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Louisiana Department Of Transportation and Development · 18 hours ago

Bridge Design Engineer (Civil Engineer) - Engineer Intern Applicant - Engineer 5

Baton Rouge, LA

Internship

Onsite

Intern, Entry, Mid, Senior Level

$0/yr - $126K/yr

6+ years exp

The Louisiana Department Of Transportation and Development is seeking a Bridge Design Engineer to function as a key designer for complex engineering structural systems. The role involves project design, plan development, and contract administration for bridge projects, along with training personnel and conducting field inspections.

AssociationGovernmentNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Assist in directs project design and plan development to ensure conformance with the Department's standards, Federal Highway Administration's policies, AASHTO specifications and all generally accepted structural design practices. Reviews and approves fabrication and erection drawings for strength, material, and constructability issues

Serve as Project Manager and Bridge Task Manager. Actively coordinates bridge project development by administering or providing administrative support for the contract design of bridge projects outsourced to consulting engineers and/or leading in-house design personnel teams

Contract administration consists of project scoping, negotiation of man-hours and fees, establishing contract time and design criteria; monitoring progress of work for approval of invoices, and evaluating consultant’s performance for quality assurance and control. In-house project development coordination consists of establishing, implementing, and tracking plan development schedules as well as representing the Bridge Design Section's position in project related meetings involving sections within the Department and externally with federal, state, and local officials and private groups and individuals

Plays a key role in training section personnel on the appropriate application of design and detailing methodologies, techniques and specifications in structural design, primarily for bridges. This individual is recognized as a senior engineer in the field of structural design and as such, contributes and ensures essential core competencies of the Section

Performs preliminary engineering functions which involve preparation and evaluation of feasibility and planning studies involving bridge projects. Determines acceptability of bridge system assumptions as they relate to structural, geometric, hydraulic, and geotechnical design parameters. Serves on pre-design conference teams to establish design criteria prior to project design and development of contract plans

Assist the Bridge Design Section in developing design policies and guidelines, reviews AASHTO agenda items for specification revisions, and researches unique problematic issues involving structural systems

Performs site-specific field inspections of bridge structures to assess structural and functional problems. Provides emergency engineering services of damaged structures in order to evaluate the ability of the structure to remain in service. Advises and prepares plans for remediation of the damaged structures

Qualification

Louisiana Engineer Intern CertificateStructural DesignAASHTO SpecificationsProject ManagementField InspectionsTraining PersonnelContract Administration

Required

Eligibility for a Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate

Current Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate for Engineer Intern I

Current Louisiana License to practice professional engineering plus four years of professional engineering experience for Engineer 3

Current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus five years of professional engineering experience, at least one year of which must have been at the Engineer 3 level for Engineer 4

Current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus six years professional engineering experience for Engineer 5

Company

Louisiana Department Of Transportation and Development

administrating agency in charge of building and maintaining transportation modes and infrastructure in Louisiana.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Pages/default.aspx

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