OPS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER III - 77904003

Requisition No: 842033 

Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Working Title: OPS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER III - 77904003

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 77904003 

Salary:  Rate of Pay: $50.00-$65.00/hour, commensurate with experience 

Posting Closing Date: 12/27/2024 

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Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

FWC Mission Statement:  Managing fish and wildlife resources for their long-term well-being and the benefit of people.

Position number: 77904003 multiple positions will be filled from this advertisement

Position Title: Professional Engineer III

OPS Hourly Rate of Pay: $50.00-$65.00, commensurate with experience, 1920 hours a fiscal year.

Supervisor: Catalina Weaver

Broadband Code: 17-2199-04

Physical Address & Telephone Number: Location to be determined. Possible locations include: Panama City FL, Tallahassee FL, Lakeland FL, Ocala FL, Gainesville FL, St. Petersburg FL, West Palm Beach FL

Region: Multiple

County: Multiple

Working hours: 8:30-5 with some evenings and weekends

List of any subordinates supervised: None

Residency Requirement: None

Description of Duties:

This is a full-time position working as a Professional Engineer III within the Division of Habitat and Species (HSC) Public Access Services Office (PASO) for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The Public Access Services Office, part of the Division of Habitat and Species Conservation, is a leader in innovative best practices to provide safe, sustainable, quality wildlife experiences and conservation opportunities to the public. This position works statewide and can be located in any of FWC’s 5 regions.

The Professional Engineer III completes complex technical assignments in modeling, design and permitting of hydrologic restoration and habitat improvement projects across the Wildlife Habitat Management System, helping meet the goals of the Management Plan for each conservation area. The position also works with the Aquatic Habitat Conservation and Restoration Section to complete hydrologic restoration and habitat improvement projects in partner and FWC managed areas.

This position manages task assignments with engineering, surveying and environmental consultants, which require significant expertise to ensure that deliverables received meet the project goals. This includes developing appropriate scopes of work, negotiating fees to stay within given budgets, tracking progress to meet funding deadlines and documenting all aspects of the project for monitoring purposes. The incumbent must be proficient in multiple software tools in order to review technical documentation provided by the consultants, including spreadsheets, geospacial shapefiles, and AutoCAD, Civil 3D and ICPR files.

This position provides construction management for hydrologic restoration or habitat improvement projects. This requires experience dealing with construction contractors, managing tight schedules and budgets up to several million dollars, ensuring that permits are secured and permit requirements are met, and verifying that habitats are protected during construction to minimize negative effects.

This position provides support and technical advice to other FWC personnel when dealing with hydrology related projects. This includes preparing and managing Memoranda of Understanding or Agreement (MOU/MOA) for projects that include partnering with other agencies, municipalities, etc. and working closely with the FWC Contracts team to ensure statutory requirements are met.

This position also provides support to the Aquatic Habitat Conservation and Restoration Section in their efforts to secure grant funding for future projects by helping develop scopes of work and cost estimates for any needed applications, helping the agency secure funds to be used for hydrology and habitat enhancement.

This position offers a pay rate depending on experience within the range of $50.00-$65.00 per hour with health benefits, based on 1,920 hours per fiscal year. Applicant must have the ability to travel 25% to 50% on average yearly.

\Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of engineering design and construction.
• Expertise in environmental permitting, WMD and 404 permits.
• Specific knowledge and skill in design and management of hydrologic projects.
• Ability to analyze and interpret engineering data. 
• Ability to understand and develop engineering plans.
• Ability to monitor and inspect engineering projects. 
• Ability to solve complex problems relating to engineering and environmental restorations. 
• Ability to communicate engineering information to non-engineers effectively.
• Ability to plan, organize, manage and track numerous projects concurrently.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to follow administrative and record keeping requirements. 
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to develop or review and negotiate clear and concise project scopes with well-defined deliverables.
• Competency using spreadsheets, word processor and pdf editing programs.
• Competency in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Competency in ICPR and working knowledge of other hydrologic modeling software.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental or agricultural engineering or a closely related field.
• Five to ten years of experience with engineering and/or environmental restoration projects.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in Florida.
• Ability to travel an average of 25% of the time on a yearly basis.
• Ability to work in remote areas in sometimes harsh physical conditions. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.