Resident Engineer

General purpose: Reports to the Resident Engineer, Systems, and leads day-to-day CMC oversight of trackwork and supporting civil construction. Directs the Track and Civil Construction Engineers and inspectors, and acts for the RE in their absence.Essential functionsLeads field oversight of ballasted, embedded, and direct-fixation track, special trackwork, walkways, and track-related civil work.Oversees at-grade guideway civil: utility relocations, drainage, subgrade preparation, MSE and ballast walls, signal house and TPSS foundations, OCS pole foundations, fencing, and landscaping.Reviews track and civil submittals, RFIs, and field changes; prepares independent estimates and supports change order negotiation.Verifies track geometry, rail welding, rail-structure interaction details on long-span bridges, and stray current isolation against contract requirements.Coordinates track and civil sequencing with systems installation so duct banks, foundations, and embedments are complete before systems crews mobilize.Manages quantity verification, progress payment backup, and daily field documentation for track and civil work.Coordinates with Seattle City Light, SDOT, and other utilities on relocations and interfaces along the alignment.Enforces safety, environmental, and stormwater compliance on site.Supports punch list, as-built review, and track acceptance.Minimum qualificationsBachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a closely related field.Minimum 10 years of construction management or field engineering experience on rail transit or heavy civil projects, including oversight of trackwork and track-related civil construction.PreferredPE license (Washington or ability to obtain) or CCM.Experience with special trackwork installation and direct-fixation track on aerial structures.Experience with WSDOT Standard Specifications and Seattle utility coordination.Knowledge ofAREMA guidelines and transit track standards, CWR installation and destressing, and track geometry tolerances.Geotechnical and earthwork practices for subgrade, MSE walls, and retaining structures.Construction contract administration on public works projects.