SEASONAL ENGINEERING INTERN
Job Responsibilities
This position is accountable for providing engineering assistance for all aspects of highway related design, construction, and maintenance projects.
This position reports to a Resident Engineer/Technician. No staff reports to this position.
This position performs engineering tasks for highway-related design, construction, and maintenance projects under the direction of a Resident Engineer/Technician. It assists in ensuring that projects are designed and completed in accordance with plans, specifications, and special provisions in a timely manner.
Typical problems encountered in this position include following all policies and standards of design and ensuring the accurate inspection of highway related construction projects. The greatest challenge to this position is ensuring that work assignments are completed accurately and on time.
This position personally acts as an assistant in design, laboratory or survey work; inspects earthwork, drainage, concrete paving, bituminous resurfacing, bridges, and other engineering related items; and checks design plans, field notes, plots cross sections, makes field measurements, computations, and reports.
The incumbent is constrained by the plans, specifications, and special provisions of the project and by the policies and procedures of the Bureau of Construction and the Bureau of Design. Instances that are not in accordance with these rules are referred to the Resident Engineer/Technician.
The incumbent has contact with the internal personnel, contractor's personnel, and occasionally with the general public. This position requires frequent travel within the district.
The effectiveness of this position can be measured by the design, inspection, and accuracy/neatness of his/her reports.
Principal Accountabilities
- Provides accurate designs, measurements, computations, and documentation.
- Keeps the Resident Engineer/Technician informed of any problems encountered or deviations made.
- Ensures that work performed is in accordance with the specifications.
- Performs all duties in compliance with departmental safety rules. Performs all duties in a manner conducive to the fair and equitable treatment of all employees.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Position Requirements
- Valid driver's license
- Completion of high school or a GED
- Current enrollment in a college engineering program
- Frequent travel· within the district
- ANSI Class 75, 6" or higher, steel toe safety shoes
- Automobile liability insurance
Position Desirables
- Understanding of design plans/blueprint reading and the ability to perform necessary technical computations in plan preparation
- Education in math to the level of trigonometry
- Strong computer skills
- Knowledge of materials testing and laboratory testing equipment
- Ability to communicate effectively and follow oral and written instructions
Work Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM; Monday - Friday
Work Location: 126 E Ash St Springfield, IL 62704-4766
Office: Office of Highways Project Implementation/Region 4/District 6
Agency Contact: Dot.SummerApplications@Illinois.gov
Job Function: Transportation
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