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Engineer Intern 1 or 2

Louisiana Department Of Transportation and Development
Baton Rouge, LA Intern
POSTED ON 9/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/26/2025
About This Job

Section 28 – Environmental

28/189788/EI-E5/09.25.25-MV

At DOTD, our mission is to innovatively develop and sustain safe and reliable infrastructure comprising highways, multimodal transportation assets, micro-mobility systems, and public works. We are proud to serve the people of Louisiana with integrity, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.

About This Position:

This position performs investigations and environmental and engineering analyses as required for the preparation of environmental documents and related technical studies.

Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:

http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt_Finance/HR/Pages/Career_Center.aspx

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate.

Note:

Applications will be accepted from persons who possess a current Engineer Intern Certificate in states other than Louisiana. However, the applicant will be required to obtain a Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate prior to appointment. The hiring agency will verify that all requirements are met.

Note:

Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificates are issued by the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board. Licensing requirements may be viewed at www.lapels.com.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here .

Job Duties:

Job Duties and Other Information

Work at this level is performed under close supervision with on-the-job training provided by more senior engineers.

  • Learns procedures and applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Prepares simple documents and exhibits and attends field investigations for all disciplines to become familiar with all aspects of the environmental field. Assist more senior staff, both engineers and non-engineers, with various project tasks to expand knowledge of the Department’s overall project delivery process. Participates in investigations with senior engineers, attends technical meetings with senior engineers, and learns to use applicable software and equipment.
  • Attends technical training in the use of air and noise models (attends training classes and on the job training by senior engineer),technical training for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (attends training class and on the job training in the field by senior engineer), attends training classes related to the application of the National Environmental Policy Act and its associated regulations, and Department required training classes including classes related to the use of various software programs for design and mapping.
  • Models noise and air impacts under the supervision of more senior staff and conducts Phase I Environmental Site Assessments under the supervision of more senior staff. Reviews and comments on technical documents prepared by consultants; reviews and comments on feasibility studies, line and grade studies, etc.; and designs conceptual noise abatement systems under the supervision of a senior engineer.
  • Assists with the Department’s public involvement activities for projects. Activities may include, but are not limited to, scheduling, advertisement, set-up, attendance, take-down, and preparation of exhibits for public meetings and hearings, stakeholder meetings, and similar events.

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.

Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Engineer Intern 1 or Engineer Intern 2. The level at which the vacancy is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected.

Compensation: The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant. Bi-weekly special entrance rates have been established as follows:

  • Engineer Intern 1 $2115.20
  • Engineer Intern 2 $2263.20

How To Apply:

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

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

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.

Contact Information:

Bobby Lott

Engineer 7 - Assistant Environmental Engineer

Louisiana DOTD – Environmental Section

225.242.4504

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type.

Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here: www.laworks.net/workforcedev/Irs/Irs_tech_asst_guidance.asp .

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