Associate Engineer - Underfill

Job Summary

This Staff 1, Associate Engineer (underfill for Professional Engineer) position is within the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services, Compliance, and Enforcement Branch located in the Las Vegas office. The role supports the Division’s mission to protect Nevada’s water resources by ensuring discharges to surface and groundwater meet State and Federal environmental standards. Primary duties include civil improvement plan review, facility inspections, compliance evaluations, subdivision plan review, and enforcement actions.

Additional responsibilities encompass collection of treated effluent for sampling
, technical writing, spill report investigations, and conducting meetings with permit tees, consultants, and the public. The position is approximately 75% office work and 25% field work, involving day and overnight travel to facilities throughout Nevada.

• Certification by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as an Engineer Intern; or
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or a closely related engineering field; or
• Two years of journey-level technical experience equivalent to an Engineering Technician III 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 sections or appropriate rehabilitation strategies.
• Perform technical and statutory review of water right applications; assist in hearings, preparing draft State Engineer Rulings, and administering water rights including allocation, inventories, and distribution.
• Provide water quality clearance for highway projects, including technical reports for required environmental impact statements and ensuring compliance with federal and State water quality regulations; assess compliance regarding air quality, noise control, 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, or rehabilitated bridges and map locations 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 reports.
• Conduct on‑site highway construction inspections to ensure adherence to specifications and recommend corrective action when needed; prepare final reports including the Construction Engineering Manpower Management System (CEMMS) for construction contracts awarded by the department.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Work under the direct supervision of a Registered Professional Engineer and gain knowledge and experience required for licensure as a professional engineer; or
• Work under general supervision and perform engineering work that does not require licensure. Staff I positions are distinguished from higher level Engineering Technicians by their participation in project design and management, responsibility for testing and inspections, interpretation of results, determining impact on project activities, and making design recommendations to professional engineers.

Working knowledge of: practical application of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to specific problems and situations.

Skills in: engineering principles and practices; graph and table formatting.

Ability to: make computations and calculations…