PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER - UNDERFILL

State of Nevada (NV); Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nevada Division of State Parks in Carson City seeks a licensed professional engineer to support capital improvement projects and daily operations. You will develop biddable plan sets, analyze complex data, and ensure compliance with regulations and best practices.

Responsibilities include planning, coordinating with partners, preparing reports and agreements, managing consultants and contractors, and providing construction oversight from bid to closeout.

Qualifications

• Must hold licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the Nevada State Board.
• Experience in planning and overseeing capital improvement projects.
• Experience with preparing bid documents and cost estimates.
• Ability to coordinate with internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional engineering services for capital improvement projects.
• Develop biddable plan sets and analyze complex data.
• Prepare and review technical documents, reports, and agreements.
• Coordinate with consultants and contractors and manage contracts.
• Present complex engineering information at management meetings and public meetings.
• Oversee construction management from bidding to closeout.

Skills

Engineering principles

CAD drafting

Project coordination

Regulatory compliance

Technical reporting

Public speaking

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure

Tools

CAD software

Cost estimation tools

Job description

This position is located at the Division Office of the Nevada Division of State Parks in Carson City. The incumbent provides professional engineering services to support State Park capital improvement projects and Division operations. The position applies engineering principles to develop biddable plan sets, analyze complex technical data, and solve challenging engineering problems that affect daily operations. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that work is complete, accurate, and compliant with applicable regulations, policies, and industry best practices.

The role involves planning, organizing, and managing project activities while coordinating with internal and external partners to keep projects on schedule and within budget. Responsibilities also include preparing, reviewing, and ensuring the accuracy and compliance of technical documents, reports, agreements, and correspondence. The incumbent may present complex engineering information to management, participate in public meetings as a technical expert, and negotiate and manage consultant and contractor agreements.

The incumbent oversees projects throughout the entire development process, from schematic design and permitting through preparation of bid documents. The position also provides construction management from project advertisement through closeout. This includes participating in engineering design and CAD drafting, preparing bid documents, specifications, cost estimates, and permit applications, and developing Requests for Proposals for consultant services. The incumbent oversees consultant selection and contract management and administers construction activities, including bid solicitation, addenda processing, bid openings, contract development, billing review, change orders, submittals, and field inspections to ensure compliance with project requirements.

Additional responsibilities include reviewing and approving the work of others, assisting with grant applications, and providing technical support and guidance to field staff.

Licensed professional engineers engage in the practice of professional engineering which includes, but is not limited to, professional services involving the application of engineering principles and data, or responsibility for supervision of construction or operations in connection with public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, and projects wherein the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned. Duties and responsibilities require independent control and direction, and the use of initiative, skill and judgment applied to the research or design of professional engineering work. All positions in this series require licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.Current Licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.).

Plan, organize, schedule and oversee program/project activities by coordinating activities with other sections, divisions, and agencies to complete assignments on schedule and under budget.

Prepare reports, letters, memos, agreements, forms and notes to communicate information to others; review reports, letters, memos, agreements, forms and notes prepared by staff members for completeness, accuracy and compliance with regulations, policy and industry best practices.

Compile and present complex engineering information to management and in briefing meetings.

Attend public meetings and hearings to provide technical expertise to the public and other entities.

Write, review, negotiate and secure agreements with consultants and/or contractors and coordinate their activities as required.

Under general direction, incumbents perform professional engineering functions requiring the exercise of judgment in the analysis of complex data and the application of recognized engineering concepts and principles. Incumbents must analyze and resolve difficult problems that impact daily operations, make recommendations, and participate in the development of new policies, procedures and organizational areas or services.

Knowledge of: engineering principles and practices; practical application of calculus, algebra, geometry, fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, logarithms, scientific notation, and statistics.

Skills in: the principles of engineering design; computer software programs related to engineering.

Ability to: perform advanced engineering calculations; make sound engineering judgments and decisions; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; write technical and accurate engineering reports; interpret construction drawings, contract documents, technical specifications and test results; analyze information to define a problem, identify relevant concerns or factors, formulate logical and objective conclusions, and recognize alternatives and their implications; complete workload within established time frames; adapt to changes in workload and adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate; work independently with minimal direction; set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of the job responsibilities; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other employees, management, outside entities and the public; operate a personal computer and engineering software; review and approve the work of others.