Engineer 6-DCL - PQU Engineer Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4835694) Apply  Engineer 6-DCL - PQU Engineer Salary $7,184.66 - $12,047.00 Monthly Location Baton Rouge, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 36/E6DCL/50677081/02.17.25-MV Department DOTD-Engineering & Operations Division Section 36 Opening Date 02/18/2025 Closing Date 2/25/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information     Section 36 – Plan Quality and Publications 36/E6DCL/50677081/02.17.25-MV About this position: This position assists the Engineer 6 Plan Quality Engineer in a unit that serves as experts in plan development procedures and design policies. Please see Examples of Work below for a complete list of the job duties. Supplemental Qualifications: Four years of engineering experience with roadway construction plans in the plan preparation, project delivery, review, or construction phases. This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) - $3316.00/biweekly. 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. 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. Required License for Engineer 6-DCL: Professional Engineer License in the state of Louisiana. If selected, applicants with engineering licenses in other states will be required to attain a Louisiana engineering license prior to the date of hire. *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: Steven Mazur, P.E. Plan Quality & Plan Conformity Engineer Louisiana Dept. of Transportation & Development Office: (225) 379-1488 Steven.Mazur@LA.GOV 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 here: www.laworks.net/workforcedev/Irs/Irs_tech_asst_guidance.asp . Minimum Qualifications 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 Concepts FUNCTION OF WORK: Serves as a leader and departmental authority in either a broad area of engineering or in a narrow but intensely specialized field of engineering. LEVEL OF WORK: Expert. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Broad direction from an Engineer 7 or 8. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May exercise functional/project supervision over lower-level engineers, other professionals or engineering technicians. LOCATION OF WORK: May be used by all state agencies. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from Engineer 5 by the presence of designation as a Dual Career Ladder job. Differs from Engineer 6 by the absence of responsibility for direct supervision over professional engineers. Examples of Work This position functions independently with some direct supervision from the Engineer 6, and: + Assists the Engineer 6 Plan Quality Engineer in a unit that serves as experts in plan development procedures and design policies. + Keeps up with current design and construction practices in order to ensure that construction plans include necessary information, proper formatting, and correct pay items and quantities to minimize scope and budget changes during construction. + Supports statewide DOTD and consultant designers and other engineering personnel regarding plan development, plan requirements, standardization, item selection, specification interpretation, and implementation of construction plans. + Serves as an expert resource for external customers on communicating the intent of the design policies and specifications in a set of construction plans. + Reviews, independently from the Engineer 6 Plan Quality Engineer, both consultant and DOTD in­ house design plans in an effort to provide a centralized quality control of construction plans. This allows for a standardization of construction plans throughout the state to reduce errors, misunderstandings, and misinterpretations of plan information that could lead to FALCON questions, delay of project lettings, bid irregularities, or costly change orders. + Provides review comments on a statewide basis for all types of construction plans. The plan developers will use these reviews to modify and make corrections to plans. The reviews will function as a mechanism for communicating necessary changes in design policy or processes to those who submit plans for review. + Coordinates with the Construction Section, District Design Offices, Road Design Section, Bridge Design Section, and the Publications Engineer to have specifications and standard plans updated as needed to address problems that are reflected in redundant or unnecessary plan notes, recurring plan errors, change orders, questions from designers, and FALCON questions. + Meets with various executive staff members and section heads and provides documentation to explain review comments and their final dispositions, decisions made concerning potential problems, and a description of the review level to which a project was subjected. While in an official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with applicable Louisiana and Civil Service laws, rules, and regulations and DOTD policies, procedures, manuals, and directives. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 60% Review of Construction Plans: Independently but with some direct supervision by the Engineer 6 Plan Quality Engineer: + Reviews both DOTD and consultant plans for technical and mathematical accuracy, adherence to current format requirements, and overall quality control purposes. + Determines whether the scope of the plans is appropriate under the circumstances. + Contacts relevant sections to change plans according to changes in policies, specifications, or construction practices. + Provides detailed comments to designers indicating errors, necessary changes, or potential problems that may arise during the bidding or construction processes. + Documents the aforementioned comments and the manner in which they were addressed for the Chief Engineer's reference. 15% Coordinate with Other Sections: Independently but with some direct supervision by the Engineer 6 Plan Quality Engineer: + Reviews specifications, standard plans, and special details to provide expert advice on how any potential changes would affect the way that DOTD communicates information via plans. + Helps determine what other sections or processes may be affected by the proposed changes and follows through with the affected sections to make sure that all existing manuals, plan tables, details, standard plans, etc., accurately reflect these changes. + Notifies appropriate DOTD sections and/or executives when recurring items arise that could be resolved by changing existing processes, specifications, or standard plans. 10% Plan Review Meetings: + Arranges and chairs plan review meetings with project managers and/or designers to allow for a free­ flow discussion and explanation of plan review comments. + Explains the reasoning behind the comments for clarification purposes and to facilitate collaborative learning to avoid future errors or misunderstandings. 10% Plan Development Meetings: + Participates in plan development meetings as needed to provide expert advice on problematic issues that may affect construction or plan design. 5% Other Duties: + May be required to perform other duties as necessary, including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities. Supplemental Qualifications:4 years of engineering experience with roadway construction plans in the plan preparation, project delivery, review, or construction phases. 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 LA-DOTD employee? + Yes + No 02 Are you a probational LA-DOTD 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 LA-DOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members? 06 Do you have four years of engineering experience with roadway construction plans in the plan preparation, project delivery, review, or construction phases. (All relevant experience must be included in your application.) + Yes + No 07 If you answered yes to the previous question, please list where you gained that experience. (All experience must also be included in your application). 08 Do you possess a current license to practice professional engineering in Louisiana or any other state? + Yes + No 09 If you answered yes to the previous question, please list your license number, original issue date and expiration date. If you answered no, indicate "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 Apply Please verify your email addressVerify Email