Design Technician III & IV: Pharr District (Central Design)
Indexed description
Transportation Engineer Specialist IV
Provides highly skilled technical expertise and oversees multiple design and/or advanced building construction projects. Reports
to a licensed professional engineer or registered architect who has final approval authority for projects. Work requires contact
with governmental agencies, consultants and construction firms. May serve as lead worker. Employees are virtually
self-supervising and assume accountability for their work.
Essential Duties:
The essential duties for Transportation Engineer Specialist III include:
- Receives project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
- Performs advanced and specialized design work.
- Performs advanced and specialized drafting and calculations in support of design activities; develops graphic presentations that include distinctive design features.
- Prepares quantity summaries, hydraulic and utility studies and right-of-way maps.
- Prepares roadway design, traffic control, lighting, signal, and building plans.
- Reviews entire sets of plans for format, drafting and calculation errors and correlation of plans and specifications.
- Trains less experienced technicians.
- Uses additional automated design tools or specialized design procedures in areas including bridge/culvert detailing, traffic management, geometric design, signal lighting design, retaining walls and building design.
- Uses automated programs, interactive graphics and the Design and Construction Information System.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned
- Performs advanced and specialized design work.
- Performs advanced and specialized drafting and calculations in support of design activities; develops graphic presentations that include distinctive design features.
- Prepares quantity summaries, hydraulic and utility studies and right-of-way maps.
- Prepares roadway design, traffic control, lighting, signal, and building plans.
- Receives project assignments, determines work requirements to complete project plans and coordinates scheduling to accommodate projects already underway.
- Reviews entire sets of plans for format, drafting and calculation errors and correlation of plans and specifications.
- Trains less experienced technicians.
- Uses additional automated design tools or specialized design procedures in areas including bridge/culvert detailing, traffic management, geometric design, signal lighting design, retaining walls and building design.
- Uses automated programs, interactive graphics and the Design and Construction Information System.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Transportation Engineer Specialist III: *8 years drafting, design, plan preparation.
Transportation Engineer Specialist IV: *9 years drafting, design, plan preparation.
- (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent). Related college education or relevant technical training may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications
- Valid US driver’s license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.
- Advanced and specialized design/drafting procedures
- Computer-aided drafting and design systems
- Design and plan preparation methods and requirements
- Advanced and specialized design/drafting
- Performing advanced drafting
- Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
- Application of engineering fundamentals
- Reading and interpreting applicable plans, schematics, blueprints and maps
- Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
- Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others
- Computer-aided drafting and design systems
- Design and plan preparation methods and requirements
- Advanced and specialized design/drafting procedures
- Applying engineering principles, practices, and methods in job responsibilities
- Reading and interpreting applicable plans, schematics, blueprints and maps
- Advanced and specialized design/drafting
- Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
- Maintaining a safe and effective working relationship with others
- Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals
- Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions
- Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs. at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
- Talking-expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words
- Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading
- This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
- If this position is determined to be Safety Impact by responsibilities, it will be subject to random drug testing
TXDOT Pharr District is looking for an Transportation Engineer Specialist III or IV to work in our Central Design office in Pharr, TX. We are in search of driven and versatile professionals to join our Engineering team. TxDOT provides exceptional training and comprehensive hands-on experience to recent graduates. We have a workforce of over 13,000 employees statewide. If you want to build an exciting career, let’s talk!
Salary Range:
Transportation Engineer Specialist III(B20): $66,000 - $81,351/annually
$5,500 - $6,779.25/monthly
Transportation Engineer Specialist IV (B21): $69,600 - $87,046/annually
$5,800 - $7,253.83/monthly
- The Texas Department of Transportation reserves the sole right in determining the level based on the applicant’s work experience, education skill level, and all other appropriate factors, and based on business need.
- Retirement Plans
- Alternative and/or Flexible Work Schedules
- Paid Leave and Holidays
- Health Premiums paid at 100% for Full-Time Employees
- On-the-Job Training
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Holistic Wellness Program with Leave Incentives
- Career Development and Advancement Opportunities
- Family-Friendly Policies and Programs
For a complete list of our total compensation package please visit our website at: Total Compensation Package
To view benefits available to all State of Texas employees visit: Benefits at a Glance | ERS (texas.gov)
Job
Engineering/Engr Support
Schedule
Full-time
Employee Status
Regular
Job Level
Non-Management
Job Posting
Jul 8, 2026, 11:47:15 AM
State Job Title/s
Engineering Specialist III/Engineering Specialist IV
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)
TxDOT is committed to hiring veterans. To assist in determining whether your military experience may pertain to the minimum requirements for this position, Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces have been assigned to each state classification code/title where applicable. The MOS codes are grouped by occupational category.
To view the MOS codes please click on link below and click on the appropriate occupational category.
https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions
Applicant Information
The Texas Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
If requested, reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities for any part of the employment process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Action of 1990.
Please click this link to read the information for applicants: Additional Applicant Information
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