Engineer VI - Building Inspection Planning Services Unit

Salary Range:All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. However, placement above the initial step of the salary range will be based on special characteristics and critical needs of the position, an applicant's exceptional qualifications, the availability of funds, and other relevant factors. Such appointments require prior approval.

Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.

Engineer VI, EN-28: $10,071.00 - $11,534.00 per month

Supervises the professional and nonprofessional personnel of a major engineering activity;

Develops procedures and standards for carrying out specialty in the organization and represents the organization with authority on technical engineering matters within the area of specialization;

May direct a large engineering section or assist in directing a large engineering division or district office as a technical specialist in planning, development, design and/or research;

May lead the efforts of a team engaged in carrying out difficult or critical project assignments with emphasis in the area of specialization;

Serves as a staff specialist responsible for overall control and coordination of a number of major and complex engineering projects or programs;

Performs other duties as required.

Basic Education/Experience Requirements: All applicants must meet one of the requirements specified in A, B or C below:

A. Graduation from a school of engineering in an accredited college or university. For some positions, graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in physics, mathematics or chemistry may be accepted as qualifying, provided the applicant has had at least 15 credits in engineering sciences, common to all engineering disciplines, e.g. thermodynamics, statics, electrical science, applied mechanics, engineering drawing, strength of materials, etc.

B. Administrative, professional or technical experience involving the application and knowledge of the fundamental physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering including physics, chemistry, mathematics through integral calculus and engineering sciences such as statics, dynamics, strength of material, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and engineering drawing and other specialized courses to one of the branches of engineering. Such experience must be substantially equivalent to the knowledge and understanding gained by completion of a college training leading to a Bachelor's degree in engineering;

or,

C. A combination of college training in engineering and experience mentioned inBabove substantively equivalent to completion of a college training leading to a Bachelor's degree in engineering.

Experience Requirements: Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and quality described below and in the amounts shown in the following table:

Class Title Engineering Experience (years)
Supvry or Staff Advisory Exp (years)
Admin Exp (years)
Total Exp (years)
Engineer VI4
* 105

* For the Engineer VI level, at least one year of the required engineering experience must have been experience comparable to the next lower level.

Engineering Experience: Progressively responsible professional engineering which required the knowledge and application of the basic physical and mathematical sciences and the engineering sciences to the solution of theoretical or practical engineering problems.

Examples of qualifying professional engineering experience are as follows:

The development and design of machines, equipment, structures or power, water, communication or transportation systems and facilities or the preparation of development, design or construction specifications for such materials or systems, involving the use of theoretical and applied mechanics, a knowledge of the properties of materials and other appropriate engineering and scientific knowledge and skills.

Original research in one or more branches of engineering, developing engineering applications of physical and other scientific principles.

Administration…