J206 PEPS Senior Engineer
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Austin, TXJobSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Senior Engineer provides and coordinates activities for advanced professional engineering procurement contracts. The role manages consultant selection teams, oversees contract and work-authorization management for engineering, architectural, and surveying services, and may serve as a project manager or project leader. It develops procurement strategies, budgets, scopes, schedules, and risk-mitigation approaches, while coordinating with TxDOT districts, divisions, and private-sector partners.
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Responsible for providing and coordinating activities associated with advanced professional engineering procurement contracts. Manages the consultant selection teams and ensures procedures are adhered to and compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, standards and guidelines. Serves as engineering functional expert providing management of contracts and work authorizations for Engineering, Architectural and surveying services. May Serves as Project Manager and provides ongoing guidance to staff engineers. Work requires contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.Essential Duties: · May serve as project leader.· Develops contracting strategies and directs the procurement, administration, and communication processes for professional services contracts.· Analyzes trends and develops strategies to mitigate or avoid future risks within the PEPS procurement and contract portfolio.· Develops and maintains a portfolio of PEPS-procured professional services and surveying contracts.· Coordinates professional services and surveying contract portfolio activities with TxDOT districts, divisions, and private-sector partners to maximize utilization.· Leads consultant selection teams, ensures proper consultant selection processes, and oversees and coordinates projects and program activities.· Negotiates job classifications and level-of-effort requirements with professional service firms.· Oversees and directs the processing and review of consultant selection documentation, contracts, and associated documents through execution.· Develops professional service budgets.· Oversees, develops, and/or conducts training and presentations.· Develops engineering contracting strategies.· Develops and negotiates scopes of work, contract schedules, and other contract agreements.· Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
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Set against the 1,177 open Contract Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
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- Texas median$91–195K/yr48 salary ranges
- US median$30–35/hr35 hourly ranges
- Openings
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- Experience
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- Education
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