC@odot.oregon.gov.

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer