E280 Transportation Engineer I or II - Design - El Paso
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Transportation Engineer I performs transportation engineering work in areas such as planning, design, construction, operations, or maintenance, following standard practices with limited supervision of details. Transportation Engineer II performs complex work independently, referring unusual issues to a supervisor. Both levels ensure compliance with applicable laws, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines and interact with governmental officials and private entities.
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Transportation Engineer I: Performs transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations and/or 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. Transportation Engineer II: Performs complex transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations and/or 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 perform work independently on assignments; however, all unusual issues are referred to the supervisor.Essential Duties:Transportation Engineer I:Assists with design, computer operations and plan preparation. Coordinates and/or monitors assigned projects/programs/plans.Coordinates with utility companies, attorneys and governmental representatives to accurately depict the highway project's impact on adjacent properties.Monitors consultant design contracts.Drives/travels to project/work locations to make on-site engineering reviews, analyses, tests and to provide technical support.Performs data collection, analyses, forecasts and plan development.Performs 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.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.Additional Duties of Transportation Engineer II:Negotiates fees, explains scope of work and monitors consultant design contracts.Trains engineering staff.Interprets the Utility Accommodation Policy.Makes presentations and represents TxDOT.Monitors consultants' progress and work quality; checks invoices and associated documents; prepares supplemental agreements.
How this job compares
Set against the 877 open Transportation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$87–152K/yr512 salary ranges
- US median$32–47/hr41 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Transportation Engineer jobs in Texas and 877 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 (675 postings).
- Education
- 471 of the 877 open Transportation Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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