Michael Poe, P.E., recently accepted a promotion to Division 11 Engineer following the retirement of Mike Pettyjohn, N.C. Transportation Secretary Eric Boyette announced at the recent Board of Transportation meeting.
“I’m excited to be returning to part of the state that I still call home and where I worked the first half of my career,” Poe said. “ What I love about working for the Department of Transportation is the impact our work makes on the lives of our citizens and visitors, and it is a great honor to be given the opportunity to do that in the area where I was born and raised.”
Poe will oversee project development, maintenance, and construction of state highway operations across Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin Counties. The division consists of approximately 400 employees who are responsible for nearly 6,000 miles of road.
Poe, who graduated from N.C. State in 1999, began his career in Division 11 quickly working his way up to Caldwell County Maintenance Engineer. Then he accepted a position as District Engineer in Boone in 2007 before transferring to a Division 12 position in 2011 as District Engineer in Lincolnton. He rose to Division 12 Project Development Engineer in 2016.
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