Engineer ; Ada Of Engineering

District Recruitment For Rapides Parish

The overall function of this position is to serve as the Assistant to one of DOTD's nine District Administrators [Engineer 9] for Engineering. As such the position is responsible for planning, managing, directing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the district's program delivery, water resources, and constructability reviews/ construction materials testing programs for the Alexandria district, which consists of seven parishes, 2,623 miles of roadway, ROW Permit Coordination, Utility Relocation, and Transportation Planning.

This position is located in District 08, Unit 001, of the Department of Transportation and Development. The position reports directly to the District Engineer Administrator.

District 08-UNIT 001 Alexandria, LA

Job Number: 08//E8/06.09.26-LT

District Recruitment For Rapides Parish

The overall function of this position is to serve as the Assistant to one of DOTD's nine District Administrators [Engineer 9] for Engineering. As such the position is responsible for planning, managing, directing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the district's program delivery, water resources, and constructability reviews/ construction materials testing programs for the Alexandria district, which consists of seven parishes, 2,623 miles of roadway, ROW Permit Coordination, Utility Relocation, and Transportation Planning.

This position is located in District 08, Unit 001, of the Department of Transportation and Development. The position reports directly to the District Engineer Administrator.

The incumbent must be self‑motivated and be able to perform duties many times with or without minimal supervision and also be able to interpret unforeseen conditions as they may arise. The position will participate in appropriate DOTD structured training programs as appropriate and attend all continuing education classes and conferences deemed necessary to facilitate the performance of required tasks.

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

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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;
• Eight years of professional engineering experience.

• 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.

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

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

• Supervises a staff of professional, multi‑disciplined engineering supervisors, paraprofessional and technical engineering employees, seven direct reports, total of 38 direct/indirect reports.
• Pro…