Engineering Technician I

Engineering Technician I

This position with NCDOT offers full state benefits, competitive salaries, and many career development opportunities. The primary purpose of the Location & Surveys Unit is to provide statewide engineering and geomatics analysis in the development of transportation facilities and acquisition of property in accordance with the best professional engineering and surveying practices consistent with all laws and regulations governing the State Highway System. We are looking for an Engineering Technician in Hope Mills. This position is responsible for technical work supporting higher-level technicians or engineers in route location surveying. It requires the performance of a wide variety of standardized and non-standardized tasks and assignments in compiling, analyzing, computing, editing, and processing field data. The successful applicant must perform a full range of calculations and computations. This position is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions. In this role you will perform:

• Work as a part of an engineering survey crew under the supervision of higher-level technicians or engineers.
• Basic field or office technical assignments in connection with highway route location surveys of projects.
• A variety of survey instrument operations and/or CADD and computer operations in the surveying and creation of plan sheets and survey data including hydraulic surveys, complex horizontal alignments and setting photogrammetric controls, property condemnation and Global Positioning System (GPS) field work.
• Operation of Electronic Engineering Survey Equipment.
• Operation of CADD equipment.
• Courthouse research.
• Steps to maintain safety of self and worksite.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies Management prefers applicants that demonstrate the following:

• Experience communicating technical information verbally clearly and accurately to varied audiences, including via handheld radio.
• Experience performing basic internet skills such as online property searches.
• Experience performing basic skills in math including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra.
• Experience accurately following oral and/or written procedures and instructions given by others.
• Experience working as a member of a team in less complex assignments such as collecting DTM data or photogrammetric and topographical features in the field for plan sheet preparation.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience." If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for detail. Associate's degree in Civil Engineering Technology, Survey Technology or assigned discipline from an appropriately accredited institution, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Supplemental and Contact Information Chris Dresp, cdresp@ncdot.gov, 910-486-1338

It is important that your application includes all your relevant education and work experience and that you answer all questions associated with the application. NCDOT will not accept "See Attached" or "See Resume" in lieu of education and work experience completed on the application.

If multiple applications are submitted to an individual posting, only the most recent application received prior to the posting date will be accepted. If there are no qualified candidates remaining in the applicant pool who meet the minimum Education and Experience required for the position, the agency may consider for this position a trainee who does not meet the minimum requirements. Salary for a trainee may be set at a lower level than the classification salary range and recruitment range that is listed in the posting with the salary being adjusted up accordingly as the trainee has obtained the necessary additional education and experience to fully meet the minimum qualifications as outlined in the classification specification.

NOTE: For temporary, contract or other supplemental staffing appointments: There are no paid leave, retirement or other benefits associated with these appointment types. For permanent and time-limited appointments: Eligible employees have benefits that include employee health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, NC Flex (a variety of high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis), and paid vacation, sick, and community service leave, to name a few. Paid parental leave is available for eligible employees. Some benefits require 30 + hours work/week for participation.

01 I understand in order to be qualified for this position, the description of my work experience must clearly reflect the required education and experience. I have included all of this information within my application. (If you haven't completed the application requirements, please return to your application to finish it before submitting your application.)

02 Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?

03 Which of the following best describes your level of experience communicating technical information verbally clearly and accurately to varied audiences, including via handheld radio?

04 Explain how you have experience communicating technical information verbally, including via handheld radios.

05 Which of the following best describes your level of experience performing basic internet skills such as online property searches?

06 Explain how you have experience performing basic internet skills such as online property searches.

07 Which of the following best describes your level of experience performing basic skills in math including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra?

08 Explain how you have experience performing basic skills in math including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra.

09 Which of the following best describes your level of experience accurately following oral and/or written procedures and instructions given by others?

10 Explain how you have experience accurately following oral and/or written procedures and instructions given by others.

11 Which of the following best describes your level of experience working as a member of a team in less complex assignments such as collecting DTM data or photogrammetric and topographical features in the field for plan sheet preparation?

12 Explain how you have experience working as a member of a team in less complex assignments such as collecting DTM data or photogrammetric and topographical features in the field for plan sheet preparation.

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