Are you a licensed professional engineer who enjoys leading teams and guiding complex work that has a real impact? Do you want to use your engineering judgment and leadership skills to help manage programs that influence how transportation projects move forward across an entire state? Are you energized by solving complex challenges, collaborating with partners and helping ensure important work moves forward efficiently and responsibly?

In this role, you will lead a team responsible for programs that support transportation activities across Michigan, including work that helps ensure projects and infrastructure improvements move forward safely and in compliance with state and federal requirements. Your leadership will help guide staff, coordinate with partners and support the processes that allow work to occur on and around Michigan’s transportation system.

If you are looking for an opportunity where your engineering expertise, leadership and problem-solving skills help guide critical permitting and coordination efforts that impact transportation across the state, this position offers the chance to make that kind of difference.

As the next Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) engineering manager licensed, you will:

• Serve as the supervising engineer for the Permits and Agreement Unit, overseeing the six areas the unit oversees: outdoor advertising, junkyard permits, right of way construction permits, utility coordination, governmental agreements and the MDOT Permit Gateway (MPG).
• Establish short- and long-term goals, as well as develop and implement a strategy for the Permits and Agreements Unit to achieve strategic goals.
• Supervise the outdoor advertising and junkyard permit work area, establish procedures and protocols for the effective management of the state’s outdoor advertising and junkyard assets and perform reviews of permits and activities by the Central Office.
• Supervise right of way construction permit work and perform reviews of permits and all activities that require engineer review/approval by the Lansing central office.
• Supervise utility coordination work and perform reviews of all activities that require engineer review/approval by the Lansing central office.
• Supervise governmental agreement work and perform reviews of all activities that require engineer review/approval by the Lansing central office.

Begin your journey with MDOT today!

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For additional information, please see the links below:

• Engineer Manager Licensed 14 position description (Download PDF reader)
• All about MDOT

Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate work schedule requests for this position may be considered.

For information on benefits, visitwww.mi.gov/employeebenefitsorwww.mi.gov/orsstatedc.

The State of Michigan has been recognized as a leading U.S. employer by new graduates from 2021-2023 and a best large U.S. and state employer. Recognized on the international stage for fostering positive employee engagement, the State of Michigan is a past recipient of a North America Government Agency Employees Engagement Award.

Education
Possession of a bachelor of science degree in engineering.
Possession of a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering is preferred.

Experience
Five years of professional experience equivalent to an Engineer, including three years equivalent to an Engineer P11; two years equivalent to an Engineer 12, Engineer Manager 12, or Engineer Manager-Licensed 12; or, one year equivalent to an Engineer Manager 13, Engineer Manager-Licensed 13, Engineering Specialist 13, or Engineering Specialist-Licensed 13.

To be considered for this position you must:

• Possess a registered professional engineering license as required by the State of Michigan.
• If applicable, attach a copy of your official college transcripts and/or foreign degree evaluation with your application. Click here for the State of Michigan (SOM) definition of an Official College Transcript. Applicants who possess foreign degrees must have their academic credentials evaluated or converted into U.S. educational equivalents. Civil Service accepts evaluations from organizations listed on the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.

MDOT does not participate in E-Verify and does not sponsor visa applications.

All newly hired state employees are required to submit and pass a pre-employment drug test and physical (if applicable) prior to their actual appointment. Criminal and driving records will also be checked if applicable. Any position offer will be conditional until results of the drug test, physical, criminal background, and driving records indicate eligibility for employment.

The department reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process including, but not limited to, responses to application questions and responses to interview questions or exercises.

If you have questions related to this posting, please contact Camryn Nauta at nautac@michigan.gov.

Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator (Download PDF reader) for the agency that posted this position vacancy.