Department of Human Resources
Deborah Story, Commissioner
CURRENT OPENINGS
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| Job Title: | GRADUATE TRANS ASSOCIATE |
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| Job Type: | Full-Time |
| Location: | Statewide, Tennessee |
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| SUMMARY: Under immediate supervision, performs routine professional civil engineering duties in the areas of roadway design, structural design, survey, construction, inspection, and/or maintenance; and performs related work as required. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: An employee in this class may rotate through Roadway Design, Structural Design, and Operations assignments in the Tennessee Department of Transportation and perform routine professional engineering duties such as designing a straight bridge or non-complex intersection, inspecting or overseeing a construction, inspection, or maintenance project, inspecting bridges, overseeing a district survey office, or overseeing materials or geotechnical testing. This class differs from Roadway, Structural, or Operations Specialist 1 in that an incumbent of the latter performs professional engineering duties of greater scope and complexity in a non-rotating assignment. |
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| Examples of Duties and Responsibilities: | |
| An employee may be assigned one or more of the following or other duties while an incumbent of this class: 1. Assists in the preparation of a completed drawing of a runway, roadway, or bridge; compiles survey or design information from field books or other data sources; draws and revises working sketches that show drafters how to draw the detailed plan; enters alignments, grades, structural details, or other project parameters into a computer drafting system to prepare a detailed plan; calculates areas, distances, and volumes and other design parameters; compares drafter's drawing with original computations and specifications to detect and correct errors. 2. Assists design team to plan or design a roadway or runway; checks traffic survey and other information for accuracy; computes horizontal and vertical dimensions of a project; draws a set of working sketches so that the drafters can draw a final set of plans; checks final plans for accuracy; calculates amounts of work and materials necessary to complete the project; determines the location and computes size of the right of way necessary to ensure safe completion of the project; learns how to minimize the environmental impact of the project. 3. Assists in the acquisition of right-of-ways for a construction project; conducts visual inspection of project site to verify the survey data; participates in field review of proposed plans; conducts title searches; writes plan revision requests to initiate changes; provides technical assistance to land owners and Department of Transportation personnel regarding right-of-way issues. 4. Assures that a construction project is built according to plans and specifications; checks plans; specifications and contracts for accuracy and calculates additional construction information; stakes out road or bridge at the construction site; coordinates the work of the contractor and utility companies; oversees taking samples of concrete, asphalt or other material and conducts the appropriate tests to ensure compliance with specifications; inspects contractor's work and the placement of traffic control and environmental protection devices. 5. Inspects and evaluates bridges and other structures to ensure that they are safe; checks structures for defects by visual inspection, measuring bridge components, or other methods; draws detailed sketches showing structural condition; reviews bridge reports to determine whether to recommend repairs, revise posted load capacity, or close bridge; writes reports to state, county, city, or federal officials regarding bridge status; may lead inspection team in the absence of the lead worker. 6. Assists the design team to develop the plans for basic structures such as a straight bridge over water; draws preliminary bridge plans in accordance with the roadway plan or other guidelines; determines the best deck and girder design to support the maximum combined weight of the concrete slab, girders, and vehicular traffic; determines the size, shape, and reinforcing steel needed for caps, support columns, and footings; determines if contractor's bids are reasonable; checks drawings of prefabricated components for accuracy and correctness; ensures proposed footing design does not exceed that which could be supported by the soil foundation. 7. Surveys project site to draw maps that identify the location of features of the project site; measures or calculates, using standard equipment and procedures, the location of control points, baseline, existing characteristics of the land, and other components of the right-of-way and construction project; draws detailed topographical and other maps of the project site. 8. Designs elements of hydraulic systems to protect roadways and their surrounding environment; selects and computes hydraulic equations with appropriate coefficients; calculates water surface elevations, bridge backwaters, water flow velocities, flooding extents, and the cost effectiveness of different hydraulic structure types; documents hydraulic and hydrologic studies. 9. Designs plans used by contractors to build straight roads, replace parts of bridges, or for other projects; recalculates the computation of curves, distances, angles, elevations and other calculations made by surveyors; ensures that cross-sectional areas and volumes of proposed roadways are correct. 10. Writes basic geotechnical reports on rock or pile foundations to be used by other divisions to design a project; examines information regarding geophysical features (e.g., soil, rocks, sinkholes, swamps); compares soil and rock features to proposed roadway and bridge alignments; determines which field samples to collect and laboratory test to perform on materials; writes basic geotechnical reports according to departmental specifications; talks with other divisions regarding problems with geotechnical reports, plans, or post construction sites. 11. Writes reports to document field and laboratory test results on construction materials; studies standard specifications, test procedures, and other materials to assure construction specification compliance; learns to conduct laboratory and field tests on materials and sites reports documenting findings. 12. Assigns work to subordinates and monitor their progress, train new employees, conduct performance evaluations or other supervisory-related duties. |
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| Minimum Qualifications: | |
| Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Substitution of Professional Registration for the Required Education: Registration as a professional engineer with the State of Tennessee in either the civil engineering or structural engineering discipline may substitute for the required bachelor's degree. |
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| Necessary Special Qualifications/Examination Method: | |
| NECESSARY SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required. EXAMINATION METHOD: Noncompetitive selection for Career Service positions. |
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