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 is located in the Asphalt Lab of the Materials Division, Las Vegas, NV. Incumbent is responsible for logging, testing and reporting test results for contract samples including asphalt cement, emulsified asphalts, cutback asphalts, and specialty products. Performs research testing to provide data to analyze and evaluate new materials and procedures. Performs AMRL testing to ensure specification compliance of equipment and procedures for lab accreditation. Trains and certifies field viscosity testing personnel for construction and maintenance; and performs equipment maintenance and calibration according to equipment specifications to ensure proper operation. 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 on the basis of 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:
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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. |
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A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment. |
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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. |
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1) Describe your experience, including the number of years, performing highway materials testing, utilizing testing procedures and specifications, and include any experience with liquid asphalt testing.
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2) Describe your experience, including the number of years, training other employees in materials testing procedures including the type of testing your were performing.
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3) Describe your experience, including the number of years, performing the following: a) engineering calculations; and b) calculations specific to materials testing.
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4) Describe your experience, including the number of years, with maintenance and calibration of materials testing equipment.
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1) Please describe your experience with ASTM and AASHTO specifications and test methods.
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2) Please describe your experience working in a laboratory environment and/or your experience working in a position where technical ability and precision was important?
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3) Please describe your experience working with hazardous chemicals, MSDS's, and a hazardous communications program.
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4) Please describe your experience working with computers and software programs.
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