SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, CALTRANS
Alameda County, CA, USA
Posted on Jun 23, 2026
Job Description and Duties
Under the general supervision of a Supervising Transportation Engineer, the incumbent serves as the District focal point for contracts being advertised through the Office Engineer under the Division of Engineering Services (DES-OE). Serves as Duty Senior who performs, assigns, schedules, directs and controls work within the assigned area. General duties include weekly tracking and dissemination of advertised contracts and their changing statuses, coordination and posting of bidder inquiries & responses, advanced notice and coordination with District Office Engineer concerning contracts which appear to be particularly problematic, downloading and distribution of bid results after each bid opening, consultation & coordination with the designers of new contract award systems (currently AASTHOWARE), and analysis of bids with an eye toward identifying risks being passed through to field construction.
PARF# 04-26-0705 / JC- 521708
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment survey to tell us how you found out about this job.
https://forms.office.com/g/RyK102ty4G
https://youtu.be/oC9wIp8QalI
Apply today to join our team! We especially encourage applicants to check out our Caltrans Career Compass tool! The Caltrans Career Compass is a tool to assist and help candidates understand and succeed in applying to Caltrans positions
PARF# 04-26-0705 / JC- 521708
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
Please take this 1-minute Caltrans Recruitment survey to tell us how you found out about this job.
https://forms.office.com/g/RyK102ty4G
https://youtu.be/oC9wIp8QalI
Apply today to join our team! We especially encourage applicants to check out our Caltrans Career Compass tool! The Caltrans Career Compass is a tool to assist and help candidates understand and succeed in applying to Caltrans positions
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
