STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
Class Code: 6996-33 Date Established: 08-07-90
Occupational
Code: 7-5-9 Date of Last Revision: 10-6-11
BASIC PURPOSE: To direct and supervise
overall highway operations within a highway district of the Department of
Transportation as well as formulating, authorizing, and administering complex
engineering and administrative policies and procedures.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Plans, directs
and supervises all activities of a highway district, with responsibility for
insuring the integrity and safety of the state highway system and for providing
safe all-weather travel.
·
Formulates
strategies, plans, and policies to accomplish the Highway Department's
objectives and goals.
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Prepares,
monitors, adjusts and supervises the accounting activities of the district
budget.
·
Evaluates
highway pavements and develops programs for restoration, rehabilitation or
resurfacing.
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Oversees and
supervises surveys, preparation of plans, and construction of state projects
and developer funded projects, including the construction and maintenance of
district buildings and storage facilities.
·
Consults with
utilities, local officials, engineering firms and others concerning requests
for major drive entrances or utility installation.
·
Evaluates the
performance of personnel, equipment, systems and facilities to insure maximum
utilization of potential.
·
Responds to
emergency situations, at any hour of any day, to protect the highway system and
to provide for public safety and convenience.
·
Responds to
inquiries from highway abutters, the traveling public, and appointed elected
officials on the local, state and federal level.
·
Represents the
agency at various meetings, hearings and court proceedings.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in
evaluating, planning or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and
long-range solutions, strategies or policies of a specialized or technical
nature.
Knowledge: Requires logical or
scientific expertise to resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature
in a wide range of applications.
Impact: Requires overall
administrative responsibility for achieving agency objectives by directing all
aspects of operations management. Errors
at this level result in disruption of systemwide programs or services as well
as long-term adverse impact on agency image and the future success of
organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires agency-wide
administrative supervision, including the responsibility for developing and
evaluating internal personnel policies.
This level also involves the administrative management of a program
which affects more than one agency, including overseeing the interaction of
agency employees or policies to accomplish organizational objectives or goals.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job elements and
little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including continuous
walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time as well as
occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as
the official representative of the agency, including explaining and defending
current and long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy
decisions regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating
the combination of overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or
novel situations requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide
range of intellectual and practical problems.
Independent
Action: Requires independent judgment in planning and
evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of professional,
technical and managerial standards under administrative direction and according
to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Possession of a Master of Science degree from
a recognized college or university with a major concentration in civil
engineering, or possession of a Bachelor of Science degree from a recognized
college or university with a major in civil engineering and possession of a
Master of Business Administration degree from a recognized college or
university.
Experience:
Four years’ of work experience in the practice of civil
engineering post Professional Engineer licensure.
OR
Education:
Possession of a Bachelor's of Science degree from a recognized college
or university with a major concentration in civil engineering.
Experience:
Six years' work experience in the practice of civil engineering post
Professional Engineer licensure.
OR
Education:
Possession of an Associate's degree from a recognized college or
university, with a major study in civil technology.
Experience:
Eight years' work experience in the practice of civil engineering post
Professional Engineer licensure.
License/Certification: Must be a Licensed Professional Engineer in
the State of New Hampshire or a Licensed Professional Engineer in another state
and obtain licensure in NH within one year of employment. Possession of a valid
driver's license and/or have access to transportation for statewide travel.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
Must have a telephone and be available 24 hours a day.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the engineering principles and
practices applied in the construction of civil engineering projects in the
appropriate option. Knowledge of the
principles of effective supervision and administration. Knowledge of authoritative reference works in
the general field of civil engineering.
Knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations related to the
application of engineering option. Knowledge
of soils and material engineering.
Ability to plan and administer the work of a large staff of
professional, technical, clerical and trades employees. Ability to speak effectively in public. Ability to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with associates, subordinates, consultants, public
officials and contractors' employees.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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