Associate Engineer - Underfill

Position: STAFF 2, ASSOCIATE ENGINEER - UNDERFILL
This is an underfill for a professional engineer located in the materials division in carson city, nv. Design flexible and rigid pavement structural sections for ndot roadways and facilities. Attend designs reviews, pdfs, project update meetings and provide recommendations to management for project coordination. Write design review, theoretical, traffic, core and structural roadbed memos, pavement design reports. Visit the field to determine existing roadbed conditions and suggest appropriate pavement rehabilitation or reconstruction strategies in memos.

Review permits and provide engineering recommendations. Verify and support design recommendations and prepare supplementals/addendums following recent bid ps&e and advertisement documents.incumbent may progress to the next level after meeting the minimum qualifications, satisfactory performance, and with approval of the appointing authority.

Associate engineers perform a broad range of engineering work not requiring licensure by the nevada state board of professional engineers and land surveyors. Associate engineers are distinguished from engineering technicians by greater latitude in the interpretation and application of established engineering criteria, and their technical expertise in the particular program area and/or knowledge acquired in a baccalaureate course of study in engineering or a related discipline.

In addition, associate engineer duties are typically distinguished from advanced engineering technician duties by a greater responsibility for reviewing, interpreting and using judgment to make recommendations and determinations based on data received, organized, compiled and summarized by lower level technical staff including engineering technicians.bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or closely related engineering field and two years of professional engineering experience;

or certification by the nevada state board of professional engineers and land surveyors as an engineer intern, and two years of professional engineering experience in civil engineering or closely related engineering field; or two years of experience as a staff i, associate engineer or supervisor i, associate engineer in nevada state service; or an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.participate

in the planning, design, analysis and inspection of construction and maintenance of transportation and highway systems, bridges, and other structures.

Design and analyze traffic systems including traffic signal systems, highway lighting systems, traffic striping detail and overhead traffic sign support structures.

Design and evaluate pavement structural sections for new and existing roadways; develop new structural section or develop appropriate rehabilitation strategy.

Perform technical and statutory review of water right applications; assist in hearings, preparing draft state engineer rulings and assist in administering water rights including water allocation, inventories, and distribution.

Provide water quality clearance for highway projects including technical reports for inclusion in required environmental impact statements and ensure compliance with federal and state water quality regulations; perform assessments and determine compliance with federal and state requirements regarding air quality, noise control and hazardous waste and prepare required reports.

Review applications, oversee inspections, and recommend appropriate enforcement action for facilities subject to federal and state regulations governing wastewater treatment, air pollution control, solid and hazardous waste management, and site remediation; review designs and implementation of pollution control systems and environmental remediation projects.

Identify new, replaced and/or rehabilitated bridges and map the location for future scheduling; obtain and review bridge plans and specifications; participate in on-site inspections of in-service bridges to gather field data and prepare final inspection report.

Conduct on-site highway construction inspections to ensure adherence to specifications and recommend corrective action when…