Highway Civil Engineer

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The Michigan Federal-aid Highway Division is hiring a Highway Civil Engineer (GS-0810-11/12 - from $80,006 to $124,659 annually) in Lansing, Michigan. Apply today by visiting https://www.usajobs.gov/job/816566000 (open to U.S. Citizens). Alternatively, send your resume and a statement of interest (in the body of your e-mail message) directly to Rachael.Tupica@dot.gov using the subject “Program Improvement Manager Application.” This job announcement closes on 11/12/2024.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides stewardship over the construction, maintenance and preservation of the Nation's highways, bridges, and tunnels. FHWA also conducts research and provides technical assistance to state and local agencies to improve safety, mobility, and to encourage innovation.

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The selectee is responsible for managing and promoting assigned Federal-aid Highway Programs within Michigan. The incumbent provides engineering stewardship and oversight at various junctures of project and program delivery of Federal-aid Highway Infrastructure Projects within Michigan. The employee's work encompasses a broad range of engineering activities in Michigan associated with the design, construction, and maintenance of highways and highway related facilities.

As a Highway Civil Engineer, you will:

• Serve as a key technical advisor in meetings, telephone contacts, public hearings, field reviews, and visits with State DOT officials and other Federal, State, and local agencies regarding assigned program areas and in assisting in the implementation of leadership initiatives. Communicate and apply Federal laws, regulations, and FHWA policies applicable to Federal aid projects within the State DOT project development process.
• Monitor highway and other infrastructure improvements to determine if they are constructed to a desired quality and whether Federal aid construction funds are being expended in a manner consistent with applicable Federal laws and regulations.
• Participate in assessments State programs for effectiveness and compliance. Provide to partners recommendations for performance and operational improvements and guidance on corrective actions.
• Provide review of projects in accordance with the Division’s risk-based stewardship and oversight plan. This may include review of plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) for appropriate application of design standards and criteria, conformance with policy and regulations, eligibility for Federal participation, traffic safety features, reasonableness of estimated unit prices, fulfillment of requirements from the transportation planning and NEPA process, and proper standard and special specifications and contract provisions.
• Participate in and contributes to Division program management activity including development of stewardship and oversight plans, conducting risk assessments, development of strategic operations and business plans, promotion of the implementation of a performance-based planning and programming process to partner agencies, and identification and tracking of performance measures and the associated reporting process.

The ideal candidate is a mid-career engineer with experience monitoring Federally funded highway programs or delivering highway projects from initial scoping through construction support and maintenance; and experience conveying ideas and concepts in meetings and discussions, and in writing.

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Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States. It borders Wisconsin to the southwest in the Upper Peninsula, and Indiana and Ohio to the south in the Lower Peninsula. It is also connected by Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie to Minnesota and Illinois and the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of nearly 10 million and an area of 96,716 square miles, Michigan is the 10th largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.

Lansing is the capital city of Michigan. Dating to the 1870s, the Michigan State Capitol building features a cast-iron dome. The Impression 5 Science Center has interactive displays. The collection at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum includes classic and contemporary Oldsmobile cars. The Potter Park Zoo houses endangered and threatened species such as Magellanic penguins, black rhinos, and golden lion tamarins.

Find FHWA's Michigan Federal-aid Highway Division at 315 West Allegan Street in downtown Lansing!

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