Highway Engineer

Position: Highway Engineer Department: Infrastructure, Planning, and Growth Location: St. Joseph County Status: Full-Time Salary: Up to $109,448 annually Job Category: PAT (Professional, Administrative, Technological) Description: To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Incumbent serves as Highway Engineer for the St. Joseph County Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Growth, responsible for providing and maintaining public infrastructure and capital improvements to roads, bridges, and drainage systems within St. Joseph County, as well as oversight of the St. Joseph County Highway Division. Essential Functions: Assists in planning, developing, and administering capital improvement projects for roads, drainage systems and other public infrastructures. Maintains long range work plans/schedules for road projects and creates an annual work plan. Includes: Designing and developing specifications Plans and bid documents, preparing estimates budgets. Implementing and inspecting all road, bridge, drainage, and safety projects for St. Joseph County While ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and contractual agreements. Coordinates work plans with other County departments and local governments and provides technical assistance to other departments within the County on various concerns, including traffic control, infrastructure maintenance, and land use planning. Supervises and directs personnel, including administering personnel programs/procedures, planning, delegating work assignments, establishing goals, standards, providing orientation and training. Evaluating job performance, interviewing job candidates, reviewing position responsibilities/salaries. Recommending promotions, demotions, maintaining discipline and recommending corrective action as warranted. Maintains regular communication with elected officials, legal counsel, local governments, and other St. Joseph County departments. May serve as technical advisor and member on select boards and committees, as directed. Represents the department and presents the St. Joseph County's position at various meetings, including County Commissioners, County Council, Home Builders' Association, Homeowners' Organization, various community organizations and other meetings as directed. Performs and summarizes traffic safety studies, establishing ordinances and recommending solutions and other traffic calming measures. Reviews quality assurance/control for road and bridge plans, evaluating road conditions, determining road ratings, and utilizing pavement management systems, database and inventory. Oversees and reviews drainage and site plans for subdivision development and economic development in the community. Reviews and inspects subdivision development, tracks construction progress, maintains surety database, and other review items as appropriate. Performs various administrative duties, including composing correspondence, balancing budgets. Managing and monitoring contracts/agreements, and completing/submitting various reports as required. Reviews personnel timesheets and claim vouchers as appropriate. Responds to inquiries and complaints from the public and other County departments regarding transportation, road conditions, drainage concerns, and construction. Provides information/assistance. Implement appropriate corrective measures, and/or directs individuals to appropriate department or personnel. Prepares and submits various construction permit applications required by the State of Indiana. Compiles data for grants and federal aid and completes and submits required applications. Oversees and implements government infrastructure asset reporting and da abase (GASB 34) as required. Oversees right-of-way acquisition for projects and issues permits for all construction and utility work within the public right-of-way. Works with Michiana Council of Governments (MACOG) to prepare road classifications. Receives and approves driveway and utility permits as appropriate. Research topics for ordinances, construction alternatives, procedures, and safety elements. Review and update St. Joseph County standards and specifications, design criteria, and policies. Assists in developing, writing, and implementing Department policy. Maintains current knowledge of engineering standards and practices. In addition to applicable State codes and St. Joseph County codes by continuing education and frequent reference to legal updates, manuals, and periodicals. Attends training/seminars as necessary. Occasionally testifies in legal proceedings/court as required. Occasionally responds to emergencies on a 24-hour basis. Performs related duties as assigned. Qualifications: Baccalaureate Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management. At least five (5) years of previous related experience, and/or in design, construction, and maintenance of Civil Engineering facilities. Be a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana. Thorough knowledge of fede