Third Party Utilities Lead (Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans)

Job Description and Duties Under the general direction of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority) Supervising Transportation Engineer (Sup TE), the Senior Transportation Engineer (Sr TE) serves as the Deputy Project Manager for various planning, design, and construction projects including but not limited to civil works, stations, infrastructure engineering, rail engineering, facilities, and track and systems. The Deputy Project Manager is responsible for day-to-day management of all activities related to project and engineering management, deliverables management, and delivery of assigned projects. The incumbent works with the Sup TE to deliver and meet the goals and objectives of the assigned high-speed rail (HSR) projects. The Deputy Project Manager performs difficult and complex engineering work relating to specialized projects, planning, and operations of transportation systems and provides technical oversight of consultants and project team. The Deputy Project Manager also ensures that assigned contracts and agreements are administered and managed in accordance with the applicable policies and procedures of the Authority, the State Contracting Manual (SCM), the California Government Code (GC), and all relevant federal and State of California laws, regulations, and contract provisions, and coordinates closely with other contract administration and management staff. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements • The position(s) require(s) a(n) Engineering License. You will be required to provide a copy of your license prior to being hired. . Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: • Well-rounded knowledge of project development, specifications, design, construction, and maintenance techniques for engineering and construction of transportation infrastructure projects. • Knowledge of state contracting procedures, reviewing invoices, performance monitoring of contracts/contractors such as professional services, construction, and maintenance agreements. • Ability to negotiate, analyze, and prepare agreements with the consultants or other public entities. • Experience in design and construction procedures including design-build and other alternative delivery processes for transportation projects. • Excellent communication and negotiating skills, both written and oral, and the ability to work cooperatively with stakeholders, other governmental agencies, and individual citizens. Ability to create and deliver presentations to project teams, coworkers, and executive management. • Strong knowledge and ability to perform office applications, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, take minutes at meetings, and prepare meeting calendars. • Ability to analyze and develop solutions for difficult and technical problems, preferably relating to HSR projects. • Experience managing risk identification, risk tracking, and risk mitigation. • Experience with design and civil engineering on transportation infrastructure projects. • Experience with construction on transportation infrastructure projects. • Experience with project development and delivery, project management of transportation infrastructure projects. • Experience reviewing invoices & progress reports, tracking progress and monitoring performance of contracts/contractors. • Experience in analyzing, negotiating and preparing agreements. • Experience in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, project delivery functional units, Third Party stakeholders and agencies. • Experience of managing and administering architectural and engineering consultant contracts in accordance with applicable policies and procedures, State Contracting Manual, CA Gov Code. • Experience in design and construction procedures including design-build and other alternative delivery processes, for transportation projects.