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Engineer 6-DCL

Salary

$6,692.00 - $12,047.00 Monthly

Location

Monroe, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

OPH/CSH/214126

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

10/22/2025

Closing Date

10/27/2025 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 the Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)

This highly specialized Dual Career Ladder (DCL) position utilizes technical skills and the application of engineering design principles along with other technical expertise in the design and review of plans and specifications in accordance with regulatory codes for drinking water, wastewater, and public swimming pools. Many tasks are of a highly specialized, complex, technical nature requiring extensive training and experience that, in many instances, must be performed in the absence of supervision. In addition to a thorough knowledge and understanding of engineering principles, including an advanced grounding in drinking water and wastewater regulatory codes, a working knowledge of other complex scientific subjects such as microbiology, epidemiology, toxicology, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and computer science.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Two years of licensed engineering experience; or

Six years of professional engineering experience.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS:

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

A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience.

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

There is no substitution for licensed engineering experience.

NOTES:

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.

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.

Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses 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=165490) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Analyze/implement environmental activities needed within the complete scope of public health engineering activities for the district.

+ Conducts surveys and evaluations of water and wastewater facilities using specialized public health engineering expertise to ensure protection of the public health and compliance with Federal and State Laws and regulations, namely, the State Sanitary Code.

+ Serves as local technical authority in specialized areas of Public Health Engineering.

+ Provides functional supervision and technical assistance to consulting engineers, architects, sanitarians, water and wastewater operators, and public and elected officials regarding water and wastewater concerns.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This is apromotional opportunity open only to current permanent employees in aclassified positionwith the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health

Cost Center: 3262208510

Position Number(s): 50687663

Compensation: This position is eligible for the following Special Entrance Rates (SER) of Engineer 6-DCL - $41.45 hr/ $3,316.00 bi-weekly

How To Apply

No Civil Service testscore 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). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Casey Hickman

[email protected] ([email protected])

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818Baton 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

01

Are you a current permanent employee in a classified position with Louisiana Department of Health - Office of Public Health?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Do you possess two years of experience in project management of infrastructure projects, one year of which must have been been in Drinking Water projects?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Do you possess a current license to practice Professional Engineering (PE), issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board (LAPELS) or any other state's professional engineering licensing board?

+ Yes

+ No

04

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

05

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.

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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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