Associate Engineer

Overview

The Nevada Department of Transportation, Materials Division is hiring for a Staff 1, Associate Engineer in Carson City, NV.

The position duties include research best practices on roadway distress data extraction and presentation, developing internal and external benchmarks in support of business decisions. Act as Systems Analyst, responsible for core business operations, including data extraction and analysis, data collection management, forecasting, reporting, and decision making utilizing SQL querying and ArcGIS Pro.

Other responsibilities include creating, optimizing, and administering database environments while ensuring security compliance; monitoring systems to prevent disruptions and resolve performance issues; performing data analysis, supporting data modeling design changes, and developing data models for business purposes; maintaining and upgrading systems and applications; collaborating with vendors for system upgrades and report development; executing quality assurance and quality control activities for pavement data collections and reporting Pavement Management System (PMS) and Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS).

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. This position is on-site and does not offer remote work options.

The Job Duties section listed in this announcement reflects the Statewide Class Specifications for all positions and does not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position.

Associate Engineers perform a broad range of engineering work not requiring licensure by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. They 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.

Required qualifications include one of the following:

• Certification by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as an Engineer Intern.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or a closely related engineering field.
• Two years of journey level technical experience equivalent to an Engineering Technician III in Nevada state service.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Incumbents either:

• Work under the direct supervision of a Registered Professional Engineer and gain knowledge and experience required for licensure as a professional engineer.
• Work under general supervision and perform engineering work not requiring licensure.

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 involving the application of engineering principles.
• Read and understand technical reports, maps, specifications, plans, and related documents.
• Write technical reports and compose correspondence for transmittal to other governmental agencies.
• Convert mathematical data, quantities, and measurements and calculate area, volume, length, and proportion.
• Plan, organize, and schedule work to accomplish established objectives.
• Work within a Cartesian coordinate system.
• Work as part of a team.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with contractors, co-workers, and representatives from other agencies.
• Work independently and follow through on assignments.
• Interact diplomatically with the public in potentially hostile situations.