Transportation Design Project Manager (Engineer III)

Salary : $77,640.16 - $129,399.50 Annually
Location : FAIRFAX (EJ03), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 25-00549
Department: Transportation
Opening Date: 03/01/2025
Closing Date: 3/14/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S27
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system. FCDOT is seeking a motivated, highly qualified, and public service-oriented Engineer III to join the Transportation Design Division.

Serving as a Transportation Design Project Manager, this position is primarily responsible for overall project management and contract administration for multiple multimodal transportation improvement projects. In a dynamic and quickly evolving environment, this position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in achieving the county's strategic transportation goals.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing engineering support during project design, land acquisition, and construction phases for assigned projects, including coordinating with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), County, and other regulatory agencies.
• Preparing, monitoring, and managing project budgets and schedules to ensure assigned projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Developing design engineering and/or construction consultant scopes of work, and negotiating and managing contracts, including approving invoices for payment.
• Reviewing consultant deliverables, including design/construction plans, plats, and specifications to ensure projects meet all applicable engineering standards and requirements.
• Attending project-related design field inspections, utility field inspections, pre-construction and construction meetings, and monitoring construction progress to ensure conformance with project design.
• Identifying, responding to, and resolving public concerns related to assigned projects.
• Preparing and communicating technical reports, status reports, meeting summaries, letters, official items for Board of Supervisors' consideration, and other documents as required.
• Preparing presentations for and serving as a subject matter expert at project-related public meetings, briefings for senior leadership and/or elected officials, and other audiences, as required to meet specific audience needs.
• Attending other project-related meetings, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends.

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Employment Standards
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")

Graduation from a four-year college or university accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technologies with a bachelor's degree in the appropriate engineering or architectural field; plus, three years of progressively responsible professional experience in the appropriate engineering or architectural field.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's license

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and five years of experience in multimodal transportation project design, particularly bike and pedestrian walkway/trail facilities, spot intersection improvements, and/or roadway design.
• Knowledge of and experience with federal and VDOT design standards, guidelines, and procedures, particularly the VDOT Locally Administered Project (LAP) manual.
• Ability to read and understand roadway and other public improvement design plans.
• Strong computer skills and experience with AutoCAD Civil3D and/or Microstation, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Engineer-In-Training certificate or Professional Engineer license, or related certification, such as Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Project Management Professional (PMP), VDOT Locally Administered Projects (LAP) Certification, Designated Plans Examiner (DPE), or DEQ Certified Stormwater Management Plan Reviewer.
• Ability to work independently and strong organizational, time management, and project management skills, including ability to coordinate multiple projects, prioritize, and meet established deadlines.
• Strong written communication skills, including ability to prepare presentations, technical memoranda, non-technical memoranda, letters, and other correspondence.
• Strong oral communication skills, as well as experience presenting to and providing subject matter expertise for and engaging with elected officials, staff, and the community.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships.
• Desire to advance a collaborative and supportive culture.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work is primarily sedentary. Ability to perform field investigations of transportation design projects. Ability to stand, stoop, bend, stretch, walk, climb, sit, kneel, crouch, reach, crawl, lift and handle materials with manual dexterity. Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. Ability to input, access, and retrieve information from a computer. Visual acuity to review detailed drawings, plans and documents. Ability to walk, negotiate or traverse property sites that may be undergoing construction or having terrain that is not level. Work requires performing tasks in adverse weather conditions. Ability to travel to various locations throughout Fairfax County to provide coverage, attend meetings and trainings. Ability to operate a motor vehicle. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. EEO/AA/TTY.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Commuter Benefit Program
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

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Non-Merit Positions

Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Flexible Spending Program
• Deferred Compensation

Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.

• No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Civil engineering
• Architecture
• Transportation engineering
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not Applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".
05

Have you graduated from a four-year college or university accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technologies?

• Yes
• No

06

Do you currently possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

07

How many years of full-time equivalent progressively responsible experience do you have in the appropriate engineering or architectural field?(Progressively responsible experience: Refers to tasks, job duties, or roles that demonstrate growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.)

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

08

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have designing multimodal transportation improvement projects?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight years or more

09

Please indicate the total project value of the largest single project you have been directly involved with over the course of your career as Design Engineer or Lead Engineer.

• None
• Less than $ 500,000
• $500,000 to less than $1,000,000
• $1,000,000 to less than $5,000,000
• $5,000,000 to less than $10,000,000
• $10,000,000 or more

10

Over the course of your career, on what types of transportation projects have you served as the lead design engineer or the senior design engineer? Check all that apply.

• Bike and/or pedestrian facilities
• Spot/intersection Improvements (turn lanes)
• Major roadway improvements (widening, new construction)
• None of the above

11

Please indicate below which computer applications and software programs of which you have a working knowledge or experience. Check all that apply.

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Teams
• AutoCAD Civil3D
• Microstation
• None of the above

12

Please indicate the following professional certification(s) and/or license(s) you have earned. Please check all that apply.

• FE(EIT) Certificate
• Professional Engineer License (PE)
• American Institute of Certified Engineers (AICP)
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• VDOT Locally Administered Projects (LAP) Certification
• Designated Plans Examiner (DPE)
• Other
• None of the above

13

If you selected any of the license(s) and/or certification(s) listed in the previous question or you selected "Other", please list the type of license and/or certification below, and provide the license number, the expiration date, and the state in which you are licensed. If this is not applicable to you, enter "Not applicable".
14

This position will be required to attend off-site meetings and visit project sites that may require the operation of a personal and/or County vehicle. Are you able and willing to do so?

• Yes
• No

Required Question