Engineering Assistant 3 / Engineering Associate / Engineer/Architect 1 (PCN 250656) na State of Alaska, AK

About the Department

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

What you will be doing:
In this Engineering Assistant 3/Engineering Associate/Engineer/Architect 1 Flex position, you'll focus on safety analysis and proposing infrastructure upgrades to prevent and reduce serious crashes and injuries along Alaska’s surface transportation system. Surface transportation touches all Alaskans and visitors to our great state every day. Alaska DOT&PF’s mission and vision includes every traveler safely arriving at their destination, no matter how they get there.

As an Engineering Assistant 3, you’ll be the key technical developer for the Central Region Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), using your engineering skills to create project nominations and track their traffic and safety success over time and as the DOT&PF adopts the latest in national best practices for Alaska’s complex climate and needs. As an Engineering Associate, you'll oversee the entire HSIP process from start to finish, applying your expertise to develop comprehensive HSIP plans spanning multiple years and for millions in capital projects. 

As an Engineer/Architect 1, you'll manage all facets of HSIP, ensuring public safety and accountability through advanced design and program oversight, as well as providing expert legal support for state-related issues. 

This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply your engineering knowledge at various levels of expertise, from advanced trainees to seasoned professionals. If you're passionate about surface transportation safety for all modes of travel (transit, non-motorized and vehicular) and ready to lead impactful change for Alaskans, this is the perfect role for you.
 
Our organization, mission, and culture:

Serving motorized, non-motorized transportation and transit agencies, Alaska's surface transportation infrastructure is an essential resource that meets basic transportation needs and is critical to health and safety. The Central Region Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Coordinator plays a vital role in addressing the documented safety needs across the largest populated region in the State, while also advocating for safety treatments in future plans and designs through supporting a variety of the department's technical disciplines and consultant partners with resolving traffic safety issues in capital projects. As the HSIP Coordinator your role is crucial in assisting the department's mission to "Keep Alaska Moving" and ensuring every Alaskan gets to where they want to go safely and with dignity.

Accounting for 65% of Alaska’s population, the state’s highest traffic volumes, and an anticipated 80% of all future population growth in the state, the department's Central Region and its Traffic Safety group within the Traffic, Safety & Utilities Section represent an excellent platform from which to take your career to the next level in the field of professional civil engineering that will shape the State for the next generation

This position provides flexible work hours, option to hybrid telework, a competitive salary, personal leave and holidays, excellent health coverage, and many other supplemental benefits such as deferred compensation and health care reimbursement accounts. Benefits are negotiated by General Government Unit (GGU) Union.

Central Region Headquarters is located next to Lake Hood, the world's busiest seaplane base. The building has a People Mover transit stop, bike racks both inside and outside as well as locker rooms, showers, snack room, and ergonomic office furniture. Lake Hood is surrounded by a walking/biking trail that can easily be traversed during your lunch break.

The working environment you can expect:
Our Anchorage office is located at 4111 Aviation Avenue. This work location allows you many options to live and play near a wide range of fantastic outdoor areas and urban community activities. The office building is generally comprised of cubicles and office space and organized by departmental sections and teams, including the Traffic, Safety & Utilities Section, Traffic Safety group in which this position resides. This position requires occasional travel, primarily day-trips but sometimes overnight trips, within southcentral Alaska (normally 2-3 trips per summer month). Occasional attendance at evening meetings may also be required.
 
Who we are looking for:
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the core competencies of:

• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Customer Service: Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.

• Driver's License is required.
• An Alaska Professional Engineer´s License (PE) registration is required per AS 08.48.281, or a PE registration with a state recognized by the Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors to be eligible for comity in accordance with AS 08.48.191(b) if applying for the Engineer/Architect 1 Level.
  

Position Duties

Engineering Assistant 3:
Bachelor's degree with a major in engineering, architecture or land surveying from an institution accredited by ABET.
AND
Two years of engineering, architectural or land surveying experience of which one year was at the working or intermediate trainee level. The specific experience includes such work as an Engineering Assistant 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Or:
A bachelor's degree with a major in a branch of engineering from an institution not accredited by ABET.
AND
An Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate issued by a state or the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors; or verification of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination.
AND
Two years of engineering, architectural or land surveying experience of which one year was at the working or intermediate trainee level. The specific experience includes such work as an Engineering Assistant 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Substitutions:
Four years of any combination of ABET accredited postsecondary education in engineering, architecture, or land surveying (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month) and/or engineering, architectural or land surveying experience may substitute for the required degree.

Graduate study in engineering or architecture may be substituted for the required experience (2 semester/3 quarter hours equal one month).

Engineering Associate:
Eight years of progressively responsible work experience in engineering, land surveying or architecture, of which one year was as an Engineering Assistant 3 with the State of Alaska, or the equivalent elsewhere.

Substitution:
ABET accredited college or technical school courses in engineering, architecture, land surveying or a closely related curriculum may be substituted for the non-specific required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month). A bachelor's degree with a major in engineering, architecture or land surveying from an institution accredited by ABET may substitute for four years of the non-specific required experience.

Engineer/Architect 1:
Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) or Architect.

Note: Positions in this class require professional registration as either an Engineer or an Architect. The employer will designate which professional field is required for each position.

Special Note:
Persons not registered in the State of Alaska must be registered in a state recognized by the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors eligible for comity in accordance with AS 08.48.191(b). Persons employed under this provision must become registered in Alaska within one year of hire and sign an agreement to this effect as a condition of employment.

Minimum Qualifications

At time of application, applicants are requested to submit:

• Cover letter (Instructions below)

At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

• Copy of your Professional Engineering (P.E.) License Number (only if licensed outside the State of Alaska).
• Three (3) professional references, including name, job title, and current phone numbers.

ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY 

Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify. 

FLEXIBLY STAFFED

This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the Engineering Assistant 3, Engineering Associate, or Engineer/Architect 1 level, depending on the applicant's training and/or experience. The full range of salaries is listed above. Starting salary will be determined by the level the position is hired at. If filled at a lower level, promotion to the higher level will occur upon successful completion of the probationary period and required training, as well as the applicant meeting the minimum qualifications of the higher job class. 

COVER LETTER

A cover letter is required as part of your application.  In your cover letter, please describe how you possess the position specific competencies listed in the “Who We Are Looking For” section and how your skills will be of particular benefit to the position. We request your cover letter be no more than two to three paragraphs and limited to one page. 

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
This recruitment utilizes a supplemental questionnaire as part of the application process. These questions may be a mix of written, multiple-choice, and select all that apply questions. The answers you provide to the questions will be an opportunity for you to tell us about your experience and/or education. The answers will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process; please be as thorough and accurate as you can.
 
EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
 
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
 
WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Other Qualifications

For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager at:

Name: Anna Bosin, P.E. CR Traffic & Safety Engineer
Phone: (907) 269-0639
Email: [email protected]