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Forest or Civil Engineer

Deadline:
Employer:
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Job Field:
Forestry
GIS/Technology
Other
Job Type:
Full Time
Location:
Washington
Location Detail:
North Bend, WA
Job Description:

Snoqualmie Unit Engineer, Civil Engineer 2/Civil Engineer 1 (In-Training) 

Recruitment #2024-8-7253 Full-time

Permanent, Represented position 

Location: South Puget Sound Region- North Bend, WA Relocation 

Compensation may be available and considered Salary: $4,753.00 - $7,395.00 Monthly Positions with permanent duty stations in King County receive an additional 5% added to their monthly base salary. 

The salary listed in this announcement reflects the additional 5%. Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment anytime after 9/4/24. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible. (See official listing for full details.) 


Responsibilities: 

Qualifying experience for the Professional Engineer License may be signed off for engineers with an Engineering in Training certification. 

Your duties will include bridge inspections, bridge maintenance, engineering survey, design, culvert design, including fish passage structures, and construction compliance on low-volume forest road projects utilizing the agency's heavy equipment crew and private contractors. 

Additionally, you will be tasked with the development of public works contracts and prioritization and coordination of road maintenance and construction activities. In this position, you will interact with professionals having diverse talents and skill sets. 

You will have the opportunity to work frequently with other engineers, foresters, wildlife biologists, GIS professionals, geologists, and heavy equipment operators.

  • Detail-oriented project work and consultation 
  • Thinking critically and strategically while also meeting project deadlines 
  • Being part of a dynamic and energetic team. 
  • Creating and maintaining respectful working relationships 
  • Manage your forest road projects from initial scoping to closing out construction 
  • Collaborating between different stakeholders in the Region in the process of putting together road and stream crossing projects 
  • Providing recommendations for actions on bridges, culverts, and other maintenance needs on forest roads 
  • Providing recommendations on corrections to fish barriers 
  • Bridge condition inspections
Qualifications:

Qualifications 

This may be filled as an in-training position. This is designated as a 12-24 month training plan (may be extended to 36 months). If you complete all elements of the training steps in a shorter amount of time, we may waive the remainder of the time required. Candidates will be considered as Civil Engineer 1 ( In-Training) or Civil Engineer 2, depending on qualifications. Civil Engineer 1 ( In-Training) (Salary range: $4,743 - $6,381 per month): 

  • A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, forest operations, or related degree (Note: If you will be graduating within 5 months you meet this education qualification. 

A conditional offer of employment may be made pending completion of degree). OR Four years of work experience in civil engineering, forest operations, or related field. OR An equivalent combination of education and/or experience. -

  • Experience in the use of engineering equipment, tools, and software-including in an academic environment.
  •  Knowledge of forest engineering principles, techniques, and applications such as logging systems, harvest system design, and road transportation design. 
  • Knowledge of ground and cable logging systems, and forest road construction equipment and use.
  • Knowledge of forest practice standards, laws, and rights-of-way.
  • Knowledge of components required to field designing timber sale road plans.
  • Positive interpersonal and communication skills. 

Civil Engineer 2 (Salary range: $5,503-$7,395 per month): 

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, forest operations, or civil engineering or related degree AND (1) One year of experience in forest or civil engineering or related field; OR An equivalent combination of education and/or experience. 
  • Experience in hydraulic structure design. 
  • Experience in contract administration and compliance. 
  • Experience with timber sales road plan preparation and administration. 
  • Experience using programs such as; MS Word, MS Excel, and ArcMap basic and advanced. Also have a working knowledge of Skyline XL, AutoCAD, and RoadEng, and the aptitude for learning new software programs. 
  • Experience with GPS programs, ArcGIS products (including map making), and other engineering tools and software programs. 
  • Experience in navigation using maps, Avenza, aerial photos, compass, orthos, clinometer, radio, laser rangefinder, and GPS. 
  • Experience inspecting, instructing, and working with agency heavy equipment crew, and contract crews to ensure road projects are completed as specified. 
  • Experience with current forest practice standards, laws, plans, and associated agency policies and WACs. 
  • Education in theory, policy, principles, and practices of the forest engineering profession as applied to Northwestern United States (i.e., fundamentals of: markets and economics, sales layout, logging methods, road engineering, water quality, watershed management, fish passage design.
Salary:
$57,036.00 - $88,740.00 Annually
Benefits:

DNR provides excellent benefits, a few of which include:

  • Commitment to organizational health and wellness 
  • Work/life balance --DNR Employee Resource Groups (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, Women’s Employee Resource Group, Veterans Employee Resource Group, etc.) 
  • Statewide Employee Business Resource Groups, visit here to learn more 
  • Leadership that empowers and supports employees 
  • Professional development opportunities 
  • Educational and career development aid 
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility 
  • Opportunities to participate in wildland fire suppression assignments 
  • Statewide vanpool program 
  • Relocation Compensation may be available and considered 
  • A comprehensive benefits package that includes employer contributions toward health insurance, paid holidays, retirement plans, sick leave, and vacation days. 

Visit http://careers.wa.gov/benefits.html for more information.

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