Engineer III - Professional Services Management (Raleigh, NC)

Engineer III - Professional Services Management

How to ApplyYou MUST apply at s bit.ly 3ocPWWk by February 16 2022 at Midnight EST to be considered. NCDOT is a Great Place to Work.Don t take our word for it. Read what our people are saying at s bit.ly NCDOTGreatPlaceToWork.We are the highest rated state agency for employee satisfaction on Glassdoor with 200 reviews. The ChallengeWe are looking for a senior engineer to join our Professional Services Management team that leads NCDOT s Professional or Specialized Services Firm selection contract preparation and execution performance evaluation and rating workload tracking and contract conflict claim resolution activities. This team manages the overall administration of all professional service contracts for all modal divisions across NCDOT. In this roll you will Manage and direct all phases of professional specialized firm contract administration including chairperson selection professional services contract negotiations project and contract scoping and preparing posting ads to the web. Support Engineering Managers and Engineering Supervisors by reviewing labor cost estimates prepared by professional service firms preparing reviewing in-house estimates assisting in negotiating professional services contracts purchase orders assisting in scoping projects preparing ads preparing agenda items and engineering agreements coordinating with the OIG and Consultant Audit team and assisting in preparation for selection committees. Prepare agenda items and presenting to the Board of Transportation. Track outstanding professional services firm workloads. Develop and administer 360-degree evaluations of firms and NCDOT performance on Private Fee-for-Service contracts. Establish job classifications salary rates for in-house estimates. Execute engineering agreements and enter them into our SAP database. Coordinate with NCDOT s Office of the Inspector General and Consultant Audit and monitor professional service contracts to ensure Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Small Professional Service Firms usage and resolve conflicts during contract performance. Serve as our Contract Monitoring and Tracking Lead run SAP reports and establish maintain our database for performance evaluations. Provide subject-matter guidance to other Engineers in their daily operations. Supervise and oversee other Engineers daily work operations and ensure accuracy of other Engineers work. Provide technical guidance to other Engineers on unit policies procedures etc. usually acquired on-the-job or in lower-level positions. What You BringExperience overseeing professional or specialized firm contract administration including contract preparation scoping and negotiation. Knowledge of civil engineering principles practices and construction maintenance methods materials and equipment. Experience in transportation engineering design procedures practices and techniques. Thorough knowledge of the organization and responsibilities of the NCDOT Units. Experience interpreting policies procedures regulations and laws and preparing legally sound documents. Experience planning developing scheduling tracking and completing projects independently or with limited supervision. Computer skills in SAP and Microsoft SharePoint. Ability to understand explain and administer contracts interpret plans provisions and specification train other staff and plan coordinate and supervise their work. Thorough knowledge of internal organizational structure business needs objectives budget planning and legal public relations considerations. Skills to make final approval for complex and a broad variety of program project specifications for completeness compatibility compliance with engineering principles standards codes and design needs. Research skills to identify alternatives and designs or analyze special details for nonstandard items of work for programs projects. Ability to determine program project priorities processes and procedures. Project Management skills to coordinate complex broad scopes of programs projects for completeness compatibility compliance with engineering principles and design needs and standards. Troubleshooting skills to resolve approve major project program changes. Decision-making skills to independently make final recommendations and make decisions requiring specialized engineering and or program knowledge. Ability to serve as technical expert in professional services and represent NCDOT as an expert with regard to compliance with engineering principles standards codes designs and statutes and address conflicting design constraints. Adaptability to modify delivery language or content to account for the characteristics and needs of different audiences. Verbal and written communications mastery to clearly concisely and in an organized manner craft reports addressing novel or complex engineering concepts and facts such as standards practices codes regulations. Ability to participate and lead as needed in development of long-range strategic goals. Education and ExperienceBachelor s degree in engineering and 4 years of relevant experience or An equivalent combination of education and experience. NoteWe may require you to be registered as a professional engineer by the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors. Questions Call me Claire Chiancone at 919-707-6309. 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