While in official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with all applicable Louisiana and Civil Service laws, rules, and regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals, and directives.

This position is open to only current permanent classified DOTD employees.

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:

• Plans, develops and administers the programs of the Research and Development Section (19) with a combined staff of 50-75 professionals, sub-professionals, academia, and students and total program budget in excess of $15 million.

• Plans, establishes, develops, produces, and executes authoritative and far-reaching engineering programs which impact all activities of the state's transportation entities including DOTD, federal and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations and industry.

• Utilizes various media, such as publications, videos, workshops, seminars, and reports to disseminate information regarding the latest technologies produced national or at LTRC to the transportation community.

• As Budget and Appointing Authority for the Research Section, the incumbent prepares and administers the section's operating budget and staffing needs; prepares and directs the sections strategic and operational plans and performance indicators: and administers personnel business in accordance with two sets of administrative rules and regulations, civil service/DOTD and LSU.

• As a research entity, LTRC also seeks external federal and self- generated fund contracts from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Federal Agencies and the private sector with each its own different set of often complex contractual and administrative regulations.

• Advises and provides leadership to directorate, division, and office levels on development of new technologies and programs; implementation of research findings to improve the effectiveness of department policies, specifications, procedures and operations; serves on departmental task groups to improve the effectiveness of department policies, specifications, procedures and operations; serves on departmental task groups to improve the management and operations of DOTD programs statewide; negotiates and arbitrates critical and controversial issues with top level engineers and officials of public/private transportation industry and organizations; serves as expert witness in wide array of technical areas supported by the research program.

• Represents Louisiana on national and regional committees in National Academies' Transportation Research Board, AASHTO's Research Advisory Committee, FHWA technical committees and other technical professional organizations.

• Provides liaison with federal, state, and university personnel both locally and nationally in administering the research, technology transfer and workforce development program; provides liaison with university and outside federal agencies on administrative and financial matters; advises with LTRC policy Board and LTRC Foundation Board.