Compare your current skills to what this opportunity needs—we'll show you what you already have and what could strengthen your application.
Job Description
19/155676/Eng7/06.11.26-MV - Engineer 7, DOTD Materials Research Administrator Section 19 - Louisiana Transportation Research Center For over 30 years, the staff of Louisiana Transportation Research Center ( LTRC) has strived to merge resources of state government and universities to help identify, develop, and implement new technology to improve the state's transportation system. Since its creation by the legislature in 1986, LTRC has grown to national prominence through its efforts to improve transportation systems in Louisiana. The center conducts short-term and long-term research and provides technology assistance, engineering training and continuing education, technology transfer, and problem-solving services to DOTD and others in the transportation community. LTRC's goal is to merge the resources of state government and universities to identify, develop, and implement new technology to improve the state's transportation system.
About This Position:
This position directs a highly diverse, extensive and critically important in-house and contract research program in response to DOTD overall objectives and in response to problems of extraordinary difficulty by administering and providing professional engineering direction to the Materials Research Program of the LTRC's Research and Development Section. This program encompasses a full spectrum of transportation technology and operations incorporating widely diverse infrastructure areas ranging from asphalt cement, asphalt concrete, Portland cement, Portland cement concrete, structural materials, maintenance and construction practices, and management of structures research. The incumbent makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that impact the extensive department engineering activities. This position is open to only current permanent classified DOTD employees. Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency: https://dotd.la.gov/about/office-of-management-and-finance/human-resources/career-center/ Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following: Three years of licensed engineering experience; or Seven 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. The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here .
Job Duties:
Plans, develops and administers the materials and structures research programs. LTRC, with a staff of 15 engineers, professors, technicians and students, establishes, develops, produces and executes authoritative and far-reaching engineering programs which impacts diverse engineering activities of the state's transportation system. Advises and provides leadership to directorate, division and office chief levels on development of new technologies and programs, and implementation of research findings to improve the effectiveness of department policies, specifications, procedures and operations; recommends plan changes to the chief engineer to incorporate new technologies and materials or to implement research findings; negotiates and arbitrates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officials of public/private transportation industry and organizations. Serves as expert witness in wide array of technical areas supported by the group's research program. As budget authority for the Materials Group, prepares and recommends the group's operating budget, personnel matters, and staffing needs; prepares and directs group operating and strategic plans, and develops and measures performance indicators with the overall scope of the total LTRC program. The incumbent also administers the materials related activities of an engineering research facility, the $1.2 million Engineering Materials Characterization Research Facility (EMCRF), located at LTRC.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type:
Promotional, open only to current permanent classified employees of LA DOTD. May also be filled by Detail to Special Duty.
Compensation:
This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) of $$3,481.60 biweekly.
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 this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact: Theresa Rankin Administrative Program Specialist C Louisiana Transportation Research Center Section 19 Research and Section 33 Training 4101 Gourrier Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Office:
225-767-9121 |theresa.rankin@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: https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs_rehabilitation.asp Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
