Professional Engineer - Load Rating and Bridge Inspections at Consor Engineers in Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

Professional Engineer - Load Rating and Bridge Inspections

US-NC-Charlotte

Job ID: 2024-4353
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Structural Assessment
Charlotte Area

Overview

You will be specializing through a thorough knowledge of bridge load rating techniques in accordance with various DOT specifications and AASHTO requirements. You will also be performing field inspections of bridges and ancillary structures as needed and are interested. Most importantly, you will be providing technical expertise on bridge maintenance to internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Perform load rating analyses on bridges of various complexities.

• With general input from Project Managers, develop feasible design alternatives and compare significant parameters for various project elements such as street sections, horizontal and vertical alignments of streets and roads, storm drainage facilities, water distribution, sewage collection and related appurtenances in compliance with local codes and design criteria.

• Serves as primary contact on load rating tasks for projects, identifies scheduling and staff resource requirements, and assigns tasks to self and other staff members.

• Responsible for assessing capabilities of other engineers in completing various complexities of load ratings, coaches and trains engineers to perform load ratings, and conducts quality control / PE reviews prior to release to clients.

• Analyze and compare the principal design features and preferred alternatives that satisfy the project's purposes and need. Report findings inclusive of recommendations to Project Managers.

• Coordinate, as needed, detailed, final design drawings, specifications and estimates in accordance with national, state and local codes and design standards.

• Consult with the Project Manager during the review of detailed plans, specifications and estimates of probable construction costs to ensure compliance with the project's scope and design standards.

• Ability to perform federally mandated inspections on state bridges and culverts as needed to ensure the safety of the traveling public, assign condition and appraisal ratings, and determine structural soundness and maintenance needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an accredited U.S. institution

• Professional Engineer License (or able to obtain)

• 6 + years of experience in load rating

• FHWA-NHI-130092 Fundamentals of LRFR & Applications of LRFR for Bridge Superstructures required or experience allows ability to obtain in reasonable timeframe

• Experience with computer applications such as AutoCAD, MicroStation and/or Civil 3D

• Ability to plan, schedule work and complete work assignments within established budgets and timelines

• Job will generally be performed in an office environment, but may require travel to visit a Client's office, field or construction job site. Conditions will vary at each location, but the conditions listed above will generally apply.

• Field inspection work may require regular, statewide, overnight travel; heavy physical exertion and effort; and, exposure to physical hazards, health and safety risks, and/or adverse or otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment requiring the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

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