Construction and Field Survey Specialist 2025-00816

In this role, you will work under limited supervision, performing tasks essential for formulating recommendations for the preliminary design and construction of highway projects. Your work will directly contribute to ensuring a safe, high-quality, and efficient transportation system for Wyoming. As a key member of the team, you will help improve the state’s infrastructure and play an important part in shaping its future.

Sundance, Wyoming, is a quiet, picturesque town that comes alive in the summer months with visitors heading to nearby destinations like Devil’s Tower and the Sturgis Bike Rally. The town offers outdoor enthusiasts an abundance of activities, from hiking and camping to skiing and snowmobiling. For those looking for more, Rapid City, South Dakota, is just an hour away, providing additional recreational and cultural opportunities. Moreover, Wyoming is one of only nine states with no income tax, making it an attractive place to live and work.

If you’re passionate about transportation engineering and enjoy the great outdoors, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Apply today to be a part of WYDOT and help build a better future for Wyoming.

• Culture of public service and a commitment to work/life balance
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• State Retirement plan and additional savings opportunities (deferred compensation)
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

• Performs various tasks, including surveys, testing, and inspections on preliminary designs, and construction of highway projects.
• Observed, monitored, and oversees highway and highway-related construction performed by contractors.
• Field test materials, checks work against specifications, and confers with contractors, engineers, and work crews.
• Responsible for project documentation, pay estimates, and final contract documents.
• Verifies and documents work activities.
• Regularly monitors and inspects work and calculates payment of contractors.
• Maintains crew diaries and logs supporting departmental record-keeping and/or contract administration activities.
• Ensures that materials sampling and testing are performed properly; audits material summaries for QA/QC purposes.
• Assists in the preparation of recommendations used to design construction projects.
• Check preliminary plans for errors and problems.
• Communicates internally and externally regarding project information and courses of action/consequences on larger projects.
• Prepares and checks documentation to be sent to the district finals office.
• Oversees minor to more complex construction projects by documenting pay quantities, coordinating the work schedule of subordinates, and working with contractors for quality control.
• Organize project records.
• Review and check project documentation.
• Prepare, review, maintain, and file construction project records, estimates, and reports.
• Perform topographic surveys.
• Conduct aggregate gradation testing, density testing for earthwork and surfacing, and concrete testing.
• Perform survey tasks such as drive stakes, hubs, hold tapes, hold the rod, and instrument operation.
• Perform minor surveying computations such as slopes, areas, volumes, cuts, fills, etc.
• Inspect pipe backfill and fill construction.
• Inspect paving operations to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Perform basic engineering computations such as areas, volumes, material spread rates, etc.
• Review and learn traffic control methods, manuals, and procedures.
• Perform more complex lab tests of samples and document results for QA/QC purposes.
• Attend and complete all designated training to maintain required certifications and perform inspections.

PREFERENCES/AGENCY REQUIREMENTS: 


Preference may be given to applicants with 2 to 4 years of progressive work experience in roadway construction methods, contract administration, survey experience, and material testing.


KNOWLEDGE: 

 

• Knowledge of project coordination and monitoring.  Review design and construction methods.
• Knowledge of construction trades and practices.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Knowledge of engineering and computations/formulas.
• Knowledge of construction inspection, which includes the interpretation of plans and specifications.
• Knowledge of documentation of project records.
• Knowledge of communication with supervisors and contractors.
• Knowledge of working towards a leadership role.
• Knowledge of material testing.
• Ability to perform complicated computer calculations.
• Knowledge of computers and calculators.
• Knowledge of surveying, surveying methods, equipment, and the ability to apply upload and downloading of survey files.
• Knowledge of contract time, administration, and contract changes.

• FLSA:  Non-Exempt
• WYDOT will conduct motor vehicle record checks to verify a valid driver's license.
• The Wyoming Department of Transportation is a Drug-Free Workplace.
• E-Verify: WYDOT uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

• Qualifying eligibility and criteria for the hiring bonus

  • Temporary employees accepting a full-time position.

  • Current employees accepting a promotional opportunity - recruitment must have been opened to the public. 

  • One year of service to WYDOT must be completed, failure to complete this requirement will forfeit the hiring incentive, and funds will be recouped from final pay.

  • Internal candidates would be required to remain in the position for a minimum of one (1) year from their promotion date.

  • Employees would only be eligible for one (1) hiring bonus in a 12-month period.

  • If the employee elects to downgrade through an active recruitment and/or appointment during the twelve (12) month period, they would be required to pay the bonus back.

045-Department of Transportation - WYDOT-Chief Engineer - District Construction

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The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.