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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Professional Engineering Specialists are experienced Professional Engineers (P.E.) who have detailed and in-depth knowledge and expertise that enables them to develop solutions to complex atypical design and/or construction challenges; advise management, engineering professionals and technical staff division/departmentwide on contract interpretation, conceptual design alternatives analyses, code interpretation, and specialized research and analysis related to best methods, materials and practices.

This position is located in Carson City within the Materials Division. This position is responsible for preparing multiple reports throughout the year including Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) Pavement Preservation Report and the pavement preservation portion of the biannual report on performance measures to the Nevada State Legislature. The incumbent is also responsible for developing policies regarding appropriate rehabilitation and maintenance treatment alternatives and schedules (performance curves) based on modeling techniques that consider cost, use, and location of pavements to justify expenditures; improving construction and maintenance practices by analyzing the Pavement Management System (PMS) database; identifying viable PMS research needs; acting as PMS authority for NDOT and participating in Legislative Council Bureau (LCB) audits, National and State meetings, and workshops; participating in National PMS/Pavement Preservation Committees and the NDOT outreach team activities related to PMS; performing advanced analysis requiring in-depth understanding of theoretical concepts and engineering process; and working with Roadbed Design Section and Traffic Section to implement the mandated Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). Women and under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. Nevada Department of Transportation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information (GINA), or gender identity and expression.

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: