Title: Engineer Land Use - Wage

State Role Title: Architect/Engineer I

Hiring Range: $32.52 - $52.85

Pay Band: 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Edinburg Residency

Agency Website: https://www.vdot.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

What drives you? Whether it’s knowing the work you do makes a difference, having great work/life balance, working on exciting and challenging projects, leading innovation, and championing change or simply working with a great group of people who are committed to your professional development...At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we have something for YOU!

Job Duties

VDOT Staunton District's Edinburg Residency is seeking a highly qualified HOURLY Land Use Engineer! The position will provide technical review of land development plans consistent with VDOT specifications, standards, policies, and procedures. As the qualified candidate you will have the following responsibilities:
• Provide technical reviews for preliminary plans, site plans, detailed construction plans, utility plans and other infrastructure plans as well as record plats for residential and commercial developments.
• Coordinate plan reviews with the district's responsible charge engineer, project developer, engineer, and local jurisdictions for residential and commercial developments.
• Review and comment on plans for land development proposals.
• Administer the Residency's land development activities with stakeholders to include local government, engineering community, developers, and other VDOT staff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of land use permit policies, construction practices, materials requirements, and street acceptance procedures.
• Ability to apply roadway geometric design and other engineering principles.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret construction plans, local ordinances, and zoning requirements.
• Ability to apply subdivision street requirements, entrance standards and road design standards.
• Ability to apply land use permit policies, construction policies, materials requirements, and street acceptance procedures.
• Knowledge of subdivision street requirements, entrance, standards, and road design standards.

Additional Considerations

• Skilled in the application of engineering principles to highway construction projects.
• Knowledge of land development plan review.
• Professional Engineering (PE) or Engineer in Training (EIT) certification desired.
• A combination of training, experience or education in Civil Engineering or related field is desired.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application. VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/information_for_employees.asp

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics which may be viewed at www.Virginiadot.org/about. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore please to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Multiple positions may be filled from this posting.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

Contact Information

Name: Ciara Diehl

Phone: (540)292-4079

Email: Ciara.Diehl@VDOT.Virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.