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Engineer Intern Applicant - Engineer 5 (Safe Drinking Water Compliance Engineer)

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Engineer Intern Applicant - Engineer 5 (Safe Drinking Water Compliance Engineer)

Salary

$4,167.00 - $7,502.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/CSH/213424

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

09/29/2025

Closing Date

10/10/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)

In this vital role serves as a specialized engineer within the State of Louisiana’s Safe Drinking Water Program. This position involves meeting program requirements for compliance with the requirements of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Specifically, the position manages the Disinfection By-products Rule. You’ll apply advanced engineering and scientific principles to protect public health by ensuring safe drinking water across the state. Make a meaningful impact on Louisiana’s water safety!

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;

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

+ Serve as a LDH technical authority in specialized areas of the Safe Drinking Water Program and work/consult with the US Environmental Protection Agency (Audits, work-plan, training, reports, correspondence, telephone calls, grant requests, etc.) concerning State compliance with federal promulgated regulations

+ Perform determinations of public water systems statewide regarding compliance with the monitoring and maximum contaminant level requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the State Sanitary Code

+ Perform consultations to District and Regional offices as well as public water supplies regarding data, sample collection, statistical report preparation, engineering data development, and engineering review

+ Perform/Conduct responses to public inquiries and complaints

+ Performs/conducts emergency response activities for natural or manmade disasters and waterborne outbreaks or illnesses

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probationary, Promotional appointment, or Detail to Special Duty

Cost Center: 3262208510

Position Number(s): 50326266

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Engineer Intern Applicant, Engineer Intern 1-2, Engineer 3, 4, or 5 determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

Compensation: This position is eligible for the following Special Entrance Rates (SER):

Engineer Intern 1 - $26.44 hourly | $2,115.20 bi-weekly

Engineer Intern 2 - $28.29 hourly | $2,263.20 bi-weekly

Engineer 3 – $33.39 hourly | $2,671.20 bi-weekly

Engineer 4 - $36.90 hourly | $2,952.00 bi-weekly

Engineer 5 - $39.48 hourly | $3,158.40 bi-weekly

How To Apply

No Civil Service test score is 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.

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

Contact Information:

Casey Hickman

[email protected]

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

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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To ensure compliance with LDH Nepotism Policy#41, if you have any immediate family members that are currently employed by LDH, please list the name and relationship. Please type “N/A” if no immediate family members are employed by LDH.

02

Do you possess a current Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering or a license to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ISSUING STATE, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE, and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered 'NO', enter N/A. ***NOTE***ORIGINAL issue date must be provided (NOT most recent renewal) as your licensed experience will be credited from the date you put here when you attained your PE license.

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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