Engineering Specialist I

About the role

• Agency
• Dept of Transportation
• Division
• State Hwy Administrator - Div of Hwys
• Job Classification Title
• Engineering Specialist I (S)
• Position Number
• 60025390
• Grade
• NC13

Description of Work

Please note that all positions close at 12:00 AM on the posted closing date. You must apply by 11:59 PM prior to the posted closing date.

"INTERNAL POSTING-Only temporary or permanent NCDOT employees or layoff candidates with the NC Department of Transportation eligible for RIF priority reemployment consideration as described by GS 126 May Apply"

The Photogrammetry Unit acquires aerial imagery and generates geospatial information products used for transportation planning, design, and construction. The unit also partners with other government agencies for statewide orthophotography and aerial LiDAR elevation data programs serving as NCDOT's subject matter experts for aerial surveying.

We have an opening for an Engineering Specialist I to provide intermediate level technical support to lower-level technicians and engineers.

In this role you will

*Inspect, analyze, evaluate, and recommend corrective action for both consultant and internally generated Aerotriangulation Reports, Airborne Survey Reports, Image Alignment Reports, and flight plan and acquired aerial image forward overlap, side overlap, and ground sample distance pixel size.

• *Analyze both consultant and internally generated manual and automated image measurements for aerotriangulation and non-metric camera image alignment, planimetric mapping, and various elevation products.
• *Analyze cross sections, edit, and record discrepancies for resolution with Resident Engineers' Office and compute earthwork volume pay quantities.
• *Operate sophisticated photogrammetric analytical stereoplotting instruments and software to stereoscopically measure image coordinates for metric camera imagery aerotriangulation.
• *Operate various non-metric camera imagery software programs to align imagery to ground coordinates, produce orthoimagery and 3-D point clouds, and classify 3-D point cloud data for ground elevations.

Salary Grade

NC13 Salary Range: $50,088.00 to $87,654.00

Management prefers applicants with the following

• Knowledge and understanding of the concepts, practices, and theories of professional transportation and geomatics engineering used in photogrammetry, LiDAR surveying, and conventional surveying related to highway location, design, and construction.
• Knowledge and skill in inspecting, analyzing, and evaluating aerial image acquisition parameters, image measurements for planimetric mapping, digital terrain models, Aerotriangulation data, Aerotriangulation Reports, and Airborne Survey Reports.
• Experience utilizing unit codes and standards to maintain moderately complex records, work-specific notes, and effective communication.
• Experience communicating intermediate-level technical facts, verbally and in writing, in a clear, concise, and organized manner.
• Experience perceiving overlapping aerial imagery stereoscopically in three dimensions and interpreting planimetric and terrain features relatively correct.

Minimum Education and Experience

• 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 the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Associate's degree in an applicable area of engineering technology from an appropriately accredited institution and six years of progressive technician experience; or High School or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and eight years of progressive technician experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• In accordance with the Governor's Executive Order 303, our agency supports second-chance employment for individuals who were previously incarcerated or justice-involved. We invite all potential applicants to apply for positions for which they may be qualified.
• It is important that your application includes all your relevant education and work experience and that you answer all questions associated with the application.