Engineering Project Manager (Design)

Closing Date: July 20th, 2025 or upon receipt of the first 50 application submissions.

Engineering Project Manager (Design)
Department of Transportation
Annual Salary Range: $99,320 – $118,123.20

Job Summary: Under limited supervision, administer and manage all engineering projects from start to finish and to perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Job Duties:

– Plan, design, and manage the engineering projects in Transportation Services, including scheduling, contracting, consultant management, staffing, budgets, conflict resolution, quality control, quality assurance, record keeping, project finalizing, PS & E and all associated deliverables.

– Maintain the County Trunk Highways (CTH’s) through scheduled improvements and coordination with the highway maintenance department.

– Plan and design highway related components (i.e. profiles, cross sections, geometrics) of engineering projects, using AutoCAD Civil 3D and other design software programs.

– Involvement with WISDOT freeway and roadway projects related to highways that impact CTH’s/Milwaukee County facilities, including attending meetings, coordination, review of plans and contract documents, obtaining mitigation agreements, including review of reports and analysis.

– Investigate and respond to requests and concerns of elected officials, County departments, other municipal agencies, and the public related to highway engineering and safety.

– Assist in the development of capital improvement plans and budgets for highway engineering design projects in Transportation Services.

– Other miscellaneous tasks for meeting project timelines, quality assurance/control and budgets as needed.

Minimum Requirements:
– Current resident of the state of WI
– Valid Wisconsin driver’s license at time of application and maintained throughout employment.
– Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering.
– At least five (5) years’ experience in Civil Engineering and Project Management.
– Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Wisconsin.
– Intermediate knowledge of all related computer and software applications, such as word processing and spreadsheets.
– Intermediate knowledge of AUTOCAD CIVIL3D

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Experience with the design process needed to achieve PS & E. Knowledgeable about the WisDOT Facilities Development Manual (FDM). Exchange of basic information with internal and/or external contacts. Maintain sensitive or confidential information. Explain and gather information, answer queries, or provide assistance to internal and/or external contacts. Persuade, conform or recommend course of action with internal and/or external contacts. Read, write and comprehend simple instructions, reports, short correspondence and memos. Speak effectively before both internal and/or external groups. Read, analyze, and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions and procedure manuals, scientific/technical journals and procedures, government regulations, financial and legal documents. Makes minimal decision-making responsibility. Makes decisions of responsibility involving evaluation of information; decisions may require development or application of alternatives or precedents.

NOTE: This original application is open to permanent residents of the state of Wisconsin at the time of application. In accordance with Section 11, Rule 3 of the Civil Service Rules a non-competitive examination will be held for this position. The non-competitive examination will consist of criteria deemed appropriate by the Director of Human Resources.

APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AT TIME OF FILING APPLICATION

Engineering Project Manager (Design)

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