E280 Transportation Engineer I
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Houston, TXJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Performs transportation engineering work across areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation and traffic operations, and maintenance. The role follows standard practices without frequent supervision of details and involves contact with governmental officials and private entities. It supports project management and engineering design, conducts on-site project reviews and technical work, and provides assistance with drainage, hydraulics, and hydrology matters.
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Performs transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations and maintenance. Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Work requires contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices that do not require frequent supervision of details.Essential Duties:Assists project managers to establish realistic and achievable schedule baselinesAssists with design, computer operations and plan preparationDevelops and/or reviews engineering related documents, correspondence, reports and remediation plansDrives/travels to project/work locations to make on-site engineering reviews, analyses, tests and to provide technical support.Leads/Trains professional and administrative staffPerforms engineering design work such as development of layouts, sketches, plans, specifications, estimates and contracts.Provides technical assistance in drainage design, resolution of drainage complaints, hydraulics evaluations and other hydrology matters.Represents the district/division at various meetingsUtilizes project management principles in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing for transportation projects.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 884 open Transportation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$87–152K/yr523 salary ranges
- US median$30–47/hr40 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Transportation Engineer jobs in Texas and 884 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (this employer)39 open
- Jacobs7 open
- Burns & McDonnell6 open
- Experience
- Transportation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (682 postings).
- Education
- 470 of the 884 open Transportation Engineer jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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