Summary
This job focuses on ensuring the quality and accuracy of data about road pavement conditions collected by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, including working with vendors to meet standards and updating related systems.
It also involves reviewing plans for data management, helping build models for road maintenance, and preparing annual reports on highway performance.
A good fit would be someone with an engineering background who enjoys detail-oriented work with data and technology in transportation.
Full Job Description
Develops and implements quality assurance initiatives to ensure, validate, and report the quality of pavement condition data collected by SCDOT. Coordinates with associated equipment vendors to ensure data quality meets the standards of SCDOT's initiatives.
Develops and implements quality assurance initiatives to ensure, validate, and report the quality of pavement condition data collected by SCDOT's vendor partner(s). Coordinates with vendor(s) to ensure data quality meets the standards of SCDOT's initiatives.
Updates attribute data associated with Pavement Management's Linear Referencing System to ensure it accurately reflects attributions associated with SCDOT's Linear Referencing System. Validates LRS data annually.
Reviews, updates, and oversees SCDOT's Data Quality Management Plan, to include proper implementation and adherence to all collection and equipment standards described within.
Assists in producing, maintaining, and enhancing pavement deterioration models and treatment application matrices.
Assists with submittal of Highway Performance Monitoring System data, annually. Performs other related duties as assigned.
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 involves sitting or standing at a desk for extended periods of time. This position may require occasional travel. May require bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, climbing, balancing, and kneeling. Walking for extended periods, treading rough terrain, working in close proximity to motoring traffic, and in natural environmental hazards. May be required to work outside normal business hours or respond to emergency situations.
Additional Information
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.