Transportation Design Project Manager IV (Engineer IV)

$5,000 Signing Bonus
*This position includes a signing bonus for new merit county employees.

Since 1977, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) has served the Fairfax County community by enhancing mobility, safety, and the quality of life of residents, businesses, and visitors through planning, coordinating, funding, implementing, and sustaining a multimodal transportation system. FCDOT is seeking a motivated, highly qualified, and public service-oriented Engineer IV to join the Transportation Design Division. This position is a senior level engineering position responsible for overall project management and contract administration for multiple complex multimodal transportation improvement projects and assisting the section chief with the team’s projects and developing policy and procedural guidance issues, as needed. In a dynamic and quickly evolving environment, this position will provide a challenging and rewarding experience for an individual invested in achieving the county’s strategic transportation goals.

Responsibilities:

• Provides engineering support during project design, land acquisition, and construction phases for assigned projects, including coordinating with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), County, and other regulatory agencies
• Prepares, monitors, and manages project budgets and schedules to ensure assigned projects are completed on time and within budget
• Develops design engineering and/or construction consultant scopes of work, and negotiates and manages contracts, including approving invoices for payment
• Reviews consultant deliverables, including design/construction plans, plats, and specifications to ensure projects meet all applicable engineering standards and requirements
• Attends project-related design field inspections, utility field inspections, pre-construction and construction meetings, and monitoring construction progress to ensure conformance with project design
• Identifies, responds to, and resolves public concerns related to assigned projects
• Prepares and communicates technical reports, status reports, meeting summaries, letters, official items for Board of Supervisors’ consideration, and other documents as required
• Prepares presentations for and serving as a subject matter expert at project-related public meetings, briefings for senior leadership and/or elected officials, and other audiences, as required to meet specific audience needs
• Attends other project-related meetings, both in-person and virtual, including occasional evenings and weekends

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