Engineering Technician 5

Salary : $4,167.00 - $7,502.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 22/12153/ET5/09.10.26-BH
Department: DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division: Section 22
Opening Date: 09/10/2026
Closing Date: 9/15/2026 11:59 PM Central

About this Job
About this Position:

This position is located in the Materials and Testing Section and serves as lead worker over lower level Engineering Technicians in the Soils & Aggregate Testing Labs. It requires extensive training and experience in the soils and aggregate testing field to be able to determine the classification and performance capabilities of soil samples from deep foundation borings, as well as aggregate samples for use in Portland Cement Concrete and Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete.

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Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a high school diploma or GED plus three years of sub-professional engineering experience; OR

Six months of experience in sub-professional engineering, heavy mobile equipment operation, or mobile equipment maintenance plus three years of sub-professional engineering experience; OR

Eighteen semester hours in one of the following specialized fields: architecture, cartography, construction management, construction technology, drafting, engineering, engineering graphics, engineering technology, industrial technology, landscape architecture, math, or physics.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:

• Receives samples from Soils Exploration Unit taken from sites of proposed new structures, or structures to be improved or replaced, such as bridges, radio towers, buildings, levees, and culverts. Determines testing program requested for that project and applies it to samples received by marking samples with test procedures required, to be performed by lower level technicians.
• Performs complex test procedures such as Unconfined Compression of Soils, One-dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils, and Undrained-Unconsolidated Strength of Cohesive Soils in Triaxial Compression, as well as other tests required to determine the classification and performance capabilities of the in-situ soils according to AASHTO and ASTM procedures.
• Collects, organizes, reviews, and summarizes test results from the deep foundation borings for their classification and inclusion in the boring logs for their use by the Design Division.
• Serves as lead-worker for the performance of the Department's Aggregate Quality Assurance Program.
• Performs and reviews results of durability and performance tests such as Abrasion Loss of Small-Size Coarse Aggregate Using the Los Angeles Machine (AASHTO T96) and Soundness of Aggregate Using Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate (AASHTO T104) and others.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a probational appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees); or by detail to special duty.
How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For further information about this vacancy contact:

Brandon Johnson
Soils & Aggregates Evaluation Engineer

5080 Florida Blvd

Baton Rouge, LA 70806




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