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State of Nevada Announces
An Open Competitive Recruitment for:
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN V
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -  $45,560.16 to  $67,692.96  PAY GRADE: 35
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: A Permanent, full time vacancy
Department: Conservation and Natural Resources
Division: Water Resources
Location: Carson, Minden, Gardnerville, Genoa
Job Class Code: 06.305
RECRUITMENT INFORMATION
Announcement Number: 21902
Open to all qualified persons.
Posted 04/17/2014
Close Date: 05/01/2014
Recruiter:
   SHERI DUNN
   Phone: (775)684-0129
   Email: sdunn@admin.nv.gov
Applications accepted for another Expired
The Position
Engineering Technicians perform a broad range of duties involving technical engineering work in support of professional engineers including drafting, engineering calculations, surveying, materials and soils testing, construction inspection, roadway design, right-of-way engineering, planning, permitting and inspection, water rights appropriation and land acquisition in support of civil or related professional engineering work. Work requires the application of technical engineering skills, methods and practices in compiling technical data, drafting, computer aided software, operating specialized equipment and preparing engineering related documents.
Under general direction of an engineer or section head, incumbents perform the full range of duties in the series concept and in addition function as a first line supervisor directing and reviewing the work of lower level engineering technicians.
This position is located within the Adjudications Section of the Division of Water Resource in Carson City. Incumbent will be part of an adjudications team and will supervise mapping, assist in performing field investigations, assist with hydrographic surveys and prepares preliminary and final orders of determination.

To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
    Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil, mechanical, chemical or metallurgical engineering, mathematics or closely related field and two years of progressively responsible technical engineering experience involving coordinating technical engineering work projects, having functional supervision over technical engineering work, providing technical supervision to lower level engineering staff, determining work priorities, establishing work procedures and techniques, and establishing standards and controls; OR Associate¿s degree from an accredited college, university or technical school with major course work in engineering, engineering technology, math or related field and four years of progressively responsible experience as described above; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and six years of progressively responsible experience as described above; OR one year of experience as an Engineering Technician IV in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Notes
    As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.
Special Requirements
    A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment.
Additional Position Criteria
    Experience with Technical Report writing.
    This position is required to conduct extensive field work for up to two weeks at a time.
    GIS experience.
The Examination
If there are five or fewer qualified applicants, the exam will consist of an application evaluation. (This statement does not apply for Until Recruitment Needs are Satisfied (URS) announcements).
Engineering Technician V
The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.

Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview.
1) Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related engineering field? If so, list the type of Bachelor's degree you have, major (and if applicable minor), issuing institution, and date of completion.
2) Describe your experience, including the number of years, supervising or providing lead worker experience to lower level engineering technicians or personnel assigned to specific projects.
3) Describe your experience working with AutoCAD and ArcGIS software.
4) Describe your experience working with spreadsheets: a) excel spreadsheets; and/or b) other spreadsheets.
5) Describe your water resources or hydrology experience in the public or private sector.
6) Describe your experience dealing with the public in regards to interpreting statues, regulations, and/or policies.
7) Describe your experience conducting field work to include items as field survey, surface and groundwater measurements, and/or location.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Please describe your experience in the area of field measurements of surface water.
2) Please describe your experience in interpreting technical and engineering drawings as well as topographic, plat and survey maps.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
For more information about state employment, visit the following:
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: http://pebp.state.nv.us
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB
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Email
Direct Inquiries or Correspondence to:
Division of Human Resource Management
Northern Nevada
209 East Musser Street,
Room 101
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
Division of Human Resource Management
Southern Nevada
555 East Washington Avenue,
Suite 1400
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-1046

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868


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