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Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following, which must include two years of experience at the supervisory level or above:

Four years of licensed engineering experience; or

Eight 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:

This position serves as the Deputy Chief Engineer of Field Operations for the Louisiana Department of Health Eastern Districts, which includes the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The position oversees all field operations within the incumbent’s respective districts.

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Directly supervising two District Engineers and field staff with implementation and management of the Safe Drinking Water Program and Community Sewage Program with the Bureau of Engineering Services.
• Performing plans review within the assigned area for complex projects, backlogs, pilot studies, and other projects as directed by the Chief Engineer.
• Directing and performing investigations in response to complaints and public inquiries.
• Performing activities during emergency operations to insure public health is protected during emergencies including but not limited to water and wastewater system infrastructure assessment, status reports to state and federal agencies, manning the ESF-12 desk at the State Emergency Operations Center.

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Engineering Services / position may be filled in East Baton Rouge & Orleans parish

Announcement Number: OPH/CSH/209360

Cost Center: 3262207510

Position Number(s): 50527697

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Probationary appointment, Promotional appointment, or Detail to Special Duty

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.*

A resume upload will NOT populate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Casey Hickman

Casey.Hickman@la.gov

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.