OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) announces a new District 5 Engineer in western Oklahoma and three new Directors for its Local Government, Maintenance, and Roadway Design divisions.
Snipes has spent the majority of his professional career with ODOT, most recently serving as District 5 Construction Engineer from 2010 to 2025. He was in the summer engineering intern program throughout the '90s then hired full time after graduating college in 2000. He worked at the Clinton Residency before being promoted to Construction Engineer.
Arps has more than 20 years of experience at ODOT, most recently serving as the District Maintenance Engineer at District 1 headquarters in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Since joining the department in 2003, he has held a variety of positions including Engineer-in-Training, Inspector, Project Manager, Bridge and Local Programs Engineer, and Resident Engineer.
In 2017, Gauthe relocated to Oklahoma from Louisiana and joined ODOT as an Engineer-in-Training. He served as the Bridge and Local Government Engineer in District 4 from 2017 to 2018 in Perry, Oklahoma, then transitioned to the Environmental Programs Division as the Assistant Division Engineer from 2018 to 2020. Gauthe later returned to District 4 as the Bridge and Local Government Engineer, a position he held until November 2024 when he was named State Maintenance Engineer.
Since 2022, January has served as ODOT’s State Traffic Engineer. Her previous roles include Assistant State Traffic Engineer and State Geometric Engineer, where she led efforts in geometric design and traffic analytics within the Roadway Design Division. She began her career at ODOT in 2013 as an intern and later advanced through roles as a Professional Engineer and Manager in the Traffic Engineering Division. She also brings prior experience from the private consulting sector.
