Highways Systems Analyst – Kanawha County
Nature of Work
The Highway Systems Analyst will serve in the compliance unit in the project programming section of the programming division. Under general supervision, the incumbent will be responsible for : reviewing, updating, and managing statewide project authorization requests; reviewing, analyzing, managing, and updating assigned projects in project tracking software; reviewing project correspondence and emails related to the assigned area of the State-funded program and the Federal-funded program, which are statewide bridge programs of category 1 and 2 bridges, off-system bridges, the Statewide National Highway Performance Program (NHPP), the Statewide Surface Transportation Program (STIP) as it relates to bridges and recreational trails; attend meetings, correlated top project schedule change and application of appropriate updates; prepare paperwork and notifications associated with project updates; attend meetings related to new capital project management system (CPMS), which is part of WVOasis as it relates to programming for the WVDOH; assisting team members with their assigned projects as requested. Performs other related duties as assigned. A valid drivers license is required.
Pay Grade: 12
Typical Duties and Responsibilties
• Edits, proofreads, and writes transportation reports
• Collects and analyzes data and evaluates economic, environmental, and social impact of projects
• Compiles technical and analytical findings into a required document such as assessments, categorical exclusions, impact statements, state management plans, project guides, state transportation improvement programs, or application packets
• Designs and conducts field surveys, questionnaire surveys, and field reviews to collect data for transportation studies
• Writes correspondence and reports to be sent to the Federal Highway Administration and/or the Federal Transit Administration regarding necessary amount of funds, scope of work, and revision of project plans and/or grant requirements
• Review plans, typical sections, cross sections, profiles, cost estimates, and other data required for the preparation of contract bids
• Review projects in the Project Tracking System and Bid Analysis Management System to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Coordinate review of project plans, specifications, and estimates between agency and federal officials
• Collects and researches data such as air, soil and water quality from reports of federal or state agencies, permits, or through field reviews of proposed, existing, or abandoned sites
• Develops charts, graphs, tables, maps, schedules, and other illustrations for use in transportation reports
• Applies for, reports, monitors, and closes out federal transit grant programs
• Develops specifications for the procurement process regarding capital equipment and third-party contracts Procures capital equipment and programs and/or materials under third party contracts
• The work product or service affects the design or operation of systems, programs, or equipment.
• Personal contacts are with employees of the same agency. but outside the immediate organization.
• Travel may be required; therefore, a valid driver’s license may be required.
Required Skills and Knowledge
• Knowledge that is practical in nature. This knowledge will be used to interpret test results or solve problems identified by previous testing or observations.
• Oversees grant compliance by providing all grantees the requirements of federal regulations and monitoring their compliance
• Knowledge of methods and techniques used in the collection, evaluation, and organization of data
• Knowledge of the objectives, methodologies, and principles of planning
• Knowledge of principles and practices of environmental analysis
• Knowledge of the effects of environmental projects on human and natural resources and ecological relationships
• Knowledge of transit grant programs and applicable federal requirements
• Ability to orally communicate the purpose of obtaining, imparting, or exchanging information
• Ability to collect, evaluate, and organize data for use in transportation programs, to draw valid conclusions from data
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other Department of Transportation employees, grantees, and federal officials
• Ability to provide direction and guidance to lower level Transportation Systems Analysts
Required Education and Experience
REQUIRED EDUCATION
• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university
• Substitution: Experience as described below may be substituted for the required training on a year-for-year basis.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
• Two (2) years of full-time or part-time equivalent paid experience in the research, analysis, planning, bidding, or administration of highway construction and maintenance projects or managing transit grant programs
• Substitution: successfully completed gaduate coursework from a regionally accredited college or university in transportation, urban or regional planning, engineering, economics, statistics, mathematics, geography, business administration, public administration, environmental studies, history, archeology, or the physical or natural sciences may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
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