STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE BRANCH JOBS

Engineering Summer Worker

Recruitment #240209-5704VR-001

Introduction


Are you an engineering student, graduate, or possess experience in Engineering, and are interested in learning what it's like to work as an engineer with the Connecticut Department of Transportation?

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT) is accepting applications for paid Summer Worker (Professional Engineering) positions in the Bureau of Engineering and Construction. Positions may be based in Newington, New Haven, Norwich, Rocky Hill, or Thomaston.

As a Professional Engineering Summer Worker, you will be exposed to a variety of engineering tasks in transportation design, transportation construction, or a combination of both areas. You will have an opportunity to see firsthand, what it's like to be a Transportation Engineer at the DOT. 

The Role:
After an exciting summer of experience at the DOT, as a Summer Worker, you may decide that you want to apply for Transportation Engineer Trainee positions, when you are ready to graduate! A Transportation Engineer Trainee is the DOT's entry-level engineering position and requires a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or other acceptable substitution. 

Position Highlights:
  • Anticipated start date in May of 2024 and ending by August 31, 2024
  • Monday-Friday, first shift
  • 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, temporary
  • Location: Positions may be based in Newington, New Haven, Norwich, Rocky Hill, or Thomaston
Minimum Qualifications for Engineering Summer Worker Positions Include:
  • A valid Driver's License to drive state vehicles to and from field/construction sites and town meetings
  • The ability to use CAD (MicroStation preferred) and other computer applications
  • Positions are open to applicants who are enrolled in a college engineering program or construction management program and have completed their sophomore year
  • Applicants invited to interview will be required to supply a copy of a college transcript
Duties May Include: 
  • Reviewing basic design plans 
  • Performing mathematical computations and calculations
  • Collecting and entering data
  • Accompanying engineers on field reviews 
  • Assisting in construction inspection activities, assisting with the preparation of reports
  • Performing other related duties as required

Selection Plan

Selected candidates must be at least 16 or 18 years old, depending on the position. 

To Apply:


  • In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
  • The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
  • Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
  • Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
  • In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.
  • For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e. Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other. 
  • All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

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Important Information After You Apply:

  • This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
  • Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
  • Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
  • Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
  • The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Connect With Us:

  • Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact hayley.newhouse@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state agency this class performs tasks and duties of a seasonal nature by providing services to clients or the public.

Work areas covered by this class shall include the assignments and hourly rates as listed below:

 Assignment Minimum Hourly
Rates 
Maximum Hourly
Rates 
 Professional Engineering  $19.44  $22.51

Minimum and maximum hourly rates will be subject to the following criteria:

  • Returning Seasonal Workers may receive $.50 an hour additional compensation for each season of service up to the maximum hourly rate.

OR

  • Experienced workers in the specific functional area with another employer may be credited with such time on an equivalent basis to seasons worked and granted the same additional compensation up to the maximum hourly rate.
OR

  • Undergraduate or graduate students may be granted additional compensation of up to $.50 more per hour (up to the maximum hourly rate) for each full year of completed education on the basis of 30 semester hours equaling one (1) year.
NOTE: Determination of hourly rate is based on the above criteria. Additional compensation is based on only one criteria. It is not intended for individuals to receive additional compensation through application of the multiple criteria listed above.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Summer Workers can be assigned to work with DOT engineers in many different capacities agency wide. Some of the areas include:

BRIDGE DESIGN: Engineers in the Division of Bridges work with a variety of transportation structures, as well as: 

  • Use advanced analysis software and CADD technology to prepare designs including geometrics, drainage, structural analysis, and creating bid documents
  • Design new bridges and rehabilitate and preserve deteriorating bridges
  • Oversee and administer projects from project concept, through design, to construction
  • Review and approve shop and working drawings for projects in construction, and work with  fabricators and contractors to facilitate construction and to ensure contract compliance
  • Provide construction support when problems arise during construction and prepare change orders
  • Fully inspect bridges to address the safety, capacity, and efficiency of the State’s bridge infrastructure
  • Design new bridges and rehabilitate and preserve deteriorating bridges

CONSTRUCTION: Construction inspection is one of the most important phases of construction work. 

Construction Inspectors:

  • Perform careful review and critical examination of all facets of the project
  • Assure that the proper materials are used, the plans and specifications are followed, and the finished product is a valued improvement to Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure
  • Inspectors are the people on site making sure that the bridges are built right, the pavement is installed to last and vehicles can move safely through work zones

HIGHWAY DESIGN: Highway engineers have the challenge to not only improve Connecticut’s transportation system to meet operational and safety needs, but also to balance this against environmental, historic, cultural, community, aesthetic, and economic impacts. Engineers in the Division of Highway Design:

  • Develop projects that improve the safety, capacity, and efficiency of the State’s transportation system
  • Find solutions to challenging roadway and multi-modal improvement problems
  • Utilize CADD and other cutting-edge computer technology to perform a wide variety of technical  analyses, including geometrics, drainage, and cost estimating
  • Make multi-media presentations of projects to municipalities, residents, businesses, and the public

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING: Traffic Engineering offers engineers exposure to stimulating work assignments to enhance their engineering skills. Engineers in the Division of Traffic:

  • Develop designs for the over 2,500 State-owned traffic signals
  • Perform traffic flow analyses utilizing state-of-the-art engineering methods and computer software programs
  • Conduct traffic engineering studies and crash investigations in search of for new and innovative solutions proven to save lives

FACILITIES DESIGN: The Facilities Design Unit is a multidisciplinary design unit.  Engineers in this section:

  • Provide in-house and consultant engineering design and technical support services in the areas of Civil, Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering
  • Focus on renovation or new construction of facilities that support roadway, bridge, rail transit, and bus transit operations
  • Facilities design projects include highway maintenance and repair facilities, rail stations, rail maintenance facilities, track, signal and catenary for rail operations, bus maintenance facilities, parking garages, salt sheds, and both above ground and underground storage tanks

Positions may also be assigned to other program areas such as surveys, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, pavement design and management, geotechnical engineering, engineering computer applications development, and other transportation engineering areas.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Knowledge of
    • principles, practices and procedures of assigned specialty; 
    • operation of equipment, materials and activities of assigned specialty; 
  • Knowledge to degree necessary for dealing with and understanding an individual’s behavior; 
  • Skills
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • techniques of assigned specialty skills; 
  • Ability to
    • assist individuals in self-care habits, personal hygiene and proper social conduct where applicable; 
    • understand and carry out written orders and oral instructions; 
  • Adequate physical strength and stamina to perform duties; 
  • Some positions may require supervisory and/or leadership abilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Any experience and training that could reasonably be expected to provide the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Academic history that demonstrates an interest in the transportation engineering or construction engineering fields
  • Experience or course work performing basic engineering tasks under supervision
  • Experience using specific engineering-related computer software
  • Experience presenting to a diverse group of people
  • For those still pursuing their undergraduate degree: an academic history that demonstrates an interest in obtaining Engineer in Training (EIT) licensure upon graduation

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Incumbents in this class assigned to recreational activities must be able to perform emergency first aid as needed and certain positions will require a current Standard First Aid Certificate.
  • Incumbents in this class assigned as bus drivers or operate a motor vehicle must possess and retain a current Connecticut Motor Vehicle Operator License to drive a bus and/or a Motor Vehicle Operators License as necessary.
  • Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.