Engineer 6- Traffic

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Engineer 6- Traffic

Salary

$6,692.00 - $12,047.00 Monthly

Location

Lake Charles, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

07/50490229/E6/05.13.2024-KL

Department

DOTD-Engineering & Operations

Division

District 7- Lake Charles

Opening Date

05/13/2024

Closing Date

6/7/2024 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

DISTRICT 07 - UNIT 002 – Lake Charles

JOB NUMBER: 07/50490229/E6/05.13.2024-KL

POSITION NUMBER: 50490229

ENGINEER 6

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Function Statement:

The overall function of this position is planning, analysis, design, inspection, and inventory of traffic signal systems, signing, pavement markings, channelization and all associated traffic controls for all highways and urban streets. This position is located in the District 07 Gang 002 of the Department of Transportation and Development and reports directly to the Engineer 7/District Traffic Operations Engineer. The incumbent must be self-motivated and able to perform duties many times with or without minimal supervision and able to interpret unforeseen conditions as they arise. The incumbent will participate in appropriate Department structured training programs and attend all continuing education classes and conferences deemed necessary to facilitate the performance of required tasks. While in official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with applicable Louisiana and Civil Service Laws, rules, and regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals, and directives.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

15% Supervises Engineers and Engineer Technicians who perform traffic engineering studies and write traffic engineering reports in response to requests from the general public, public officials, and internally within the department. Reviews the District’s traffic engineering studies and reports. Provides guidance for subordinates in their reviews of consultant, city/parish engineers, and district and headquarter engineer’s submittals and reviews subordinate’s comments prior to official district response.

15% Determine that projects require Road Safety Assessments (RSA’s), conduct RSA’s, and determine and make safety improvement recommendations during the RSA process. Ensure the RSA process and report are meeting current LADOTD and FHWA requirements and guidelines.

15% Review and recommend for approval all applicable access control permits. Review and approve traffic impact studies.

15% Conducts studies and retimes the state maintained signals in the district for optimum efficiency.

10% Determine Transportation Management Plan (TMP) level required for projects within the District. Provide detour analysis, queue analysis, existing and detoured signal analysis, and safety analysis for TMP’s. Determine project impact area and determine lane closure/work restriction times. Make recommendations for the TMP that address safety and mobility needs within the impact area. Review consultant submitted TMP’s to ensure that their traffic and safety analysis is compliant with current LADOTD and FHWA requirements and guidelines and their recommended construction phasing and traffic control layouts provide as little impact to traveling public during construction as can be feasibly expected.

10% Performs studies and Stage 0’s in coordination with HQ Traffic Safety section. Review, participate and follow up with the Stage 0 and Stage 1 process for all projects within the District for safety and operations.

10% Design and submit signal plans for construction projects. Reviews all signal design in construction plans. Coordinates with section 45 for all new installations and modifications of traffic signals.

5% Reviews and recommends for approval all traffic signal permits. Manages any signal maintenance contracts with local entities.

5% May be required to perform other duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities.

This position may be filled as a promotion (open to all Statewide Classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees).

Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/All_Job_Openings.aspx

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.

Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. Applicants can check the status of their application at any time by selecting the ‘Application Status’ link after logging into their account. Below are the most common status messages and their meanings.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

*For further information about this vacancy contact:

Jared Chaumont

Engineer 7

337-437-9100

“The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.”

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering and one of the following:

1. Two years of licensed engineering experience.

2. Six years of professional engineering experience.

   SUBSTITUTIONS:

   A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of the required experience.

   A Ph.D. in engineering will substitute for two years of the required experience.

   Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of required experience.

   NOTE:

   Engineering experience gained while licensed as a professional engineer will be accepted as licensed engineering experience.

   Engineering experience gained after earning an ABET-accredited degree and prior to earning a professional engineer’s license (e.g., as an engineer intern applicant, engineer intern, or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level engineering experience.

   NOTE:

   Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana. If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met.

   NOTE:

   Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at www.lapels.com

   NOTE:

   Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

Supervises the planning, design, construction, inspection, and/or maintenance of building systems or programs through subordinate professional engineers.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Supervisor.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Broad from an Engineer 7 or higher. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Direct over a staff of Engineers, Engineering Technicians, or others who assist in specific assignments.

LOCATION OF WORK:

May be used by all state agencies.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Engineer 5 by the presence of responsibility for direct supervision over professional engineers.

Differs from Engineer 7 by the absence of second-line supervision over professional engineers. Exceptions to this distinction may be approved by SCS based on program scope and/or complexity.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Supervises a departmental unit or section providing engineering services. Develops work program and operating budget.

Supervises engineering personnel; assigns projects and provides technical guidance.

Develops new and revised standards and specifications for the engineering program.

Participates in feasibility studies to facilitate program planning. Formulates and implements program operational policies.

Maintains contact with appropriate local, state, and federal agencies. Reviews and participates in the preparation of engineering reports.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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  What are your career interests?

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  Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee?

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• No

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  Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?

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• No

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  Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?

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• No

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  If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".

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  Are you in possession of a current license to practice professional engineering?

• Yes

• No

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  If you answered yes to the previous question, please list your license number, state, original issue date and expiration date. If you answered no, indicate "N/A".

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State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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