Engineer/Architect IV [Construction Group Chief] (PCN 25-0391)

Job title: Engineer/Architect IV [Construction Group Chief] (PCN 25-0391)

Company: State of Alaska

Job description: Job Description

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Central Region Construction is seeking a professional Engineer/Architect IV to join our team as a Construction Group Chief.

What you will be doing:
Under the direction of the Regional Construction Engineer, the Construction Group Chief is responsible for providing professional engineering management and supervision for the department’s multi-modal construction program, consisting of projects from airports, bridges, and buildings to highways and harbors.

This position reviews and evaluates the pre-construction project documents, construction claims and disputes, as well as renders decisions on contractor disputes and contract negotiations. This position is a supervisory role, directing and training subordinate staff, approving contract payments, managing operating budgets, and administrating staff assignments.

Our organization, mission, and culture:
Alaska’s highways and airports are important resources that must meet basic transportation needs and are critical to the health and safety of the public. They serve as commercial corridors and hubs bringing goods and services to our communities. Highways and airports play a vital role in supporting our economy by serving the oil, gas, timber, commercial fishing, tourist and other industries across Alaska. Stewardship of our state roads and airports through construction oversight is the responsibility of the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities’ Construction Section This position is essential to the Department’s mission to “Keep Alaska Moving through Service and Infrastructure.”

The benefits of joining our team:
Professional advancement opportunities within the department. Integral part in delivering the department’s mission of “Keeping Alaska Moving through Service and Infrastructure.” Competitive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Competitive salary. 11 paid holidays annually, personal leave accrual, 2 retirement plans and other optional benefits. Flexible schedule, alternate work shifts, and telecommuting available.

The working environment you can expect:
This position is located in Central Region Headquarters building located at 4111 Aviation Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, situated next to scenic Lake Hood Seaplane Base. While a majority of the work will be done in the office, frequent travel to project sites to meet with community leaders, designers, contractors, maintenance staff and project staff is required. Travel can consist of vehicle, single engine aircraft, or boat. This position also requires availability outside of normal workhours as well as on weekends.

Who we are looking for:
Our successful candidate will possess the following desired competencies:

• Project Management: Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Stakeholder Management: Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and techniques used to identify, engage, influence, and monitor relationships with individuals and groups connected to a work effort; including those actively involved, those who exert influence over the process and its results, and those who have a vested interest in the outcome (Pubic Involvement/Relations).
• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Financial Management: Understands the organization’s financial processes. Prepares, justifies, and administers the program budget. Oversees procurement and contracting to achieve desired results. Monitors expenditures and uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities.
• Contract Negotiation: Works with others towards an agreement that may involve exchanging specific resources or resolving differences. Experience with resolving contract disputes and claims.

Minimum Qualifications

Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) or Architect, and six years of professional engineering or architectural experience (Engineer/Architect series), of which three years were in a supervisory or project manager capacity as an Engineer/Architect II or higher or the equivalent.

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 agreement must become registered in Alaska within one year of hire and sign an agreement to this effect as a condition of employment.

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

Additional Required Information

**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**
THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our to determine if you qualify.

REQUIRED
Frequent travel within the state, both on the road system and to remote locations. This can be by small plane, boat and/or vehicle to visit construction projects.

Must be available to be on-call as needed to provide guidance to construction project staff during evenings, nights, and weekend hours.

COVER LETTER
Applicants are required to include a cover letter, not to exceed two pages, within their application for this position. In your cover letter, in professional business format, write in as much detail as necessary to report on these three objects: * Provide a written statement on your educational background.

• Provide a written response of your knowledge, skills, and abilities to support the desired competencies we are seeking in an applicant.
• Provide a written statement on your work history as it relates to this position.

Your cover letter will be considered a writing sample and will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process. In addition, your application package will be reviewed to determine if you possess the experience, strengths and behavioral characteristics we are seeking in an employee.

Your responses on the cover letter are key to gaining an interview. Applicants who do not submit a clear, well organized, informative cover letter meeting the requirements detailed above, will not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

WORK EXPERIENCE
When utilizing work experience not already documented in your Applicant Profile, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment and whether full-time or part-time within your cover letter. Applications and resumes 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 or is used as a substitution to meet the minimum qualifications, it is required to complete the Education section of your Profile. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of credit hours earned in the Units Completed field. Copies of transcripts will be required at time of interview but may also be attached to the application.

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.

RECRUITMENT NOTICE
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) 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.

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.

Workplace Alaska NOTICE
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Contact Information

Eric DeSentis
Construction Group Chief
Phone: 907-269-0486
eric.desentis@alaska.gov

Expected salary: $4068 per month

Location: Anchorage, AK

Job date: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 03:10:41 GMT


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