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Engineering Assistant II/III
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Position ID Number: 25-0211
Application Period: 10/29/2009 through 11/18/2009Position open to: All Applicants
Department: Transportation & Public FacilitiesDivision: Statewide Design and Engineering Services
Location: JuneauRegion: Southeast
Salary: EA II $4,658.00
------------EA III $5,324.00 Monthly		Range: 19/21
Job Status: Full-TimeBargaining Unit: GG

Job Description:

This is a structural engineering position for the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' (DOTPF) Bridge Section. Engineering Assistant (EA) II and III descriptions are provided below:

EA II: Under general supervision of a licensed engineer, this level performs basic structural engineering analysis and calculations in the design, repair, construction, inspection, and load rating of bridges and other transportation structures. This position applies accepted structural and other civil engineering practices in evaluating bridge needs and completing bridge layouts, designs, and analyses.

EA III: Under general direction of a licensed engineer, this level performs journey level (sub-professional) structural engineering analysis and calculations in the design, repair, construction, inspection, and load rating of bridges and other transportation structures. This position applies accepted structural and other civil engineering practices in evaluating bridge needs and completing bridge layouts, designs, and analyses. In addition, prepares details, calculations, quantities, and writes draft construction specifications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Load rate timber, steel and concrete bridge members.
  • Check the structural and geometric bridge designs completed by licensed engineers.
  • Assist with federally required bridge inspections.
  • Assist with office and field work associated with the bridge load instrumenting program.

Desirable skills and strengths:

  • Structural Engineering capabilities and education consistent with position. MS Civil Engineering with an emphasis in structures or closely related field is preferred.
  • Familiarity with the AASHTO "LRFD Bridge Design Specification."
  • Proficiency with commercially available structural analysis software.
  • Familiarity with strain gages and data collection systems.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.

This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the II or III level depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. Please respond to all of the minimum qualification questions.


View Class Specifications for this job:

Special Note:
Transcripts which indicate the credit hours earned for the specific coursework may be requested at the time of interview or prior.

Minimum Qualifications:

Engineering Assistant II:
Bachelor’s degree, or the equivalent from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) with a major in engineering, architecture or land surveying;
AND
One year of entry level engineering, architectural or land surveying experience as an Engineering Assistant I with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
Five years of progressively responsible subprofessional engineering experience of which two years must be as an Engineering Technician Journey level with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Substitution: Graduate study in engineering or architecture may be substituted for the required experience. (3 semester or 4 quarter hours equal one month of experience).

Note: The employing department will identify Engineering-In-Training (EIT) positions.

Note to Applicant: Transcripts which indicate the credit hours earned for the specific coursework may be requested at the time of interview or prior.

Engineering Assistant III:
Bachelor's degree or the equivalent, from an institution accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), with a major in engineering, architecture or land surveying;
AND
Two years of engineering, architectural or land surveying experience of which one year was at the working or intermediate trainee level as an Engineering Assistant II with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Additional engineering, architectural or land surveying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Graduate study in engineering or architecture may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Special Notice for Recruitment:

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
This position occasionally requires:
• Travel in small aircraft
• Walking on steep slopes
• Wading in streams and rivers
• Performing inspections at heights, and
• Performing inspections in remote areas.

COVER LETTER LOCATED ON JOB QUALIFICATION SUMMARY (JQS)
In your cover letter located on the Job Qualification Summary, it is required to support your knowledge, skills and abilities as they pertain to the key responsibilities, and desired skills and strengths listed in the job description above. In addition, you must clearly explain how you meet the Minimum Qualifications.

Your cover letter will be considered as a writing sample and will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your Applicant Profile, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment and whether full- or part-time. Applicant Profiles and Job Qualification Summaries will be reviewed to determine if the minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education and Training section of the Applicant Profile. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of credit hours earned in the Degrees Obtained field. Copies of transcripts will be required at time of interview.

BENEFITS
• Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental.
• Employer paid $2,000 Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available.
• Optional long- and short-term disability plans.
• Optional dependent and health care flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement programs with a wide variety of investment options.
• Vacation leave of 15 hours per month with an accrual rate increase based on time served.
• 11 paid holidays.

For more information regarding these benefits, please review the following web site:
http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/

SPECIAL NOTE
This recruitment may be used for more than one vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.

CONFIRMATION OF APPLICATION
If you have successfully submitted your application online, a confirmation page will appear, telling you the date and time your application was submitted and a confirmation email will be sent to you. It is suggested you print a copy of this confirmation. If you do not see a confirmation page or if you do not receive a confirmation email within half hour after submitting your application, call the Division of Personnel to confirm that it was received successfully. Do make sure that you have the correct email address in your Applicant Profile and that your spam filter will permit email from the 'alaska.gov' and 'state.ak.us' domains.


Additional Required Information:

If contacted for an interview, please be prepared to submit the following at time interview, or prior if requested by Hiring Manager:
1. A technical writing sample.
2. A structural calculation sample.
3. A copy of your EIT Certificate, if applicable.
4. A copy of your college transcripts, if applicable.
5. A list of three professional references with their current phone numbers.


Contact Person:Drew Sielbach
Date required by:
E-Mail Address:Drew.Sielbach@alaska.gov
Mailing Address:PO Box 112500, Juneau AK 99811-2500
Fax Number:(907) 465-6947
Phone Number:(907) 465-6942

To Apply Online:
1.Assure Minimum Qualifications are met. Carefully read the Minimum Qualifications. If you can answer 'yes' to all of the Minimum Qualifications, or answer 'yes' to all parts of a minimum qualifications substitution group (if any such groups are listed), then you may continue on with this process and register. If you cannot, please DO NOT try to register or apply. Your Applicant Profile will NOT be sent to a hiring manager, and it will NOT be reviewed.
2.If you are already registered,
login to edit your profile		First-time applicants only:
Register with Workplace Alaska and complete an Applicant Profile
3.
Your Workplace Alaska session will time out after 30 minutes.

It is recommended that you prepare your cover letter in advance in Wordpad or similar text processor. When you are satisfied with it, copy it into memory and apply for the job (step #4).

When you get to part 2 of the application, at the "Applicant Letter" field, simply paste in the text that was saved in memory [Ctrl-V]. This technique will speed up your application submission, and reduce the chances of a time-out.

If you get timed out before submitting your application, the data you entered will be lost. Keep your total submission time to less than 30 minutes.

4.Click here to login Once you are logged in, you may apply for the position by filling out a Job Qualifications Summary form. First-time applicants see step two.

Note: Registering captures data common to all openings with Workplace Alaska, so if you have already filled out an Applicant profile, you do not need to do it again. When you have registered, you will have a user name and password and be allowed to apply for a job with Workplace Alaska.

Your Applicant Profile and Job Qualification Summary must be RECEIVED (not postmarked) or SUBMITTED on-line by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date of recruitment. Submissions after this time are not accepted.

To Apply By Hard Copy:
The State of Alaska will also accept printed (hard) copies of the Applicant Profile and the Job Qualification Summary through the mail or facsimile (fax). For the fax number to use, or if you need the forms mailed or faxed to you, please contact us:

Division of Personnel Contact Information:

Mailing Address:
Department of Administration
Division of Personnel
PO Box 110201
Juneau, AK 99811-0201

Street Address:
State Office Building, 10th Floor
333 Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, Alaska

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