Shop Drawing Reviewer (transportation Engineering Technician V)

Shop Drawing Reviewer (Transportation Engineering Technician V)

The State Highway Administration's (SHA) Office of Structures (OOS) is currently recruiting for a Shop Drawing Reviewer (Transportation Engineering Technician V) in Baltimore City. This position is open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below. This is a position specific recruitment. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this vacancy or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitments conducted for this job classification.

Nature of Work: This position serves as the principal reviewer for the Office of Structures (OOS), the Office of Highway Development, and SHA District projects involving major highway structures, including bridges, culverts, and retaining walls. This is a senior technical level of work, performing a variety of engineering and engineering support tasks. Specific duties include providing administrative and engineering services related to the receipt, review, cataloging, distribution, and storage of shop drawings, plans, specifications, estimates, and other related detailed plans, processes, and materials. The Shop Drawing Reviewer assists the OOS Shop Drawing section in a number of assignments, including but not limited to the distribution of red line revisions, project advertisements, and other related responsibilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Graduation from a standard high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience: Eight (8) years of experience in technical engineering related work in the areas of design, traffic, construction, materials testing, engineering surveys, maintenance, or planning.

Selective Qualification: Three (3) years of the required eight-year experience must include reviewing or producing shop drawings, contract documents for highway bridge or small structure projects, or working on highway bridge projects as a construction project manager, field office manager, project design engineer, or bridge construction inspector with demonstrated computer proficiency.

Preferred Qualification: The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Expert knowledge and experience in highway bridge construction projects, including solving technical problems and developing process-improvement techniques.
• Expert knowledge and experience in reviewing and/or producing shop drawings, as well as reviewing and/or producing contract documents for highway bridge and small-structure projects.
• Expert experience as a construction project manager, field office manager, project design engineer, or bridge construction inspector, with strong computer proficiency on complex highway bridge construction projects.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and a strong attention to detail.
• Excellent internal and external customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain effective working relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Notes:

• Applicants may substitute education in a civil engineering curriculum at an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester credit hours for each year of the required experience, up to a maximum of three years.
• Applicants who possess an associate's degree in either Engineering, Construction Management or Surveying or Surveying Technology from an accredited community college, college or university are considered to have met two years of the eight-year experience requirement.
• Candidate must possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the state of Maryland.

TO APPLY: All applicants must submit an application online at . Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. To receive credit for your work history and credentials you must list the information in the online DTS-1 application form. You may refer to a resume only to expand on information offered in the body of the online DTS-1 application. The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks. A conviction is not an automatic disqualification from employment. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply. Consideration for employment may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for. If you have held more than one position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.

The state of Maryland offers excellent health and leave benefits, 401k benefits, a pension plan, a free transit program, and advanced education and training opportunities. The incumbent in this position may be a member of a covered bargaining unit. Please Note: The State Highway Administration is not sponsoring new employees in application of the H-1B Visa or providing an extension of an existing H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H-1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer. Applicants who have education obtained outside of the U.S. will be required to provide proof of the equivalent U.S. education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service, such as the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or World Education Services: International Credential Evaluation.

Applications must be submitted online by the closing date. If you have any questions, please contact the Recruitment and Examination Division at the number(s) listed below: 410-545-5554. Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call at 410-545-5554 or the Maryland Relay Service at 1-800-735-2258. SHA is committed to complying with the letter and spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER SHA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.