Engineering Technician III – 2 Openings!
Location: Asheville, NC
How to Apply
You MUST apply at https://tinyurl.com/5h5n2yxf by June 19.
This posting is for 2 openings and your application will be considered for BOTH of them!
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NEW HIGHER SALARY: $42,464 – $74,313
The Challenge
We are looking for 2 experienced Engineering Technician III’s to join our Asheville Resident Engineering team.
In this role, you will:
- Serve as a lead project inspector and support senior engineers in the administration of medium to large highway construction projects.
- Monitor contractor’s daily operations and perform/review test reports to ensure that all work and materials conform to specifications, plans, and contract provisions.
- Perform contract administration duties, such as pay record entry/review, material received reports, certified payroll, haul tickets, as-constructed plans, and monthly estimates.
- Manage and train junior technicians, including NCDOT staff and contracted construction inspectors.
- Resolve daily constructability issues and troubleshoot problems to mitigate delays in contractor’s progress.
- Monitor utility relocation efforts by inspecting and tracking relocation work.
- Anticipate contractual problems and advise supervisor of need for plan revisions, supplemental agreements, or other contract adjustments to improve safety, timely delivery, and quality of delivered products.
- Monitor contractor’s operations to ensure compliance with subcontract agreements and with the contract Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements.
- Ensure compliance with NC Sedimentation and Pollution Control Act, and that all work performed in permitted areas is done in accordance with permits.
- Effectively communicate and coordinate work with contractors, subcontractors, utility owners, and property owners to minimize delays and disturbances while maximizing project progress.
What You Bring
- Knowledge in understanding, interpreting, and analyzing contracts, plans, standards, and specifications associated with highway construction projects, including roadways and structures.
- Experience performing inspections, sampling, and materials testing (i.e., concrete, asphalt density) to ensure compliance with NCDOT specifications.
- Experience planning, developing, scheduling, tracking, and completing projects independently or with limited supervision.
- General knowledge of surveying.
- Computer skills using iPad, laptops, applications (e.g., Microsoft Office Word/Excel/Outlook, HiCams and SharePoint), and math functions.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive communication between technicians, engineers, contractors, and the public.
- Good verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate in a clear, concise, organized, and persuasive manner.
- Ability to make independent decisions using sound engineering judgement.
- Ability to work safely in an outside environment with exposure to hazards on construction sites, including heights, highway traffic, weather extremes, and traversing rough terrain when evaluating highway construction.
- Physical fitness to walk, climb, balance, kneel, and stand.
- Strength to lift 50 pounds.
- Ability to work nights and weekends as required with fluctuating hours exceeding 50 hours a week on any assigned project in the Division.
- You apply a safety philosophy and program to all operations.
- Safety toe shoes.
Education & Experience
- Associate’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology, Survey Technology, or a related field, and
- 3+ years relevant technician-level experience; or
- An equivalent combination of training and experience.
Questions?
Call me: Christina Lassalle at (828) 250-3270.
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