Summary
This job involves overseeing highway and bridge construction projects in Lexington County for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, including supervising teams, ensuring quality standards, documenting work, and resolving issues with contractors and officials.
A good fit would be someone with engineering or construction experience who enjoys fieldwork, team leadership, and problem-solving in a hands-on environment.
The role requires attention to detail, compliance with regulations, and the ability to handle physical demands like working outdoors in various weather conditions.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Science and Management
- Three (3) years of engineering or construction management work experience (or approved equivalence)
- Valid motor vehicle operator's license
- Ability to supervise and train field engineers, technicians, and surveying crews
- Knowledge of construction inspection, sampling, testing, and quality assurance
- Experience with contract compliance, documentation, and pay estimates
- Physical ability to work in rough terrain, near traffic, and in all weather conditions, including overtime and emergencies
Full Job Description
At Lexington Construction A, coordinates and supervises field engineers and technicians, ensuring a properly training, certified and skilled workforce. Monitors construction activity on assigned highway and bridge construction contracts. Ensures minimum sampling and testing requirements and quality assurance specifications are met and ensures all inspection work and highway, bridge and utility construction activity is properly documented by field inspectors and engineers. Verifies quantities measured for payment to the contractor are accurate and in compliance with contract provisions and departmental policy. Monitors all contact and utility construction activity on assigned projects, ensures compliance with contract plans and specifications and all applicable local, city, state, and federal specifications, laws permit, and regulations. Ensures all construction-related right-of-way agreements are properly obtained and closely followed during construction. Assists the Resident Construction Eningeer (RCE) with general office correspondence, the generation of contract documents and monthly construction pay estimates. Verifies all required contract submittals received in a timely manner are accurate and are properly maintained on file for the duration of the contract. Assist the RCE with correspondence required to close construction contracts following final acceptance. Meets with highway and bridge contractors, local, city, state, and federal authorities, utility company reprensentatives and the general public concerning construction related issues. As a representative of the SCDOT, ensures the interests of the department are clearly communicated and protected during conflict. Ensures construction conflicts and complaints are resolved in a timely, ethical, practical, and cost effective manner. Verifies highway and bridge construction is completed to the correct survey line and grade. Supervises the surveying crews and trains engineers and technicians in the proper use and maintenance of surveying equipment. Assists the RCE with miscellaneous office management tasks. Verifies department property and office supplies are procured and maintained in an acceptable manner, assists with human resources management, ensures a safe and productive work environment, etc.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Science and Management and three (3) years of engineering or construction management work experience; or an approved acceptable equivalence. A valid motor vehicle operator's license is required.
The physical demands for the essential functions of this position involve sitting or standing for extended periods of time. This position may require travel. This position may require bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, and kneeling. This position requires driving and walking for extended periods, treading rough and uneven terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and natural environmental hazards. May be required to work outside of normal work schedule, especially during inclement weather and/or other departmental-related emergencies. This position may be exposed to outside environment in all weather conditions and noise.
Additional Information
May be required to work overtime, nighttime, and/or weekends during hazardous weather or emergencies.
Non-Discrimination Statement: The South Carolina Department of Transportation is committed to a diverse workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
