Engineering Program Administrator - Facilities Maintenance Branch

Engineering Program Administrator

Salary Range: All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. However, placement above the initial step of the salary range will be based on special characteristics and critical needs of the position, an applicant's exceptional qualifications, the availability of funds, and other relevant factors. Such appointments require prior approval. Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations. Engineering Program Administrator, EM-08: $10,578.00 - $16,933.00 per month

The following administrative duties are characteristic of all positions in this class irrespective of the area of specialization: plans, organizes, directs and coordinates, through subordinate managerial personnel statewide engineering programs in a major engineering division. Organizes the broader phases of programs, such as establishing policies and general objectives and determining priorities; participates in conferences with top-echelon government, management and technical officials to discuss and reach agreement on important technical proposals. Serves as the top technical consultant or ranking authority in the program area administered and has authority to represent the agency and speak for it on current and proposed programs at top-echelon conferences. Reviews and makes recommendations on proposed legislation; conducts staff meetings with subordinate managerial and supervisory personnel to discuss current and future projects and changes affecting the policies, procedures and goals of the department as they relate to the work of the division; develops and defends budgetary requirements and determines organizational and staffing requirements for the division; evaluates the practicability and promise of new ideas, plans and developments, and reviews administrative decisions of subordinates for attainment of overall objectives; provides advice or direction as needed on policy, administrative or technical matters; prepares and directs the preparation of correspondence and technical and administrative reports.

Basic Education/Experience Requirement: All applicants must meet one of the requirements specified in A, B or C below: A. Graduation from a school of engineering in an accredited college or university. Note: For some positions, graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in physics, mathematics or chemistry may be accepted as qualifying, provided the applicant has had at least 15 credits in engineering sciences, common to all engineering disciplines; e.g. thermodynamics, statics, electrical science, applied mechanics, engineering drawing, strength of materials, etc. B. Administrative, professional or technical experience involving the application and knowledge of the fundamental physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering including physics, chemistry, mathematics through integral calculus, and engineering sciences such as statics, dynamics, strength of material, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and engineering drawing and other specialized courses to one of the branches of engineering. Such experience must be substantially equivalent to the knowledge and understanding gained by completion of a college training leading to a Bachelor's degree in engineering; or C. A combination of college training in engineering and experience mentioned in B above substantively equivalent to completion of a college training leading to a Bachelor's degree in engineering.

Experience Requirements: Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and quality described below and in the amounts shown in the following table:

Class Title - Engineering Experience - Supervisory or Staff Advisory Experience - Administrative Experience - Total Exp.

Engineering Program Administrator - 4 - 2 - 1 - 7

*For the Engineering Program Manager level, administrative aptitude rather than actual administrative experience may be accepted. Engineering Experience: Progressively responsible professional engineering which required the knowledge and application of the basic physical and mathematical sciences and the engineering sciences to the solution of theoretical or practical engineering problems. Examples of qualifying professional engineering experience are as follows: A. The development and design of machines, equipment, structures or power, water, communication or transportation systems and facilities or the preparation of development, design or construction specifications for such materials or systems, involving the use of theoretical and applied mechanics, knowledge of the properties of materials and other appropriate engineering and scientific knowledge and skills. B. Original research in one or more branches of engineering; developing engineering applications of physical and other scientific principles. C. Administration of engineering programs and projects, involving analysis of requirements for equipment and materials, study of technical feasibility and cost, selection of approach, and direction of problem solution. D. Interpretation of systems operational requirements in terms of physical facilities and the design and development of standard procedures for efficient operational use or maintenance of such facilities. E. Evaluation, investigation or survey of engineering projects, structures, devices or services. F. Such activities as production, construction, regulation, and test, when they involve engineering considerations and decisions as important and controlling elements.

Supervisory or Staff Advisory Experience: Supervisory Experience: Professional engineering experience which included training subordinates, coordinating and assigning workloads, evaluating performance, assisting in difficult and problem areas, and maintaining high standards of work and timely accomplishment of work objectives. Staff Advisory Experience: Professional engineering experience as technical expert in a specialized area or program function performing staff advisory, consultative and/or reviewing the work of a staff of specialists assigned to such activities as long-range planning, research and/or development of specific projects, programs, etc. Administrative Experience: Professional engineering experience which included the planning (including budget planning and justification), organizing, staffing, policy formulation and implementation of same, and directing a program providing staff services and/or assistance. Substitutions Allowed: Substitution of a master's degree in Engineering for Engineering Experience: A master's degree in a pertinent engineering field from a school of engineering in an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of engineering experience. Substitution of Supervisory, Staff Advisory Experience or Administrative Experience for Engineering Experience: Excess supervisory, staff advisory or administrative experience of the type and quality described above may be substituted for engineering experience on a year-for-year basis. Substitution of Administrative Experience for Supervisory, Staff Advisory Experience: Excess administrative experience of the type and quality described above may be substituted for supervisory or staff advisory experience on a year-for-year basis. Licenses Required: Applicants must possess a current, valid Hawaii State Professional Engineer (PE) license. Driver's License: Applicants must possess a current, valid driver's license. Quality of Experience: For the Engineering Program Manager and Administrator levels, applicants must have had either one year of experience comparable to the level immediately below the one for which they have applied or two years of experience comparable to the second level. For example, for the Engineering Program Manager, one year of experience must be comparable to Engineer VI in the State service or two years must be comparable to Engineer V in the State service. Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that applicant has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which applicant is being considered.