Engineering Program Administrator - Facilities Maintenance Branch

Engineering Program Administrator

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.

Engineering Program Administrator, EM-08: $10,578.00 - $16,933.00 per month

The following administrative duties are characteristic of all positions in this class irrespective of the area of specialization: plans, organizes, directs and coordinates, through subordinate managerial personnel statewide engineering programs in a major engineering division. Organizes the broader phases of programs, such as establishing policies and general objectives and determining priorities; participates in conferences with top-echelon government, management and technical officials to discuss and reach agreement on important technical proposals.

Serves as the top technical consultant or ranking authority in the program area administered and has authority to represent the agency and speak for it on current and proposed programs at top-echelon conferences. Reviews and makes recommendations on proposed legislation; conducts staff meetings with subordinate managerial and supervisory personnel to discuss current and future projects and changes affecting the policies, procedures and goals of the department as they relate to the work of the division;

develops and defends budgetary requirements and determines organizational and staffing requirements for the division; evaluates the practicability and promise of new ideas, plans and developments, and reviews administrative decisions of subordinates for attainment of overall objectives; provides advice or direction as needed on policy, administrative or technical matters; prepares and directs the preparation of correspondence and technical and administrative reports.

Basic Education/Experience Requirement:
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.

Note:

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 in B above 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
- Supervisory or Staff Advisory Experience
- Administrative Experience
- Total Exp.

Engineering Program Administrator - 4 - 2 - 1 - 7

* For the Engineering Program Manager level, administrative aptitude rather than actual administrative experience may be accepted. 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:

A. 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, knowledge of the properties of materials and other appropriate engineering and scientific knowledge and skills.

B. Original research in one or more branches of engineering; developing engineering applications of physical…