Title: Engineer Technician Senior Permits

State Role Title: Engineering Technician III

Hiring Range: $54,578 - $88,689

Pay Band: 4

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Petersburg Residency

Agency Website: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

VDOT is driven by safety, service to the community, and commitment to excellence. If you are interested driven by innovation and a passion for infrastructure, we want you to join our team to keep Virginia moving!

The Petersburg Residency is seeking a highly motivated individual to assist the Land Use team. This work includes processing and issuing land use permit applications, field inspections, and processing of new street additions into the State Highway System. This position will also assist contract administration staff with contract monitoring. As an Engineer Technician Senior Permits, you will review, approve, issue, and inspect work activities under permit (i.e. private and commercial entrance permits, utility permits and land use permits) to ensure compliance with agency standards/specifications and to ensure safety of the traveling public where permit work is taking place.

In order to be considered for this position, you must submit your resume.

Minimum Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of highway construction and roadway maintenance procedures
• Considerable knowledge of land use permitting processes and procedures
• Skill in the use of computers and web-based applications.
• Ability to interpret VDOT Road and Bridge standards and Specifications, VA Work Area Protection manual, Access Management and Land Use Permit Regulations, and Subdivision Street requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret site plans, road construction plans, property plats, utility plans and sketches
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers
• Ability to obtain necessary materials certifications needed within 12 months of employment.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Additional Considerations

• Experience in roadway construction and maintenance activities.
• Experience working with MUTCD, Virginia Work Area Protection Manual, Road Design Manual, VDOT Road and Bridge Standards and Specifications, Access Management Regulations and Land Use Manual.
• Certifications in Soils and Aggregate, Asphalt Concrete, Hydraulic Cement Concrete, Pavement Markings, Nuclear Safety and DEQ Erosion and Sediment preferred.
• A combination of training, experience, or education in Civil Engineering, or related field desired.
• Knowledge of contract monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Knowledge and experience with LUPS, RIMS, Word and Excel programs.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Fingerprint based background check, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Will be required to work to support emergency operations outside of normal work schedule. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers core benefits including competitive health and life insurance programs, pre-tax spending accounts and leave programs. Employees participate in a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirements saving including employer matching. The Commonwealth of Virginia also funds a short-and long-term disability program. Miscellaneous benefits include paid holidays, training and tuition assistance programs, wellness programs and more.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application. VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/. We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore visit http://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Contact Information

Name: Jarita Taylor

Phone: 804-629-2086

Email: jarita.taylor@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.