Job Description

Supplemental Information

This is a vacancy with DPS- Office of State Fire Marshal.

The work domicile for this position is to be determined. The position will report to the State Fire Marshal\'s Office/Plan Review section and routinely requires travel to Baton Rouge, to parishes in the vicinity of work domicile parish and occasionally to other areas of the state as required per job duties or as requested by Administration.

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.

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Department of Public Safety
ATTN: Human Resources/Samantha Johnson
P.O. BOX 66614
Baton Rouge, LA. 70896
Email: Samantha.Johnson@la.gov

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed.

The equivalency evaluation and transcript can be attached to the electronic application or faxed to (225) 925-3970 no later than the closing date of this job posting. Applications submitted without the above documents will not be considered. Applications without the education and or work experience sections completed will be considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you have a disability and need a special accommodation.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice architecture.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:
To apply architectural principles, theories, concepts, methods, and techniques in the planning, design, construction, and/or inspection of either state owned buildings or other buildings that are required to meet the building safety, handicap accessibility and energy codes as established by State and Federal Authorities.

Level of Work:
Experienced.

Supervision Received:
Close from an Architect 4.

Supervision Exercised:
May exercise functional supervision over Architect 1\'s.

Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Architect 1 by the presence of the requirement of a Louisiana license to practice architecture.

Differs from Architect 3 by the absence of performing advanced journeyman duties or by the absence of responsibility for being an agency\'s ranking architect in an agency that has a staff of less than 3 architects.

Examples of Work

Monitors and initiates general correspondence and coordinates implementation of required changes, to ongoing construction projects.

Consults with Design Professionals assigned to capital projects.

Contacts user-clients and makes on-site visits relating to preparing architectural programs for selected projects.

Assist user-clients in formulating Capital Outlay requests, travel and consultation relating to these requests. Reviews capital requests and makes recommendations to Agency administrators.

Designs and produces construction documents; observes construction on selected projects.

Reviews (in concert with user-clients, appointed Design Professionals and facility planning and construction) each phase of the planning for capital construction projects.

Periodically reviews codes, regulations and standards to keep abreast of changes to the current relevant codes affecting publicly and privately owned facilities throughout the state.

Reviews and analyzes construction plans of mercantile occupancies, assembly occupancies, schools, office buildings, healthcare occupancies, detention occupancies, hotel occupancies, storage facilities, and industrial facilities to determine compliance with adopted fire safety codes, handicapped accessibility codes, and energy codes.

Conducts inspections of general occupancy types, complicated occupancy types, large penal institutions, hospitals, high-rise buildings, malls, bulk fuel facilities, universities, etc.

Attends technical seminars.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year\'s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran\'s Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (

). LASERS has provided this to give you more detailed information about their system * Teacher\'s Retirement System of Louisiana (
), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (
), among others

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