Transportation Engineering Associate III - Engineering Lead (61032456)
Apply NowCompany: State of South Carolina
Location: Dorchester, SC 29437
Description:
Salary: $82,040.00 - $98,448.00 Annually
Location : Dorchester County, SC
Job Type: FTE - Full-Time
Job Number: 174180
Agency: Department of Transportation-Headquarters
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
Closing Date: 3/23/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Class Code:: HD23
Position Number:: 61032456
Normal Work Schedule:: Other
Normal Work Schedule (Other):: Monday - Thursday: 7:00am - 5:30pm
Pay Band: Band 7
Hiring Range - Min.: $82,040.00
Hiring Range - Max.: $98,448.00
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
EEO Statement: Equal Opportunity Employer
Agency Specific Application Procedures:: Apply online and fully complete all sections of the application. A resume may be provided, but will not substitute for completing any section of the application. Accurately respond to all Supplemental Questions since they are part of your official application and are used to initially screen applicants. If the selected candidate indicates attainment of a college degree(s), he/she may be required to provide an official college transcript within thirty (30) calendar days of employment. Failure to provide documentation within the required time frame may result in termination of employment. SCDOT Human Resources Office, Room 115, 955 Park Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Phone: (803) 737-1321.
Veteran Preference Statement: South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions.
Job Responsibilities
Project Management Responsibilities: Identifies project characteristics and objectives. Establishes project plan, assigns and orients project staff, and allocates equipment resources. Monitors work for quality and timelines. Provides guidance, decisions, direct supervision, and takes corrective actions as needed. Resolves survey related problems. Consults with higher line of authority as necessary and advises management, or other SCDOT engineering staff, of discovered project problems that may significantly impact the project
Professional Responsibilities as a registered professional land surveyor: Conforms to professional standards of applicable work. Adheres to a professional standard of ethical conduct. Certifies applicable documents, plats, and drawings as a registered professional land surveyor. Sets monuments which control the location of boundary lines as written in the legal description of parcels of property acquired for right of way or other purposes. Determines property boundary line locations. Identifies boundary line discrepancies. Reconciles records, field evidence, and conflicting deed descriptions. Determines location of easements. Considers the priority of calls for landowner rights and identifies field conditions for evidence of possession.
Administrative Responsibilities: Complies with SCDOT Rules & Regulations, Policies, and Engineering Directives relative to the group's operation. Submits required reports and paperwork in an accurate and timely manner. Approves work time and leave request for subordinates. Ensures all unit supervisors adhere to the procedures set forth for documenting and approving work time and leave request in MSS.
Contributes to Team Effort: Serves in an advisory capacity, individually, or as a team member to develop policies, procedures, or engineering directives, standards, and specifications related to SCDOT surveying. Participates in software and associated procedure development as a team member, generally providing input with other surveying personnel, to software programmers. Serves in an advisory capacity, individually, or as a team member for the testing and evaluation of new equipment and software. May communicate directly with vendors concerning equipment and software purchase and/or use for SCDOT applications. Provides training requiring applicable specialized surveying expertise for SCDOT agency wide staff. For example, training District Engineering personnel on the use of survey equipment. Provides advice and assistance to Districts and other areas of SCDOT to resolve surveying related problems or issues.
Staff Development: Responsible for personnel matters including hiring, evaluating, disciplining, and promoting. Applies affirmative action and EEO requirements. Responds to employee grievances for assigned personnel. Supervises staff to include preparing performance planning and evaluation documents, and related personnel paperwork. Coaches, counsels, and trains employees. Establishes and monitors work processes. Implements management policies, initiatives, and promotes teamwork within the organization. Complies with SCDOT Safety policies and procedures. Maintains the upkeep and maintenance of state vehicles and inventory items. Utilizes ESS in SCEIS to enter work time along with charge codes, and leave request. Maintains and updates personal information in ESS as needed. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum and Additional Requirements
A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Science and Management and four (4) years of engineering or construction management work experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence. Necessary Special Requirement: Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) by the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
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
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.
Benefits for State Employees
The state of South Carolina offers eligible employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies.
Insurance Benefits
Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits. Other available insurance benefits include dental, vision, term life insurance, long term disability and flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses.
Retirement Benefits
State employees are also offered retirement plan options, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Additionally, eligible employees may elect to participate in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options.
Workplace Benefits
State employees may also be eligible for other benefits, including tuition assistance; holiday, annual and sick leave; and discounts on purchases, travel and more.
Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available.
01
Are you a current SCDOT employee? Your work experience with SCDOT should be reflected on the application in the work history section. Failure to accurately reflect work history may result in non-selection.
02
Are you a former SCDOT employee? Your work experience with SCDOT should be reflected on the application in the work history section. Failure to accurately reflect work history may result in non-selection.
03
Please indicate the highest level of education you have attained. If you have not completed high school, please indicate the highest grade you completed.
04
What class driver's license do you possess?
05
How did you find out about this vacancy at the South Carolina Department of Transportation? Please check all that apply.
06
If you selected "other" please explain how you found out about the vacancy at the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
07
If you were referred by a current SCDOT employee, what is their name?
08
I understand that I must complete the state application to include current and previous work history and education. A resume cannot be submitted for completed work history and education sections of the employment application.Only information contained within this application will be used to determine my qualifications for this position or for any other employment consideration should I be the selected candidate. I have read and acknowledged this statement.
09
My failure to accurately and completely describe my work experience may prevent my application from being forwarded to the hiring manager. I understand and acknowledge this statement.
Required Question
Location : Dorchester County, SC
Job Type: FTE - Full-Time
Job Number: 174180
Agency: Department of Transportation-Headquarters
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
Closing Date: 3/23/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Class Code:: HD23
Position Number:: 61032456
Normal Work Schedule:: Other
Normal Work Schedule (Other):: Monday - Thursday: 7:00am - 5:30pm
Pay Band: Band 7
Hiring Range - Min.: $82,040.00
Hiring Range - Max.: $98,448.00
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
EEO Statement: Equal Opportunity Employer
Agency Specific Application Procedures:: Apply online and fully complete all sections of the application. A resume may be provided, but will not substitute for completing any section of the application. Accurately respond to all Supplemental Questions since they are part of your official application and are used to initially screen applicants. If the selected candidate indicates attainment of a college degree(s), he/she may be required to provide an official college transcript within thirty (30) calendar days of employment. Failure to provide documentation within the required time frame may result in termination of employment. SCDOT Human Resources Office, Room 115, 955 Park Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Phone: (803) 737-1321.
Veteran Preference Statement: South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions.
Job Responsibilities
Project Management Responsibilities: Identifies project characteristics and objectives. Establishes project plan, assigns and orients project staff, and allocates equipment resources. Monitors work for quality and timelines. Provides guidance, decisions, direct supervision, and takes corrective actions as needed. Resolves survey related problems. Consults with higher line of authority as necessary and advises management, or other SCDOT engineering staff, of discovered project problems that may significantly impact the project
Professional Responsibilities as a registered professional land surveyor: Conforms to professional standards of applicable work. Adheres to a professional standard of ethical conduct. Certifies applicable documents, plats, and drawings as a registered professional land surveyor. Sets monuments which control the location of boundary lines as written in the legal description of parcels of property acquired for right of way or other purposes. Determines property boundary line locations. Identifies boundary line discrepancies. Reconciles records, field evidence, and conflicting deed descriptions. Determines location of easements. Considers the priority of calls for landowner rights and identifies field conditions for evidence of possession.
Administrative Responsibilities: Complies with SCDOT Rules & Regulations, Policies, and Engineering Directives relative to the group's operation. Submits required reports and paperwork in an accurate and timely manner. Approves work time and leave request for subordinates. Ensures all unit supervisors adhere to the procedures set forth for documenting and approving work time and leave request in MSS.
Contributes to Team Effort: Serves in an advisory capacity, individually, or as a team member to develop policies, procedures, or engineering directives, standards, and specifications related to SCDOT surveying. Participates in software and associated procedure development as a team member, generally providing input with other surveying personnel, to software programmers. Serves in an advisory capacity, individually, or as a team member for the testing and evaluation of new equipment and software. May communicate directly with vendors concerning equipment and software purchase and/or use for SCDOT applications. Provides training requiring applicable specialized surveying expertise for SCDOT agency wide staff. For example, training District Engineering personnel on the use of survey equipment. Provides advice and assistance to Districts and other areas of SCDOT to resolve surveying related problems or issues.
Staff Development: Responsible for personnel matters including hiring, evaluating, disciplining, and promoting. Applies affirmative action and EEO requirements. Responds to employee grievances for assigned personnel. Supervises staff to include preparing performance planning and evaluation documents, and related personnel paperwork. Coaches, counsels, and trains employees. Establishes and monitors work processes. Implements management policies, initiatives, and promotes teamwork within the organization. Complies with SCDOT Safety policies and procedures. Maintains the upkeep and maintenance of state vehicles and inventory items. Utilizes ESS in SCEIS to enter work time along with charge codes, and leave request. Maintains and updates personal information in ESS as needed. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum and Additional Requirements
A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Science and Management and four (4) years of engineering or construction management work experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence. Necessary Special Requirement: Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) by the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
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
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.
Benefits for State Employees
The state of South Carolina offers eligible employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies.
Insurance Benefits
Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits. Other available insurance benefits include dental, vision, term life insurance, long term disability and flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses.
Retirement Benefits
State employees are also offered retirement plan options, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Additionally, eligible employees may elect to participate in the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options.
Workplace Benefits
State employees may also be eligible for other benefits, including tuition assistance; holiday, annual and sick leave; and discounts on purchases, travel and more.
Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available.
01
Are you a current SCDOT employee? Your work experience with SCDOT should be reflected on the application in the work history section. Failure to accurately reflect work history may result in non-selection.
- Yes
- No
02
Are you a former SCDOT employee? Your work experience with SCDOT should be reflected on the application in the work history section. Failure to accurately reflect work history may result in non-selection.
- Yes
- No
03
Please indicate the highest level of education you have attained. If you have not completed high school, please indicate the highest grade you completed.
04
What class driver's license do you possess?
- Class A (CDL)
- Class B (CDL)
- SC Class C
- SC Class D
- Other State Driver's License
- None
05
How did you find out about this vacancy at the South Carolina Department of Transportation? Please check all that apply.
- Job/Career Fair
- Referred by current SCDOT employee
- SCDOT presentation
- Sign or billboard
- Bumper sticker/magnetic sign
- Facebook or Twitter post
- Internship
- Newspaper Ad
- Radio Ad
- Television Ad
- Trade Journal
- Referred from Vocational Rehab
- Referred from Department of Employment and Workforce
- Jobs.SC.Gov webpage
- Other
06
If you selected "other" please explain how you found out about the vacancy at the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
07
If you were referred by a current SCDOT employee, what is their name?
08
I understand that I must complete the state application to include current and previous work history and education. A resume cannot be submitted for completed work history and education sections of the employment application.Only information contained within this application will be used to determine my qualifications for this position or for any other employment consideration should I be the selected candidate. I have read and acknowledged this statement.
- Yes
- No
09
My failure to accurately and completely describe my work experience may prevent my application from being forwarded to the hiring manager. I understand and acknowledge this statement.
- Yes
- No
Required Question