Senior Development Construction Engineer

Overview

The Transportation Department is looking for a Senior Transportation Development Construction Engineer to join the City's team of highly experienced transportation professionals. Bellevue is recognized for its many advancements in transportation approaches and technologies. We are excited to provide an opportunity for an enthusiastic engineer to join our progressive team.

Responsibilities

• Provide construction engineering and oversight to address various transportation issues during the construction phase of development projects, including ADA compliance, resolving plan errors, directing engineering solutions to field issues, attending site visits, coordinating post revision design changes, and coordinating issues with the design review team and right-of-way inspectors.
• Oversee construction closeout of development projects for Transportation, including site visits to off-site construction projects using a company vehicle.
• Oversee assurance devices for the Transportation Development Review group.
• Review engineering plans for compliance with engineering standards and project requirements.
• Review traffic analysis prepared by consultants.
• Conduct engineering analysis to identify areas of concern.
• Work with other staff to resolve project issues as part of an interdepartmental team.
• Provide excellent customer service to City residents and those doing business with the City.
• Interpret, apply, and ensure compliance with codes, standards, specifications, policies, and procedures; ensure compliance with standard engineering principles for review of infrastructure plans.
• Confer and advise with staff and developer representatives on acceptable design alternatives and solutions; work with developer representatives for plan design changes.
• Manage a complex workload with competing schedules and deadlines.
• Participate in Department and City efforts to provide stellar community outcomes through the City\'s shared leadership philosophy.
• Develop mitigating measures to impose as conditions for projects with unmitigated impacts.
• Employ considerable judgment and independence in code interpretation and in exploring alternatives with project proponents.
• Represent the Transportation Department at the Permit Center. Answer general and technical transportation questions from the public.
• Use the city permit tracking and time-keeping systems to maintain accurate records of current status of projects, billable time spent, and workload.
• Attend evening meetings and public hearings to present information or recommendations related to development applications. Represent the City in a variety of public forums.
• Review and analyze highly complex and / or controversial development project proposals to ensure compliance with transportation codes, regulations, and laws. These applications may involve technical, legal, and politically sensitive issues.
• Lead process improvement projects such as code revisions including presentations to the Transportation Commission and City Council.
• Provide professional technical input to development review staff; participate on technical committees as necessary.
• Support annual updates to the Transportation Department's Design Manual and Standards. Conduct technical research for new and existing engineering standards to improve City Standards and review policy changes.

Supervision Received

Education and Experience Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a full-time, exempt, non-union position.

Flexible / Hybrid Working

A hybrid work schedule is available for this position after an orientation period working in the office after hire. Remote work for this position is subject to department's operational needs and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process. Full-time remote work is not an available option. Once hired, employees must reside in the State of Washington and within reasonable commuting distance to Bellevue City Hall.

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