Engineer 6 DCL- District Program Management Specialist
Apply NowCompany: State of Louisiana
Location: Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Description:
Salary : $7,184.67 - $12,047.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Promotion
Job Number: 61/50380300/E6/03.24.2025-CD
Department: DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division: District 61- Baton Rouge
Opening Date: 03/24/2025
Closing Date: 4/3/2025 11:59 PM Central
Supplemental Information
District 61 - Unit 001 - Baton Rouge
61/50380300/E6/03.24.2025-CD
Engineer 6 DCL- District Program Management Specialist
Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:
http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx
About this position:
Position serves as a Project Manager on in-house and consultant-designed projects, providing technical expertise and assistance to the District Administrator, Assistant District Administrator of Engineering, Program Delivery/Design Engineer, Area Engineers, Lab Engineer and Project Engineers. Position receives general administration direction from the Assistant District Administrator of Engineering. The incumbent manages consultant contracts by developing project scopes, negotiation of man-hours and fees, establishing contract time requirements, establishing design criteria, monitoring progress for work quality and quantity, reviewing acceptability of plans and approving or rejecting final acceptance of plans, and approves invoices for payment.
Supplemental Qualifications:
Four years of professional level engineering experience in a Project Engineer's Office or four years of professional level engineering experience in design, construction, maintenance of roads and/or bridges.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
PROMOTION -DOTD PERMANENT EMPLOYEES ONLY
There is a Special Entrance Rate (SER) for this position - $3,316.00/biweekly.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*DOTD EMPLOYEES: Refer to appropriate EDSM directive for required structured training requirements and PPM # 59 Workforce Development on training guidelines.
"The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type."
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Codi Neyland
ADA- Engineer
225-231-4103
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:
Serves as a leader and departmental authority in either a broad area of engineering or in a narrow but intensely specialized field of engineering.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Expert.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad direction from an Engineer 7 or 8. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
May exercise functional/project supervision over lower-level engineers, other professionals or engineering technicians.
LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all state agencies.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Engineer 5 by the presence of designation as a Dual Career Ladder job.
Differs from Engineer 6 by the absence of responsibility for direct supervision over professional engineers.
Examples of Work
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
55% Directs all phases of roadway design and plan development. Manages consultant contracts by developing project scopes, negotiation of man-hours and fees, establishing contract time requirements, establishing design criteria, monitoring progress for work quality and quantity, reviewing accountability of plans and approving or rejecting final acceptance of plans, and approves invoices for payment. Performs consultant performance rating to be used for future evaluation in the procurement process. Serves as Project Manager for District pavement preservation projects, reimbursable projects, and emergency projects. Utilizes project tracking tools (Project Systems) to monitor project status and assure timely completion of plans. Prioritizes and schedules office workload to meet established project deadlines and program funding limits. Administers and provides technical guidance for a number of large and important engineering design projects and programs.
15% Provides technical guidance to engineers within District 61 and to local entities preparing roadway construction plans. Provides plan reviews as part of the design quality control process. Reviews DOTD District-prepared design exception requests and makes recommendations to the Road Design Engineer Administrator as to their disposition. Assists the Environmental Section during the NEPA process when preparing alignment and line & grade studies for environmental documents.
10% Communicates with various federal, state, parish and local officials to advise, coordinate and keep them apprised of the status of projects under their jurisdiction. Negotiates special requirements that must be coordinated with those units such as environmental mitigation, construction phasing and other special items to be included in the construction plans.
10% Assists the Assistant District Administrator of Engineering in efforts related to the Road Transfer program. This includes attending preliminary discussion meetings with elected officials and preparing resolutions for adoption, descriptive aerials of limits of the transfers and other related documents. Serves as Project Manager for Safety funded projects let through the District. Coordinates Stage 0 and ensures all design milestone dates are met on time.
5% Represents the Department at public meetings or hearings when needed to inform and answer questions concerning proposed projects.
5% Will be required to perform other duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities.
100%
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
01
Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee?
02
Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?
03
Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?
04
If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".
05
To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LA-DOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?
06
What are your career interests?
07
Do you possess a current Louisiana Professional Engineer License issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board (LAPELS)?
Required Question
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Promotion
Job Number: 61/50380300/E6/03.24.2025-CD
Department: DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division: District 61- Baton Rouge
Opening Date: 03/24/2025
Closing Date: 4/3/2025 11:59 PM Central
Supplemental Information
District 61 - Unit 001 - Baton Rouge
61/50380300/E6/03.24.2025-CD
Engineer 6 DCL- District Program Management Specialist
Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:
http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx
About this position:
Position serves as a Project Manager on in-house and consultant-designed projects, providing technical expertise and assistance to the District Administrator, Assistant District Administrator of Engineering, Program Delivery/Design Engineer, Area Engineers, Lab Engineer and Project Engineers. Position receives general administration direction from the Assistant District Administrator of Engineering. The incumbent manages consultant contracts by developing project scopes, negotiation of man-hours and fees, establishing contract time requirements, establishing design criteria, monitoring progress for work quality and quantity, reviewing acceptability of plans and approving or rejecting final acceptance of plans, and approves invoices for payment.
Supplemental Qualifications:
Four years of professional level engineering experience in a Project Engineer's Office or four years of professional level engineering experience in design, construction, maintenance of roads and/or bridges.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
PROMOTION -DOTD PERMANENT EMPLOYEES ONLY
There is a Special Entrance Rate (SER) for this position - $3,316.00/biweekly.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*DOTD EMPLOYEES: Refer to appropriate EDSM directive for required structured training requirements and PPM # 59 Workforce Development on training guidelines.
"The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type."
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Codi Neyland
ADA- Engineer
225-231-4103
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:
Serves as a leader and departmental authority in either a broad area of engineering or in a narrow but intensely specialized field of engineering.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Expert.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad direction from an Engineer 7 or 8. Alternative reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
May exercise functional/project supervision over lower-level engineers, other professionals or engineering technicians.
LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all state agencies.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Engineer 5 by the presence of designation as a Dual Career Ladder job.
Differs from Engineer 6 by the absence of responsibility for direct supervision over professional engineers.
Examples of Work
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
55% Directs all phases of roadway design and plan development. Manages consultant contracts by developing project scopes, negotiation of man-hours and fees, establishing contract time requirements, establishing design criteria, monitoring progress for work quality and quantity, reviewing accountability of plans and approving or rejecting final acceptance of plans, and approves invoices for payment. Performs consultant performance rating to be used for future evaluation in the procurement process. Serves as Project Manager for District pavement preservation projects, reimbursable projects, and emergency projects. Utilizes project tracking tools (Project Systems) to monitor project status and assure timely completion of plans. Prioritizes and schedules office workload to meet established project deadlines and program funding limits. Administers and provides technical guidance for a number of large and important engineering design projects and programs.
15% Provides technical guidance to engineers within District 61 and to local entities preparing roadway construction plans. Provides plan reviews as part of the design quality control process. Reviews DOTD District-prepared design exception requests and makes recommendations to the Road Design Engineer Administrator as to their disposition. Assists the Environmental Section during the NEPA process when preparing alignment and line & grade studies for environmental documents.
10% Communicates with various federal, state, parish and local officials to advise, coordinate and keep them apprised of the status of projects under their jurisdiction. Negotiates special requirements that must be coordinated with those units such as environmental mitigation, construction phasing and other special items to be included in the construction plans.
10% Assists the Assistant District Administrator of Engineering in efforts related to the Road Transfer program. This includes attending preliminary discussion meetings with elected officials and preparing resolutions for adoption, descriptive aerials of limits of the transfers and other related documents. Serves as Project Manager for Safety funded projects let through the District. Coordinates Stage 0 and ensures all design milestone dates are met on time.
5% Represents the Department at public meetings or hearings when needed to inform and answer questions concerning proposed projects.
5% Will be required to perform other duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities.
100%
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others
01
Are you a permanent LA-DOTD employee?
- Yes
- No
02
Are you a probational LA-DOTD employee?
- Yes
- No
03
Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana?
- Yes
- No
04
If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "NA".
05
To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LA-DOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members?
06
What are your career interests?
07
Do you possess a current Louisiana Professional Engineer License issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Surveying Board (LAPELS)?
- Yes
- No
Required Question