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State of Nevada Announces
An Open Competitive Recruitment for:
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN IV
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -  $41,906.16 to  $61,950.96  PAY GRADE: 33
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: 06.308
RECRUITMENT INFORMATION
Announcement Number: 24845
Open to all qualified persons.
Posted 04/30/2015
Close Date: 05/14/2015
Recruiter:
   KARA SULLIVAN
   Phone: **None**
   Email: ksullivan@nvcourts.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, incumbents function independently at the advanced journey level performing technical work requiring knowledge of engineering theories, principles, concepts and practices in a specialized area.
This position, under general supervision of the section head, provides support activities to the supervisor and performs most of the same duties as the Engineering Technician III's, but concentrates on completing the more difficult submittals. Additionally, the selected candidate will be responsible for all of Reports of Conveyance from receipt through final tracking to completion or rejection. This involves managing data entry of incoming Reports of Conveyances in the Titles Database; checking for non-compliance of submitted legal documents; verifying proper fees; assigning difficulty ratings; and prioritizing submittal processing and return for deficiencies. Responsibilities also include providing monthly progress reports to the section head, backup for training, public assistance for inquiries on conforming to agency requirements, and annual field work collecting water level/ pumpage data.

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 one year of progressively responsible technical engineering work experience involving the coordination of technical engineering work projects, having technical responsibility over a specialized engineering function or program area, serving as leadworker to technical engineering staff, independently determining work priorities, implementing and/or developing work procedures, techniques, 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 three years of progressively responsible experience as described above; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and five years of progressively responsible experience as described above; OR two years as an Engineering Technician III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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 in one or more of the following: land surveying and the PLSS; land use planning; abstracting and title work; or real estate involving the use of mathematics.
    Microsoft Excel
    Microsoft Word
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 IV -Water Resources
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? What is the field?
2) Do you possess an engineering related Associate's degree? If yes, what field?
3) Describe your experience, including number of years, reading and interpreting parcel maps.
4) Describe your experience, including number of years, reading and interpreting survey maps.
5) Describe your experience, including number of years, interpreting legal documents.
6) Describe your experience, including number of years, writing technical reports.
7) Describe your experience, including number of years, working with spreadsheets.
8) Describe your experience, including number of years, working with AutoCAD.
9) Describe your experience, including number of years, in field survey.
10) Describe your experience, including number of years, dealing with the public.
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
515 East Musser Street,
First Floor
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
Division of Human Resource Management
Southern Nevada
7251 Amigo St,
Suite 120
Las Vegas, NV 89119

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868


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