ENGINEERING TECH CONSULTANT
State of Louisiana
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Job summary
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) seeks a hands-on Engineering Tech Consultant for District 08 in Alexandria. The role supports senior engineers, manages complex field requests, and provides technical advice to staff and contractors.
The position emphasizes attention to detail, safety, and thorough documentation, with reporting to the District Engineer and supervision of lower-level technicians. It is a field-based role in Rapides Parish.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED plus 4 years of sub-professional engineering experience.
- Six months of related experience plus 4 years of sub-professional engineering experience.
- 24 semester hours in engineering-related fields such as engineering/tech/physics.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, construction management or construction technology.
Responsibilities
- Assist with complex assignments by managing internal and external requests, including plan reviews and TMPs.
- Conduct traffic operations studies and prepare reports with recommendations per engineering directives.
- Perform traffic studies related to signals, intersections, and speed changes; provide guidance to staff.
- Provide on-the-job training or assistance to technicians.
- May perform other duties including emergency/disaster support.
Skills
Education
Job description
Job Number: 08/50495104/ETC/09.14.26-JC
District 08-UNIT 002 Alexandria, LA
At the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), we plan, build, maintain, and protect the transportation systems that connect communities, support commerce, and keep Louisiana moving. Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency.
The overall function of this position is to serve as a primary assistant to the District Traffic Operations Engineer (Engineer 7 DOTD) and/or Assistant District Traffic Operations Engineer and provide functional supervisor over lower-level technicians in District 08. The employee will be required to carry out highly complex and technical assignments requiring the demonstrated ability to interpret, select, adapt and apply diverse engineering guidelines, precedents, principles and practices to non-routine, highly specialized situations; to serve as a technical expect, advisor or consultant to other agency staff and/or consultants or contractors in a highly technical engineering specialty or program function in the District.
This is a hands-on field role that requires attention to detail, safety awareness, and strong documentation skills.
Position is located in Rapides District 08/Unit 002 and report to Engineer 6.
- Possession of a high school diploma or GED plus four years of sub-professional engineering experience; OR
- Six months of experience in sub-professional engineering, heavy mobile equipment operation, or mobile equipment maintenance plus four years of sub-professional engineering experience; OR
- Twenty-four semester hours in one of the following specialized fields: architecture, cartography, construction management, construction technology, drafting, engineering, engineering graphics, engineering technology, industrial technology, landscape architecture, math, or physics; OR
- A bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, construction management or construction technology.
Job Specification
- Assist DTOE with complex assignments by independently managing delegated internal and external requests. Internal requests consist of plan reviews, construction project traffic control reviews, detour plans, crash research, and preparation of transportation management plans (TMP’s)
- Respond to public request by independently conducting traffic operations studies in the areas of roadway signs and pavement markings then prepares written reports summarizing the analysis of collected data making recommendations in accordance with Chief Engineer’s Engineering Directives and Standards Manual and Manual on uniform Traffic Control Devices to the District Traffic Operations Engineer (DOTD Engineer 7) or his Engineering Staff.
- Conduct complex traffic operations studies in the area of traffic signals request, traffic signal and intersection modifications, and posted speed requests.
- Provide on-the-job training or assistance to newer or lower level technicians.
- May be required to perform other duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities.
Engineering Tech Consultant – $53,498.00 Annual + premium pay $1.00/Hours Worked
Additional compensation may be considered in part with extraordinary qualifications in accordance with State Civil Service Rules and DOTD policy.
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.
Casey Whitcher
Engineer 6
318-561-5159
Casey.whitcher@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.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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.
More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
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.
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 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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