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Engineering Technician 5

Salary

$3,640.00 - $6,552.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

64/50681510/EGTEC5/7.17.25-TLM

Department

DOTD-Engineering & Operations

Division

Section 64

Opening Date

07/03/2025

Closing Date

7/17/2025 11:59 PM Central

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64/50681510/EGTEC5/7.17.25-TLM

Engineering Technician 5

Section 64 - Dams, Levees, & Reservoir Development

About this Position:

The duties of this position in the Dam Safety & Water Resources Section (64-066), involves the technical inspection of and preparation of reports of dams and levees. The incumbent of this position must attend the specialized training, in addition to the required structured training courses, to perform the inspections. Direct supervision is received from an Engineer 6. 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.

This position with the DOTD Levee Safety Program requires travel throughout the non-coastal portions of the state to conduct levee inspections.

While in official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with all applicable Louisiana and Civil Service laws, rules, and regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals, and directives.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a high school diploma or GED plus three years of sub-professional engineering experience.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Six months of experience in sub-professional engineering, heavy mobile equipment operation, or mobile equipment maintenance will substitute for the high school diploma or GED.

College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience provided that six semester hours of each thirty are in one of these specialized fields: architecture, cartography, chemistry, construction management, construction technology, drafting, engineering, engineering graphics, engineering technology, geography, geology, industrial technology, landscape architecture, math, or physics.All specialized course work credited must be in the same specialized field. A combination of course work from different fields will not be accepted.

Full-time training in sub-professional engineering from a trade school or technical institute will substitute for the required experience on a month-for-month basis for a maximum of one year of experience.

Completion of a two year course of study in a sub-professional engineering curriculum from a trade school or technical institute will substitute for two years of the required experience.

A baccalaureate degree in engineering, engineering technology, construction management or construction technology will substitute for all of the required experience.

Possession of an engineer intern certificate will substitute for all of the required experience.

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

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=166230) .

Job Duties and Other Information

50% Conducts technical inspections of levees, by himself or in joint effort with the Section and District Engineering staff. The incumbent should be able to detect and interpret any deficiencies on the levees to determine if they constitute a possible threat to the structure and the general public. Reviews and helps develop levee inspection reports. Assists the Levee Safety Engineer in implementing levee safety activities.

15% Provides technical support and assistance to levee district inspection personnel in the proper conduct of field investigations of flood protection system infrastructure.

15% Conducts technical inspections of dams and reservoirs, by himself or in joint effort with the Section and District Engineering staff. The incumbent should be able to detect and interpret any deficiencies on the dam to determine if they constitute a possible threat to the structure and the general public. Reviews monthly darn maintenance reports submitted by the district offices and updates the darn safety database. Assists the Dam Safety Engineer in implementing dam safety activities.

10% Provides water resources information to other agencies, contractors, and the general public searches and retrieves Public Works historical files for DOTD district engineers, DOTD legal section and the general public. Provides public information pertaining to flooding of a location in the state, to facilitate the dissemination of data prepared and stored by DOTD.

5% Reviews requests for financial participation (invoices, requests for reimbursement, etc) and supporting documentation. Prepares Standard State Invoice and transmits to Accounting with all required documents to remit payment.

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

Position-Specific Details:

This position may be filled as either a probational appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees); or by detail to special duty.

This position has a Premium Pay of $1.00 per hour of every hour worked.

How To Apply:

Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:

http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside\_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt\_Finance/HR/Pages/Career\_Center.aspx

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

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.

*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:

Billy Williamson

Dams & Levees Director

(225) 379-3023

[email protected]

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.

Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available: https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs\_rehabilitation.asp

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

01

Are you a permanent LADOTD employee?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Are you a probational LADOTD employee?

+ Yes

+ No

03

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

+ Yes

+ No

04

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

05

To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LaDOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?

06

What are your career interests?

07

This position with the DOTD Levee Safety Program requires travel throughout the non-coastal portions of the state to conduct levee inspections. Are you willing and able to travel as needed for this position?

+ Yes

+ No

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Employer

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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