Engineer 6 DCL (Electrical Consultant Expert) - Bridge Design
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Engineer 6 DCL (Electrical Consultant Expert) - Bridge Design
Salary
$7,184.66 - $12,047.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
25/50684941/E6DCL/3.28.25-MV
Department
DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division
Section 25
Opening Date
03/31/2025
Closing Date
4/10/2025 11:59 PM Central
Description
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Supplemental Information
Section 25 - Bridge Design25/50684941/E6DCL/3.28.25-MV
Supplemental Qualification Requirements:
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering in the discipline of Electrical Engineering.
At least two (2) years of professional experience in consultant contract development and management for the design of electrical systems for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and building facilities.
At least three (3) years of professional engineering experience in for the design of electrical systems for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and building facilities.
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
About this position:
This position is an agency-wide senior level electrical consultant expert which requires a high level of specialized training and experience. The primary function of this position is to serve as the agency's leading expert on consultant contract development and management for the design of electrical systems for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and facilities electrical on a statewide basis. Incumbent shall be primarily responsible for overseeing a large number of consultant engineers who are charged with developing electrical construction plans for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and facilities. Incumbent may be required to review and provide expertise on all electrical design contracts created by any Project Manager or Program Manager statewide. The department serves primarily as a civil engineering firm. Thus, the Bridge Design Electrical Unit is the sole source of expertise the agency has within the state. This advanced level position provides high level expertise necessary for the agency to perform required electrical engineering work. This position provides administrative support, which ranges from contract development to reviewing of plans and monitoring and approving work. Position is responsible for ensuring timely delivery of construction plans from consultants and is given authority which cuts across many levels of DOTD to ensure that support efforts are carried out, as required, in order to meet deadlines for activities.
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.
There is a biweekly Special Entry Rate of $3316.00 for this position.
The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.
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.
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
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.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Mark Bucci, P.E.
Bridge Design Engineer Administrator
Bridge & Structural Design Section
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Pages/default.aspx)
Phone: (225) 379-1076
Email: mark.bucci@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/Irstechasst_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
Engineer 6 DCL (Electrical Consultant Expert)
Incumbent shall work very closely with the Consultant Contract Services Unit, the Mechanical and Structural Design Unit, and other critical departmental units such as Road Design, Survey and Project Management during the development of electrical consultant contracts. Incumbent shall assist the Consultant Contract Services Unit in developing electrical IDIQ contracts, task orders and supplements, and transmitting invoices for payment. Incumbent must stay up-to-date with the consultant contract service procedures for the electrical unit. Coordination of the electrical, mechanical, and structural designs and other departmental units is necessary in order to properly develop consultant contracts for electrical tasks, due to this section's unique knowledge, skill and experience with electrical engineering. This coordination requires a clear understanding of electrical engineering and the task associated with projects administered by other units in order to ensure proper contract development.
Incumbent shall oversee the electrical portion of consultant designed projects to ensure Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC). These duties/responsibilities are handled in-house, which allows the department to use its expertise to verify and maintain the quality of consultant designs. This technical design expertise is highly specialized and vital to maintaining electrical IDIQs, task orders and supplements for the design of electrical systems for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and facilities electrical. This expertise will be utilized on a continuous basis by the Bridge Design Section.
While in official capacity, comply with any applicable Louisiana and Civil Service laws, rules, regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals, and directives.
35%Consultant Administration:
Function as the statewide expert consultant and researcher on high level design and construction projects, complex movable bridge electrical, roadway lighting, and facilities design and consultant contracts for electrical design services. Serve as a DOTD project manager or bridge task manager to manage work efforts and fulfill contracted services. Provide engineering expertise for critical statewide programs such as the Federal Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program and the Preventative Bridge Maintenance Program, the Federal Interstate Lighting Program, and State Facilities Maintenance funding. Provide consultative assistance to top level DOTD administration through broad and specific knowledge of bridge electrical engineering.
Provide Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QA/QC) for electrical design projects developed by other section engineers. Deliver technical expertise for solving electrical problems as they relate to bridges, roadway lighting, and facilities on a statewide basis across all DOTD Districts. Offer technical advising and support for a large number of critical out-sourced engineering projects, which are composed of complex movable bridge power and control systems, roadway lighting, and facilities electrical systems. Consulting support consists of project scoping, negotiation of man-hours and fees, establishing contract time and design criteria, monitoring progress for work quality and quantity, approval of invoices for payment, rating consultant's performance for future evaluations in the procurement process, and quality assurance and control of engineering and plans. A thorough knowledge of the following specifications, guides and manuals is critical to ensure compliance of consultant prepared plans with all DOTD requirements for safe and efficient electrical systems: A Guide to Constructing, Operating, and Maintaining Highway Lighting Systems, LADOTD Bridge Design and Evaluation Manual, National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E, ANSI/IES RP-8, AASHTO Roadway Lighting Design Guide, Louisiana Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridges and AASHTO LRFD Movable Highway Bridge Design Specifications.
30%Design of Electrical Systems for Statewide Movable Bridges, Facilities Electrical, and Illumination:
Prepare complex bridge plans and specifications using electrical detailing and plan preparation experience with movable bridge plans, control electrical schematics, control logic, electrical details, luminaire pole layout, conduit and conductor interconnect, highway safety details, project construction phasing, etc. Manage the electrical and illumination components of unique bridge and road rehabilitation or repair projects that include bridge and road widening, bridge re-decking, and of new bridge and road construction, etc.
Function as a lead designer and team leader for the design of complex electrical power, control, and illumination systems for movable bridges, roadways, rest areas, buildings, tunnels, pumping stations, and other transportation facilities.
Direct project design and plan development in accordance with the Department's standards, Federal Highway Administration's policies, US Coast Guard requirements, and other applicable codes and standards.
Review and approve detailing and standard design work developed by the Bridge Design Section.
15%Project Management and Task Management:
Serve as project manager for projects that are primarily electrical in nature and provide project management and task management for assigned consultant projects ensuring that all projects and tasks are completed within scope, schedule and budget requirements, and at the highest quality. Utilize DOTD project management software tools to manage projects on a weekly basis.
Serve as a task manager to oversee the development of the electrical portions of a project. Advise the project manager on all questions related to electrical issues.
Assist with the acquisition and management of consultants performing electrical design of movable bridges, roadway lighting, and facilities for all sections of DOTD statewide.
Provide functional/project supervision over other engineers and technicians in order to coordinate electrical engineering work. Function as a lead designer and team leader for the design of complex electrical power, control, and illumination systems for movable bridges, roadways, rest areas, buildings, tunnels, pumping stations, and other transportation facilities and shall be responsible for training less experienced Engineers and Engineer Interns in his/her area of expertise.
10%Construction Related Engineering Services (CRES):
Review electrical shop drawings and equipment submittals for assigned projects.
Provide engineering support during construction to District Project Engineers/Inspectors on construction issues related to electrical systems the incumbent has designed. This support consists of periodic field inspections, responding to RFI's from the contractor, answering email/telephone questions from the Project Engineer/Inspector, developing acceptable solutions to construction or plan errors as requested by the Project Engineer, and reviewing/approving all electrical design changes requested by the contractor during construction.
Perform and/or coordinate final inspections of all above electrical systems related to the work designed both in-house and by consultants to ensure all electrical systems have been constructed according to the contract documents.
Assist the contractor with the final setup of the electrical systems on new movable bridges (timing relay settings, limit switch settings, etc.), final preparation of Lighting and Electrical System Performance Testing, O&M Manuals, and As-Built Drawings to ensure that the electrical system is functioning properly prior to the Department's acceptance of the system.
10%Miscellaneous Duties:
Advise Electrical Design Manager: Assist the manager by providing technical guidance and task management for projects, developing policies and procedures, developing project strategies, providing review and advise on AASHTO agenda items, and assisting with training and participating in special assignments for the section.
Damage Assessment Teams: If a major disaster or emergency has been declared, incumbent will participate on an inspection team to assess damage to movable bridges, rest areas, and weigh stations and prepare Federal Detailed Damage Inspection Reports (DDIRs) to facilitate Federal reimbursement of costs associated with repairing the structures.
Training: Complete and maintain specialized electrical engineering training in National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E, illumination engineering and modeling, fault and circuit analysis software, lightning protection, all structured training required by the Department, and all continuing professional development training required to maintain and renew professional engineering license. Attend movable bridge training every two years at the Heavy Movable Structures Symposium as funding allows.
Training of Department Personnel: Train and instruct design engineers and subordinates in the design of electrical systems for building facilities, movable bridges, and interstate lighting, and in the laws, codes, and regulations governing design. Train and instruct design engineers and subordinates on all Department procedures involved in plan development, contract letting, and construction. Train and instruct project managers statewide, design engineers, and subordinates on electrical design consultant contract development.
Interview Panels: Serve on panels to interview and hire new employees.
Office Tasks: Perform office tasks as directed by the supervisor such as reviewing time sheets, updating project lists, scheduling employee training, securing rental vehicles for field inspections, scanning documents, etc.
Other Duties: May perform other duties as required that includes, but may not be limited to, emergency/disaster support activities.
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
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Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee?
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Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?
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Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?
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If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".
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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?
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Do you possess a current Louisiana Professional Engineer License issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board (LAPELS)?
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If you answered YES to the question above give your license number, original issue date, and next renewal date below. If you answered NO enter NA.
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Do you have a license to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana? If selected for the position, you would be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to the appointment.
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If you answered 'Yes' to the above question, what is the state that issued your license, your license number, and the date of issuance of your license? If you answered 'No', enter N/A.
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Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering in the discipline of Electrical Engineering.
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No
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Do you have two (2) or more years of professional experience in consultant contract development and management for the design of electrical systems for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and building facilities?
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No
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If you answered YES to the question above briefly describe that experience and where you gained it. All experience must be clearly documented in your application. If you answered NO, enter NA.
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Do you have three (3) or more years of professional engineering experience in for the design of electrical systems for movable bridges, roadway lighting, and building facilities.
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No
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If you answered YES to the question above briefly describe that experience and where you gained it. All experience must be clearly documented in your application. If you answered NO, enter NA.
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Phone
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