Salary: $34,936.00 - $61,137.00 Annually
Location : Guilford County, NC
Job Type: Permanent Full-Time
Job Number: 24-05131
Department: Dept of Transportation
Division: State Hwy Administrator - Div of Hwys
Opening Date: 06/07/2024
Closing Date: 6/21/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
Job Class Title: Engineering Technician I
Position Number: 60025259
Salary Grade: NC07
Description of Work

This is a repost. Previous applicants must reapply to be considered.Salary Grade: NC07 Salary Range: $34,936 to $61,137
This position is responsible for technical work supporting higher level technicians or engineers in route location surveying. This position requires the performance of a wide variety of standardized and non-standardized tasks and assignments in compiling, analyzing, computing, editing, and processing field data. This work involves limited decision making and use of judgment. 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 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.
• Complete Courthouse research.
• Steps to maintain safety of self and worksite.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information verbally including via handheld radio, and perform basic internet skills such as online property searches.
• Experience with minimum basic skills in math including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra.
• Demonstrated ability to follow oral or written procedures and instructions given by others.
• Demonstrated ability to work 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.
If there are no qualified candidates remaining in the applicant pool who meet the minimum Education and Experience or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 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.
Supplemental and Contact Information

Debbie Pell, 919-707-6803
It is important that your application includes all of your relevant education and work experience and that you answer all questions associated with the application. NCDOT will not accept "See Attached" or Resume's 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 close date will be accepted."
Applicants must meet both the minimum requirements and all posted Knowledge, Skills and Ability requirements to be considered Qualified for the position. 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.
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 as well as the posted knowledge, skills and abilities for this position. 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.)

• Yes
• No

02

Which of the following best describes the level of ability you have demonstrated communicating technical information verbally including via handheld radio, and perform basic internet skills such as online property searches?

• None
• Basic
• Intermediate
• Thorough

03

Explain how you have demonstrated you have the ability to communicate technical information verbally including via handheld radio, and perform basic internet skills such as online property searches.
04

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

• None
• Less than 1 Year
• 1-2 Years
• 2-3 Years
• 3 or More Years

05

Explain how you have experience with minimum basic skills in math including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra.
06

Which of the following best describes the level of ability you have demonstrated following oral or written procedures and instructions given by others?

• None
• Basic
• Intermediate
• Thorough

07

Explain how you have demonstrated you have the ability to follow oral or written procedures and instructions given by others.
08

Which of the following best describes the level of ability you have demonstrated 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?

• None
• Basic
• Intermediate
• Thorough

09

Explain how you have demonstrated you have the ability to work 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.
Required Question