APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$67,692.96 to
$102,228.48
PAY GRADE: 44
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur
Statewide.
Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.
This recruitment will be used to fill positions in Las Vegas and Carson City within the Project Management Division. Under administrative direction, incumbent manages and delivers major, complex and regionally significant highway projects using traditional (Design-Bid-Build) and innovative (Design-Build, Design-Build-Finance, Construction Manager at Risk) project delivery methods; performs professional engineering work in coordinating, planning, directing and managing activities as a Senior Project Manager for the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). This includes responsibility for the scope, budget, quality and timely completion of multi-year transportation projects. Oversees activities between consultants and contractors; coordinates activities between various functional divisions within NDOT, other State and federal agencies and local transportation officials; resolves extensive planning, environmental, right-of-way, design, construction and maintenance issues associated with the highway projects as well as intensive coordination and communication with federal officials to ensure appropriate use of federal funds.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Engineer and demonstrated supervisory or responsible project charge experience in designing, constructing or coordinating major highway or transportation projects.
Special Notes
Any person registered as a Professional Engineer in another state must become registered as a Professional Engineer in Nevada within six months following the date of appointment and as a continuing condition of employment.
Additional Position Criteria
Experience leading teams on large complex highway design and/or construction projects of $25 million or more is required for these positions. This experience must also be reflected in your employment history.
Experience developing and presenting project information and answering questions for governing boards and public hearings is required for these positions. This experience must also be reflected in your employment history.
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The Examination
Application Evaluation Exam
The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Please explain how your experiences qualify you for the position.
2) Please describe the projects that you have managed, please include estimated costs, scope, the size of the project team managed, as well as any notable complexities to the project.
3) Describe a time when you were required to give a presentation with little advanced notice. Were you prepared to answer the audiences' questions? Overall, how did the presentation turn out?
