Occ. Code 4027300

 

SENIOR SOILS ENGINEER, GRADE 24

4027300

ASSOCIATE SOILS ENGINEER, GRADE 27

4027400

 

New York State Department of Civil Service

 

Classification Standard

 

These positions in the main office of the Department of Transportation provide professional earth engineering services to the Department. This includes prescribing methods of subsurface exploration and general supervision of subsurface exploration, laboratory analysis of soil samples to determine the characteristics of soils for various construction purposes, and advice on the foundation design of structures based upon subsurface exploration findings and laboratory analyses. In some instances, these engineers design foundations.

 

SENIOR SOILS ENGINEER performs soils engineering work of considerable difficulty and responsibility, applying the principles of soils mechanics to the design, construction, alteration, and maintenance of highways, bridges, buildings, and related structures: may supervise a unit within a section of the Soils Mechanics Bureau; provides advice to Transportation districts in problems con­nected with earth engineering; coordinates earth engineering work for several districts. QUALIFICATIONS: Professional engineer's license and: Promotion: Two years of permanent service in an engineering position allocated to Grade 19 or higher. Open Competitive: Two years of professional soils engineering experience.

 

ASSOCIATE SOILS ENGINEER serves as a section head in the Bureau of Soils Mechanics supervising field and laboratory earth engineering studies in relation to the design, construction, maintenance, and alteration of highways, bridges, buildings, and waterways, and assists in the evaluation and interpretation of such studies as related to the programs of the Department of Transportation. QUALIFICATIONS: Professional engineer's license and two years of permanent service in an engineering position allocated to Grade 23 or higher.

 

 

Reviewed:  4/03

 

NOTE:  Classification Standards illustrate the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe.  Standards cannot and do not include all of the work that might be appropriately performed by a class.  The minimum qualifications above are those which were required for appointment at the time the Classification Standard was written.  Please contact the Division of Staffing Services for current information on minimum qualification requirements for appointment or examination.