E280 Transportation Engineer I/II/III (Odessa Area)
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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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 ensures compliance with applicable laws, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines and involves contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level follow standard practices without frequent supervision of details.
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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: Transportation Engineer I Assesses and reports actual project progress versus planned progress to determine trends and variances for routine projects. .Assists in overseeing construction project traffic control plans; periodically reviews traffic control devices with Area Engineers. Assists in reviewing shop drawings prepared by fabricators for bridges and related structures. Assists with design, computer operations and plan preparation. Develops and/or reviews engineering related documents, correspondence, reports and remediation plans. Drives/travels to project/work locations to make on-site engineering reviews, analyses, tests and to provide technical support. Performs planning work such as plan review, calculations and assisting in transportation planning studies. Reviews change orders, supplemental agreements, memorandum agreements and extra work orders; reviews monthly and final estimates prior to submittal.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned. Transportation Engineer II (In addition to above):Assists Area Engineers with construction contract administration matters. Assists districts with bridge inspection-related matters.Represents the district/division at technical meetings and public hearings at local, state, federal and/or international levels.Reviews shop drawings prepared by fabricators for bridges and related structures. Assists project managers to establish realistic and achievable schedule baselines. May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks.Performs pavement designs and makes recommendations.Transportation Engineer III (In addition to above): Analyzes and assists in the resolution of contract problems and disputes. Oversees construction project traffic control plans; periodically reviews traffic control devices with Area Engineers.Responsible for the review of construction related to operations. Reviews designs and detailed drawings of bridges and related structures prepared by other engineers and technicians. Reviews shop drawings, plans, specifications, estimates, supplemental agreements and change order requests.Trains engineering staff.
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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