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Performs highly advanced and complex transportation engineering work in one or more functional areas such as planning, project development and design, construction, transportation/traffic operations, maintenance and/or research. Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. Work requires contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.Essential Duties:Analyzes and reports on advanced and highly complex program funding change scenarios and their impact to individual project schedulesAssesses and reports actual project progress versus planned progress to determine trends and variances for highly complex projects.Oversees and develops plans for complex project(s) related to their resource assignments, schedules, scope, communication, quality, and/or procurement, while utilizing available resources and maintaining the agency's project objectives.Chairs or serves as a member of a contract selection team.Coordinates and/or monitors assigned projects/programs/plans.Coordinates with local Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to develop annual Transportation Improvement Program and long and short-range transportation plans for the area.Coordinates with other Divisions and Districts on contracting issues and serves as the point of contact for their professional services contracting programDevelops and/or reviews engineering related documents, correspondence, reports and remediation plans.Formulates, develops and/or monitors budgets and financial information.Leads/Trains professional and administrative staff.Makes presentations and represents TxDOT.Monitors contract performance, evaluates contract deliverables, reviews billing documentation, monitors the consultant's compliance with the terms of the contract, and/or prepares and delivers a written evaluation of the consultant's performanceNegotiates fees, explains scope of work and monitors consultant design contractsReviews, processes and certifies project design plans developed by consulting engineersPerforms other job responsibilities as assigned.