engineer 6

Salary : $86,215.92 - $144,564.00 Annually
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: CPRA- 206482
Department: GOV-Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
Opening Date: 03/05/2025
Closing Date: 3/19/2025 11:59 PM Central

Supplemental Information
Position: Engineer 6 (Supervisor)

Agency: Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority(CPRA)

Division: Operations - Baton Rouge

Office Location: 150 Terrace Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Responsibilities:

• Serves as the project task lead for multi-million-dollar coastal restoration and flood protection projects
  1. Use of specialized technical engineering functions (Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Hydraulics, etc.)
  2. Manages budgets, schedules, invoicing and projections
  3. Provides regular updates to the Operations Chief and Assistant Administrator
• Supervises and coordinates assignments of subordinate staff
• Attends construction and project completion meetings
• Inspects levees, floodwalls, pump stations and flood gates
• Provides technical oversight to flood control entities to ensure goals are achieved as stated in the Letter-of-No-Objection for Levee Permits

Required Skills:

• Extensive engineering experience
• Ability to anticipate technical issues for which there may be very little precedent
• Ability to balance economic, environmental and social considerations of topics which may be very controversial

The maximum salary for the Engineer 6 position is $144,560 annually. The Special Entrance Rate (SER) for the Engineer 6 position is $3,316.00 bi-weekly.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
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Official transcripts will be required upon hire.
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If you have any questions, you may contact:
Rachel Dunbar, Human Resources Supervisor

P.O. Box 44027

Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional engineering plus one of the following:

Two years of licensed engineering experience; or

Six years of professional engineering experience.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS:
A master's degree in engineering will substitute for one year of professional engineering experience.

A doctorate degree in engineering will substitute for two years of professional engineering experience.

Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of professional engineering experience.

There is no substitution for licensed engineering experience.

NOTES:
Engineering experience gained while licensed as a professional engineer will be accepted as licensed engineering experience.

Engineering experience gained after earning an ABET-accredited degree and prior to earning a professional engineer's license (e.g., as an engineer intern applicant, engineer intern, or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level engineering experience.

Applications will be accepted from persons licensed to practice professional engineering in states other than Louisiana. If one of those applicants is selected for the position, he/she will be required to obtain a Louisiana license prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all licensing requirements are met.

Louisiana Professional Engineer licenses are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at www.lapels.com.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:
Supervises the planning, design, construction, inspection, and/or maintenance of building systems or programs through subordinate professional engineers.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Supervisor.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad from an Engineer 7 or higher. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct over a staff of Engineers, Engineering Technicians, or others who assist in specific assignments.

LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all state agencies.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Engineer 5 by the presence of responsibility for direct supervision over professional engineers.

Differs from Engineer 7 by the absence of second-line supervision over professional engineers. Exceptions to this distinction may be approved by SCS based on program scope and/or complexity.
Examples of Work
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Supervise and coordinate assignments of subordinate staff, as well as attend construction and project completion meetings and inspections for levees, floodwalls, pump stations and floodgates. Ensure timely development, and communication as needed, of records of meetings, inspections, punch lists and resolutions. Provide design review, technical assistance, and oversight as needed for flood control projects, construction projects, and operations.

Facilitate proper coordination between personnel, as well as contractors, consultants, USACE, Coastal Levee Districts, and other Flood Control entities during the development of documentation ensuring the design life and proper operations and maintenance of flood control systems.

Supervises personnel and provides technical oversight to the Coastal Levee Districts and other Flood Control Entities to ensure that they are achieving the objectives of the Inspection and Evaluation Program. Accumulates and applies broad working knowledge of the complex flood control and hurricane protection permitting and documentation issues and programs, state and federal regulations, proper record keeping, agency policies, etc. with CPRA staff, the Levee Boards, and other Flood Control Entities.

Reviews, comments, and performs engineering calculations, and answers inquiries received from the general public, consulting engineers, government agencies, etc. regarding projects for the design and construction of levees by private and/or government agencies.

Assists with Emergency Response Duties during a state declared emergency for CPRA's Operations Division.
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Do you possess a current license to practice Professional Engineering (PE), issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board (LAPELS) or any other state's professional engineering licensing board?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered 'Yes' to the above question, what is the state that issued your certificate, your certificate number, and the date of issuance of your certificate? if you answered 'No', enter N/A
Required Question

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