Location
Carson City, NV | United States
Job description
Salary: $58,025.52 - $86,150.88 PAY GRADE: 35
Announcement Number: 44337 Open to all qualified persons. Posted 10/04/2023 Recruiter:
WENDY TIERNEY
Phone: (775)888-3070
Email:
[email protected] Applications accepted until recruitment needs are satisfied
- Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. Lists of eligible candidates will be established and hiring may occur early in the recruiting process. Recruitment will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received or a hiring decision has been made.
The Position
Engineering Technicians perform a broad range of duties involving technical engineering work in support of professional engineers including drafting, engineering calculations, surveying, materials and soils testing, construction inspection, roadway design, right-of-way engineering, planning, permitting and inspection, water rights appropriation and land acquisition in support of civil or related professional engineering work. Work requires the application of technical engineering skills, methods and practices in compiling technical data, drafting, computer aided software, operating specialized equipment and preparing engineering related documents.
Under general direction of an engineer or section head, incumbents perform the full range of duties in the series concept and in addition function as a first line supervisor directing and reviewing the work of lower level engineering technicians.
This position is located within the Right-of-Way Division in Carson City. Under general direction, incumbent supervises the work of assigned squads of technicians; provides guidance and direction to staff and meets with division management and federal representatives; reviews and prepares completed plans, maps, title packages and legal descriptions, directs or conducts research of department's records to provide information to the general public, land surveyors, state and local agencies regarding the location of Nevada Department of Transportation lands; performs calculations, writes legal descriptions and reviews titles for the acquisition and disposal of land. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***
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To Qualify In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications) Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in engineering, physics, math or closely related field and two years of experience which involved the coordination of technical engineering projects; responsibility for a specialized engineering function or program area; and leadwork or supervisory responsibilities over technical engineering staff; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and three years of experience as described above; OR one year of experience as an Engineering Technician IV in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above. Special Requirements This position requires a valid driver's license at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment. The Examination Application Evaluation Exam The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
- Describe your experience with tracking state owned water right. Explain proof of beneficial use and the difference between permitted and certificated right.
- Describe your experience utilizing the Public Land Survey System to calculate parts of a government section of land.
- Describe your experience performing calculations to establish land boundaries, highway centerlines and right-of-way limits.
- Describe your experience writing legal descriptions of land, with emphasis on "metes and bounds" descriptions.
- Describe your experience researching public records and interpreting records related to land titles, including researching, and obtaining title reports and creating title packages.
- Describe your experience researching NDOT records for retrieval of information related to NDOT owned land rights.
- Do you possess a certificate and/or license as a Professional Land Surveyor or Land Surveyor Intern? If so, please specify certificate and expiration date.
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Email Direct Inquiries or Correspondence to: Division of Human Resource Management
Northern Nevada
209 East Musser Street,
Room 101
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204
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