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ENGINEER INTERN APPLICANT - ENGINEER 5

Salary

$50,004.00 - $90,024.00 Annually

Location

Lafayette, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CPRA- 212749

Department

GOV-Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Opening Date

09/10/2025

Closing Date

10/10/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

This position serves as an Engineer in the Lafayette Regional Office (LRO), Operations Division of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The incumbent performs advanced and responsible engineering work in implementing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Construction Administration for CPRA's overall coastal restoration and hurricane flood risk reduction program.

Minimum Qualifications

Eligibility for a Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate.

NOTE:

This is a temporary position to be utilized while the incumbent is securing a Louisiana Engineer Intern certificate. Permanent status shall be denied to incumbents occupying this position.

NOTE:

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

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=109160) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Performs functions essential to the implementation of CPRA’s overall coastal restoration and flood protection projects or programs through coordination with federal, state, and local project partners

+ Serves as a high-level technical expert in the Regional Office of CPRA’s Operations Division, employing experience and technical expertise in the design, construction, operations, and maintenance functions of a number of large, complex, important, and high-profile projects

+ Prepares scopes of work for various professional services (engineering, surveying), operations, and maintenance tasks

+ Reviews proposals and opinions of probable costs for professional services and for the performance of operations and maintenance contracts and tasks

+ Prepares, reviews, and monitors project-specific task budgets

+ Reviews and comments on design reports, construction plans, specifications, and opinions of probable construction costs

+ Performs contract administration and oversight for consultants engaged in engineering, surveying, and construction administration services on behalf of the agency

+ Performs construction administration and oversight for large, complex, important, and high-profile projects, including regularly scheduled field/site visits to construction projects

+ Prepares and provides status/progress reports on ongoing project activities

+ Provides technical advisory support to local freshwater districts, levee districts, parish drainage districts, the Acadiana Watershed District (LA Watershed Initiative), and may attend and represent CPRA at board meetings as needed

+ Prepares project Operations and Maintenance plans and associated 20-Year budgets

+ Reviews and monitors budgets in relation to project cost share agreements, amendments, as well as other Interagency Governmental Agreements

+ Prepares annual Operating Budgets for assigned projects

+ Presents requests for funding adjustments at various Task Force/Trustee Implementation Group meetings

+ Monitors, maintains, and updates project records

+ Performs site inspections for projects to evaluate Operations and Maintenance (O&M) needs and prepares an associated O&M report with proposed O&M activities

+ Draft correspondence directed to private owners, consulting engineers, local state and federal government agencies

+ Conducts hurricane damage assessments and periodic on-site inspections of levees, floodwalls, and associated infrastructure, and prepares an associated inspection report

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational or Promotional

Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Engineer Intern Applicant, Engineer Intern 1, Engineer Intern 2, Engineer 3, Engineer 4, or Engineer 5, depending on level of experience.

Office Location: 635 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70506

Compensation: The maximum salary for the Engineer 5 is $126,256 annually.

There are special bi-weekly entrance rates established for this position:

Engineer Intern 1 $2,115.20

Engineer Intern 2 $2,263.20

Engineer 3 $2,671.20

Engineer 4 $2,952.00

Engineer 5 $3,158.40

For recruitment purposes, applicants who are within 90 days of graduating with an Engineering degree will be allowed to apply for this position.

Official transcripts will be required upon hire.

Louisiana is a State as Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No civil service test score is required 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.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Official transcripts will be required upon hire.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions, you may contact:

Rachel Dunbar, Human Resources Supervisor

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

[email protected]

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 within 90 days of graduating?

+ Yes

+ No

+ N/A – I have already graduated

02

Do you possess a current Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate?

+ Yes

+ No

03

If you answered 'Yes' to the above question, what is the state that issued your certificate, your certificate number, and the date of issuance of your certificate? if you answered 'No', enter N/A

04

Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering?

+ Yes

+ No

05

If you answered 'Yes' to the above question, what is the state that issued your certificate, your certificate number, and the date of issuance of your certificate? if you answered 'No', enter N/A

Required Question

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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