Program Development Engineer; Civil Engineer Vii

Job Requisition :52775 25-00941
Closing Date: 01/27/2026
Agency:Department of Transportation
Class Title:CIVIL ENGR. VII - PW117
Salary: $12,500 - $14,000/Monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category:Full Time
County: Madison
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: Non-Union/At Will

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Position Overview:

This position is accountable for providing overall direction of the district's annual and multi-year programs and all activities associated with the preliminary engineering phase of projects such as development of project reports and contract plans, agreements with governmental agencies and utility companies, and the purchases of rights-of-way.

Essential Functions:

This position reports to the Region Five Engineer. Reporting to this position are the Engineers of Studies and Plans, Programming, and Project Support, the Land Acquisition Manager, and the Program Support Technician.

This position functions in a transitional area, characterized by urban development changing land use near the urbanized area and rural areas in the regions. These varied conditions pose a wide variety of problems in the selection of projects and identifying their proper scope. In circumstances where highway needs far exceed program dollars and where program priorities are constantly shifting, the optimum use of available state, federal, and local funds require the cooperation and participation of local governments, area planning organizations, and the private developers.

Typical problems encountered in this position include coordinating proposed district improvements with other agencies to optimize the use of available funds and minimize inconvenience to the traveling public; coordinating the activities of various district organizations in determining scope of work to provide cost effective projects; coordinating the activities of district organizations to ensure the development of effective and reasonable transportation plans;

and developing methods and procedures for expediting the progress of projects through the various stages of project and design studies, plan preparation, and land acquisition. The greatest challenge to this position is to effectively coordinate the functions of programming, preliminary engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and plan preparation to ensure the individual projects meet established letting dates.

The incumbent personally represents the district on various planning committees to become aware of the operations and budgetary implications of proposed transportation projects, coordinates various district organizations in developing district programs and selects individual projects to be included on these programs, reviews and approves models for allocating available program funds to various geographical areas in the district and reevaluates the scope of projects being implemented to facilitate completion and to availability of funds and staff productivity.

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