Transportation Specialist

Transportation Specialist

Agency
: 345 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Supervisory Organization
:
Chief Engineer, Director of Operations, District 4/ Enid

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full/Part-Time
:
Full time

Job Type
:
Regular

Compensation

• Level I - $45,300
• Level II - $49,900
• Level III - $54,900
• Level IV - $60,800

• Annual Benefit Allowance
  : covers up to $20,538.24 for employees and dependents to enroll in benefits.
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
  :
  State offers medical, dental, and vision plans; options to enroll in Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• Retirement Savings Plans
  :
  • Pathfinder Defined Contribution Plan (available to employees who began State employment after Nov. 1, 2015). Employer matches 6% with employee contribution of 4.5%; matches 7% with employee contribution 7% or above.
  • OPERS Defined Benefit Plan (available to returning employees previously enrolled in OPERS).
• Annual & Sick Leave (PTO):
  • 15 days accrued annually during first 1–5 years of service.
  • 18 days for 5–10 years.
  • 20 days for 10–20 years.
  • 25 days for over 20 years.
  • Sick leave: 15 days per year.
• Paid Holidays
  : 11 paid holidays per year.
• Longevity Pay
  : paid annually to eligible employees with at least 2 years of service.
• Employee Assistance Program
  : cooperative effort to help employees access professional services.

Position Title
:
Transportation Specialist

Department
:
Garfield County

Division
: 4

Report to
:
Perry Residency Engineer

FLSA Status
:
Non-Exempt

Location
: 410 Kremlin Street, Enid, OK.

Positions in this job family are responsible for planning, supervising, and performing technical and professional level transportation work. Responsibilities may be assigned in any area of transportation work, including research, planning and design, survey, environmental studies, bid lettings, construction, maintenance, or project management. Responsibilities may include all phases of highway and bridge construction, field management of utilities or property appraisal and acquisition, relocation assistance, traffic operations, materials testing and sampling, or materials laboratory management.

• Performs sampling and testing of materials for use in highway construction and maintenance operation; performs plant inspections and prepares materials certifications.
• Surveys grade and alignment of highways using survey equipment.
• Collects statistics and documentation about the state highway system.
• Conducts traffic studies to aid in the determination of transportation system improvements.
• Performs or supervises the various functions required for the bid letting of construction projects, such as developing bid proposals from design plans, incorporating revisions to proposals, and disseminating information to contractors and industry throughout the letting progress.
• Inspects, reviews, or provides oversight for contractors, consultants or utility relocations associated with construction projects to ensure compliance with plans and contracts for highway construction activities; prepares progressive and final estimates for construction contractors.
• Performs planning and review functions for transportation systems such as rail, public transportation, waterways, and highways; determines existing service levels and future needs for transportation modes; considers social, economic, and environmental effects of proposed projects.
• Performs real estate duties in one or more of the following areas; property appraisal, acquisition of real property, or relocation assistance; prepares plans and reports for right-of-way projects.
• Performs audits on the effectiveness of research programs, the adequacy of right-of-way plans, the support of planning decisions by appropriate data, the reliance of materials testing, the reliability of surveys, and the accuracy of construction project documentation.
• Supervises employees in any area of transportation work.

This is the leadership level where incumbents provide direct supervision to lower level staff. This is a supervisory level with responsibility assigned for directing the work and operational activities of a work unit or section involved in various functions or operations related to transportation.

Education and Experience requirements are none.

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of one year of experience in transportation related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting two college courses in mathematics, natural science, engineering or a closely related field for the year of the required experience.

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of three years of experience in transportation related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience,…