STAFF 1, ASSOCIATE ENGINEER

About the role

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) Scheduling & Estimating Section of the Design Division is hiring for a Staff 1, Associate Engineer in Carson City, NV. This position serves a pivotal role in supporting the successful planning and delivery of transportation projects throughout the state.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, cost estimation, and data integrity functions essential to the successful delivery of transportation infrastructure projects statewide.
• Balancing funding across various phases of a project to maintain efficiency.
• Test and validate bug fixes within the Masterworks system, ensuring that updates are successfully implemented and the system continues to perform reliably in production.
• Maintain project data within the Masterworks System, ensuring project information is current, accurate, and accessible.
• Assist in the review of engineers’ cost estimates within the Masterworks system.
• Contribute to early-stage project development by helping to create conceptual designs, including roadway geometrics, quantity calculations, and preliminary cost estimates that support NDOT’s scoping efforts.

Requirements

• Either work under the direct supervision of a Registered Professional Engineer and gain knowledge and experience required for licensure as a professional engineer; or work under general supervision and perform engineering work not requiring licensure.
• Staff I positions are distinguished from higher level Engineering Technicians by their participation in project design and management; responsibility for testing and inspections and the interpretation of results; determining the impact on project activities; and making design recommendations to professional engineers.

Qualifications

• Certification by the Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as an Engineer Intern;
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or a closely related engineering field;
• Two years of journey level technical experience equivalent to an Engineering Technician III in Nevada State service;
• An equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Skills

Working knowledge of: practical application of algebra, geometry and trigonometry to specific problems and situations.
Skills in: engineering principles and practices; graph and table formatting.
Ability to: make computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles; read and understand technical reports, maps, specifications, plans and related documents; write technical reports and compose correspondence for transmittal to other governmental agencies; convert mathematical data, quantities and measurements and calculate area, volume, length and proportion; plan, organize and schedule work to accomplish established objectives; work within a Cartesian coordinate system; work as part of a team; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with contractors, co-workers, and representatives from other agencies; work independently and follow through on assignments; interact diplomatically with the public in potentially hostile situations.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP).
• Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.
• Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
• Retirement: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
• Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program.
• No Nevada state income tax.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.
• Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of “standard” or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.