Locomotive Engineer jobs in Charleston, WV

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ATTENTION: Applicant must verify post high school education by submitting an official transcript or diploma, training or licensure earned pertaining to this position by the closing date of the posting, if not previously verified. 

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• Performs engineering designs, plans, calculations, inspectors, and for specific projects.
• May supervise and train lower level engineers and the assignments and performance of support and technicians assigned to specific projects.
• Conducts interim and final inspections of construction projects to determine compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and specifications.
• Prepares and reviews complex plans and/or contracts for projects; calculates material quantities needed for construction projects; recommends alternative construction methods.
• Writes reports detailing recommendations, conclusions, and findings from inspections and reviews.
• Plots cross sections and topography, computes grade lines and earthwork, draws typical sections, and figures drainage.
• May independently perform studies, review and generate policy and procedures as it relates to environmental, regulatory and other agency concerns, which may include working with other state and federal entities.
• Reads professional journals and trade publications to gain knowledge of new technologies; assigns reading material to subordinates.
• Attends state and national meetings and seminars to improve and share engineering knowledge.
• May represent the agency during legal proceedings.

• Knowledge of agency policies and practices pertaining to agency jurisdiction.
• Knowledge of equipment and instruments used in various types of engineering.
• Knowledge of fundamentals of various types of engineering.
• Ability of apply engineering principles in solving engineering problems.
• Ability to direct the work of technical engineering staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Training: Current Professional Engineer (PE) license issued by the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.

AND

Experience: Seven (7) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in engineering, in which three (3) years must be as a licensed Professional Engineer.

Note: The experience must have been acquired after the bachelor’s degree but may have occurred before or after registration as a professional engineer.