MDOT Railroad Track Engineer - Transportation Engineer

Assist supervisor with design, estimating, maintenance, and permitting of railroad infrastructure projects located on the State of Michigan owned rail lines, which are operated by Great Lakes Central RR, Huron and Eastern Rwy, Lake State Rwy, the Indiana Northeastern RR and Amtrak. Position will assist other engineers in unit who are involved with the maintenance, inspection, and design of bridge and culverts, track infrastructure, engineering reviews of right of entry permits, right-of-way encroachments and grade crossing closures. Position will also be involved with the review of road projects that involve railroad grade separation and grade crossings to ensure standards and guidelines have been met, provide assistance on contracts and agreements with railroad companies and consultants, will be involved with programming projects and administering MDOT project tracking software, and provide assistance to the Railroad Infrastructure-Delivery Unit.

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Possession of a bachelor of science degree in engineering OR will obtain by 5/31/2020.

No specific type or amount is required.

One year of professional engineering experience involved in transportation systems and programs equivalent to a Transportation Engineer 9.

Two years of professional engineering experience involved in transportation systems and programs equivalent to a Transportation Engineer, including one year equivalent to a Transportation Engineer 10.

Alternate Education and Experience

Possession of a registered professional engineer license as required by the State of Michigan may be substituted for 6 months of experience at the Transportation Engineer 9-12 levels. This substitution may only be used once for any employee for qualification of appointment or early reclassification.