JOB This is an underfill for a Professional Engineer located in the Materials Division in Carson City, NV. Design Flexible and rigid pavement structural sections for NDOT roadways and facilities. Attend designs reviews, PDFS, project update meetings and provide recommendations to management for project coordination. Write Design Review, Theoretical, Traffic, Core and Structural Roadbed Memos, Pavement Design Reports. Visit the field to determine existing roadbed conditions and suggest appropriate pavement rehabilitation or reconstruction strategies in memos. Review permits and provide engineering recommendations. Verify and support design recommendations and prepare supplementals/addendums following recent bid PS&E and advertisement documents.**INCUMBENT MAY PROGRESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL AFTER MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, AND WITH APPROVAL OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY.**
Associate Engineers perform a broad range of engineering work not requiring licensure by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Associate Engineers are distinguished from Engineering Technicians by greater latitude in the interpretation and application of established engineering criteria, and their technical expertise in the particular program area and/or knowledge acquired in a baccalaureate course of study in engineering or a related discipline. In addition, Associate Engineer duties are typically distinguished from advanced Engineering Technician duties by a greater responsibility for reviewing, interpreting and using judgment to make recommendations and determinations based on data received, organized, compiled and summarized by lower level technical staff including Engineering Technicians. EXAMPLE OF DUTIES Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or closely related engineering field and two years of professional engineering experience; OR Certification by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as an Engineer Intern, and two years of professional engineering experience in civil engineering or closely related engineering field; OR two years of experience as a Staff I, Associate Engineer or Supervisor I, Associate Engineer in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION This class specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level.
Working knowledge of: engineering principles and practices; computer software programs necessary to complete job assignments.
Ability to: make logical engineering judgments and decisions; read and understand engineering information from plans, drawings, specifications, manuals, correspondence, reports, graphs and memos; analyze technical information, problems, situations, practices or procedures to identify relevant concerns, formulate logical and objective conclusions and recognize alternatives and their implications; communicate orally using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and provide information and explain policies and procedures; write engineering reports and other technical documents; understand and perform statistical computations; establish rapport and gain the trust of others; operate personal computers and associated engineering software; and all knowledge, skills and abilities required at the lower levels.
RECRUITER CONTACT INFORMATION: Kristen Burke at [email protected]
