• 1. Two years of licensed engineering experience in one or a combination of the following fields: road/bridge construction, design, or maintenance, management systems (pavement, bridge, or asset), transportation planning, or engineering economic analysis.
• 2. Six years of professional engineering experience in one or a combination of the following fields: road/bridge construction, design, or maintenance, management systems (pavement, bridge, or asset), transportation planning, or engineering economic analysis.
  
  

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.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Leads the development, ongoing implementation and future required updates of the federally mandated risk-based Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) that contains elements for objectives and measures, performance gap assessments, lifecycle cost considerations, risk management analysis, financial planning and investment strategies. Ensures the agency remains compliant with current and future laws governing TAMP requirements. This includes ensuring the agency fully implements the TAMP in order to continue to meet the annual FHWA consistency determination assessments. This also includes coordinating the analysis of mandatory target setting and assessment of FHWA minimum pavement and bridge performance measures as well as travel time reliability and CMAQ performance measures.
• Serves as a coordinator among the Department’s Pavement, and Bridge Engineer to conduct analyses and prepare reports on current and future asset conditions. Works closely with Department personnel from the Secretary’s Executive Staff, DOTD Districts, Design Sections, Construction, Maintenance, Research, Budget and Finance, Information Technology, as well as the FHWA to ensure quality data availability and analysis capabilities.
• Is responsible for recommending Strategic Planning Preservation goals in regard to infrastructure quality and implementing directives in accordance to planning and organizational goals. Expertise is required in the area of management systems principles for such analyses so as to properly establish appropriate inventory, condition states, deterioration rates, treatment points and types and treatment costs. These analyses and reports outline recommended strategies to optimize asset condition at the network level within a predefined budget. These reports are prepared for setting DOTD’s long-term, network level asset condition goals.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment or Detail to Special Duty.

Compensation: This position has a biweekly SER rate of $3,316.00.

Supplemental Qualifications:

1. Two years of licensed engineering experience in one or a combination of the following fields: road/bridge construction, design, or maintenance, management systems (pavement, bridge, or asset), transportation planning, or engineering economic analysis.
2. Six years of professional engineering experience in one or a combination of the following fields: road/bridge construction, design, or maintenance, management systems (pavement, bridge, or asset), transportation planning, or engineering economic analysis.

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. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Jason LaCombe, Engineer 7 DOTD Administrator, Data Collection & Management Systems Office (225) 379-1436 jason.lacombe@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.

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