Transportation Engineer Licensed Specialist 13 (Drainage & Utilities Specialist) - BOD

Job Description

Would you like to take your experience beyond your day-to-day office and make a statewide impact supporting communities and the infrastructure that keeps Michigan moving? Do you enjoy innovation and continuous improvement? As the next drainage and utilities specialist engineer with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), you'll have the opportunity to work with new software as it becomes available, test emerging tools and explore new ways of doing things helping the department evolve its design practices and stay at the forefront of technology.
This position offers a rare opportunity to move beyond region-level work and make a true statewide impact. Instead of supporting a single office or area, you'll help shape how drainage and utilities design software is used across the entire department, supporting MDOT staff and engineering consultants alike.
You'll be part of the Engineering Support Group, working with people from a wide range of offices, disciplines and experience levels. If you enjoy helping others, solving problems and being a go-to resource, this role allows you to serve a larger community while building strong relationships across the organization.
At its core, this role is about service, collaboration and growth: helping people do their work more effectively, strengthening statewide consistency and contributing to solutions that support Michigan's transportation system as a whole.
As the next drainage and utilities specialist engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Serving as the statewide specialist to support the department's drainage and software programs, including troubleshooting software issues or problems that can stall design processes and being responsible for development and delivery of software training programs for MDOT staff statewide and engineering consultant organizations.

• Serving as the statewide specialist responsible for evaluating, testing and improving drainage and utilities software, as well as developing workflows to enable information management for MDOT's drainage systems and subsurface utilities.

• Serving as the statewide specialist in charge of cells, components and feature definitions for MDOT's custom drainage and utilities design libraries, as well as being responsible for ensuring design codes and safety standards are incorporated into software programs correctly.

• Providing general engineering support and back-up coverage for the Engineering Support Unit.

Begin your journey with MDOT today!
The "Salary" listed above is a range that reflects the minimum rate through the maximum rate of the Transportation Engineer Licensed Specialist 13 position.For additional information, please see the links below:

• Transportation Engineer Licensed Specialist 13 position description

• All about MDOT

Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate work schedule requests for this position may be considered.
For information on benefits, visit www.mi.gov/employeebenefits or www.mi.gov/orsstatedc.
The State of Michigan has been recognized as a leading U.S. employer by new graduates from 2021-2023 and a best large U.S. and state employer. Recognized on the international stage for fostering positive employee engagement, the State of Michigan is a past recipient of a North America Government Agency Employees Engagement Award.

Education
Possession of a bachelor of science degree in engineering.
Possession of a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering, preferred.
Experience
Four years of professional experience equivalent to a Transportation Engineer, including two years equivalent to a Transportation Engineer P11 or one year equivalent to a Transportation Engineer 12 or Transportation Engineer Licensed 12.
To be considered for this position you must:

• Possess a registered professional engineering license as required by the State of Michigan.

• If applicable, attach a copy of your official college transcripts and/or foreign degree evaluation with your application. Click here for the State of Michigan (SOM) definition of an Official College Transcript. Applicants who possess foreign degrees must have their academic credentials evaluated or converted into U.S. educational equivalents. Civil Service accepts evaluations from organizations listed on the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.

View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/T/TransportationEngineerLicensedSpecialist.pdf

MDOT does not participate in E-Verify and does not sponsor visa applications.
All newly hired state employees are required to submit and pass a pre-employment drug test and physical (if applicable) prior to their actual appointment. Criminal and driving records will also be checked if applicable. Any position offer will be conditional until results of the drug test, physical, criminal background, and driving records indicate eligibility for employment.
The department reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process including, but not limited to, responses to application questions and responses to interview questions or exercises.
If you have questions related to this posting, please contact Camryn Nauta at nautac@michigan.gov.