at Department of Transportation in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Essential Functions
- Ensures complete and accurate inspections, evaluating, and reporting of bridge conditions in accordance with federal and state regulations and guidelines.
- Evaluates and recommends corrective action to alleviate bridge maintenance problems as part of all bridge inspections.
- Prepares detailed bridge repair documents, including field notes, bridge beam damage reports and final inspections of bridge improvement projects.
- Assists the Moveable Bridge and Bridge Maintenance Operations Supervisors in the oversight and management of the negotiated rate staff.
- Projects short and long-range bridge maintenance needs.
- Ensures proper documentation of bridge operations is prepared in a timely manner, including timekeeping, storekeeping, invoice processing, as well as entering data into the Asset Management Program (AMP) System.
- Performs duties in compliance with departmental safety rules.
- Performs all duties in a manner conducive to the fair and equitable treatment of all employees.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Completion of two years of college in civil engineering technology, pre-engineering or a job related technical/science curriculum PLUS five years of engineering experience; OR Seven years of engineering experience.
- Five years of engineering experience in bridge design, bridge inspections, bridge maintenance, and/or bridge construction.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Efficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Successful completion of the NHI Course – Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges.
- Registration as an Illinois Bridge Inspection Team Leader.
- Extensive Knowledge of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), NBIS, and Illinois Stakeholder Involvement Plan (SIP) Manual.
- Valid driver’s license.
- District-wide travel.
- Occasional overtime on weekends or nights.
- Ability to work in confined spaces and at extreme heights over land and water.
- Successful completion of a background screening.
- The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
