Section 41. With the approval of the personnel administrator, the administrator may establish in the division a program of engineering internship and may recruit qualified persons to serve in the division as highway engineer interns. Every effort shall be made to recruit qualified persons who reflect the diversity of the commonwealth.
The number of persons employed in the division as highway engineer interns shall at no time exceed 7, nor may such highway engineer interns employed by the division be placed in a salary grade higher than that of a junior civil engineer in the division.
No person shall be appointed or employed as a highway engineer intern except upon requisition made by the administrator and upon certification by the personnel administrator from an eligible list prepared in accordance with chapter 31 and the rules made thereunder; provided, however, that the administrator shall establish such eligible list before June 1 in each calendar year by holding a competitive examination which shall be open only to persons who, as candidates for the degree of bachelor of science in engineering are enrolled in at least the junior year as students in any college of the commonwealth, or are Massachusetts residents attending a college of recognized standing outside the commonwealth and to persons who, within the 4 years next preceding, have been awarded the degree of bachelor of science in engineering from a college of recognized standing. The eligible list established each year shall expire upon the establishment of the eligible list in the following year. No person shall be certified for appointment as a highway engineer intern unless he has been awarded the degree of bachelor of science in engineering.
Upon appointment as a highway engineer intern, made in accordance with chapter 31 and the rules made thereunder, the appointee shall sign an agreement binding him to serve as highway engineer intern for a minimum of 2 years unless his employment is sooner terminated by the administrator. It shall be the duty of the administrator to rotate the assignments of each intern during his period of employment in order that such intern may acquire diversified experience in the engineering programs of the department.
The names of persons appointed as highway engineer interns shall be entered in order of date of appointment on a list to be known as ''highway engineer intern list'' in the division of civil service.
Upon completion of 2 years of employment as interns under agreements provided for in this section, persons shall be eligible without further examination for appointment as junior civil engineers, providing a vacancy exists in said title in the department and, upon requisition of the administrator, the names of such persons shall be certified for appointment by the personnel administrator from the highway engineer intern list in accordance with the rules of the civil service commission, except that the basis of certification shall be the order of appointment to such highway engineer intern list.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Section 2 - Creation; Board of Directors; Officers and Employees
Section 4 - Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund
Section 6 - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Duties
Section 6a - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Goals
Section 7 - Employee Performance Evaluation Program
Section 8 - Money Received to Be Held as Trust Funds
Section 9 - Internal Special Audit Unit
Section 10 - Office of Transportation Planning
Section 11a - Project Selection Advisory Council
Section 12 - Integrated Asset Management System
Section 12a - Performance and Asset Management Advisory Council
Section 14 - Department as Public Agency for Purposes of State Contracts
Section 15 - Department as Public Agency for Purposes of State Finance Law
Section 16 - Annual Finance Plan
Section 19 - Eminent Domain Powers of Department
Section 20 - Sale of Real Property; Procedure; Sale of Buildings or Other Structures
Section 21 - Abandoned, Mislaid or Lost Property; Sale of Unclaimed Property
Section 22 - Enforcement by Superior Court Department
Section 23 - Termination of Department
Section 25 - Conduct of Secretary, Administrators and Directors
Section 26 - Application of Chapter 12a
Section 27 - Exemption From Taxes or Assessments
Section 28 - Annual Revenue and Expenditure Report
Section 29 - Office of Planning and Programming; Secretary
Section 31 - Administrative Units Within the Office of Planning and Programming
Section 32 - Federal Gifts, Loans or Grants-in-Aid for Improved Transportation Management Systems
Section 33 - Healthy Transportation Compact
Section 35 - Annual Report of Department's Activities
Section 36 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 41 to 56
Section 37 - Division of Highways; Administrator
Section 38 - Duties of the Division of Highways
Section 40 - Procedure for Recommending Approval or Disapproval of Contracts
Section 41 - Engineering Internship Program
Section 42 - Co-Operative Engineer Program
Section 43 - Real Estate Appraisal Review Board
Section 50 - Regional Mobility Assistance Program
Section 51 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 52 to 54
Section 52 - Mass Transit Division; Administrator
Section 53 - Duties of the Mass Transit Division
Section 54 - Administrative Units Within the Mass Transit Division; Statement of Organization
Section 55 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 56 to 57
Section 56 - Registry of Motor Vehicles; Administrator
Section 57 - Administrative Units Within the Registry of Motor Vehicles; Statement of Organization
Section 57a - Motor Vehicle Insurance Merit Rating Board
Section 58 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 59 to 61
Section 59 - Aeronautics Division; Administrator
Section 60 - Duties of the Aeronautics Division
Section 61 - Administrative Units Within the Aeronautics Division; Statement of Organization
Section 62 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 62 to 73
Section 64 - Request for Proposals; Content of Public–private Agreement
Section 65 - End of Term or Termination of Public–private Agreement
Section 66 - Rights of Department Upon Material Default by an Operator
Section 67 - Issue and Sale of Bonds or Notes of the Department
Section 68 - Acceptance of Funds From the United States and Other Sources
Section 69 - Application of Sec. 26
Section 70 - Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain
Section 71 - Powers and Jurisdiction of Law Enforcement Officers
Section 72 - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity Not Limited
Section 73 - Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Oversight Commission
Section 75 - Contracts With Fuel Providers to Provide for the Consumption of Alternative Fuel
Section 76 - Removal and Storage of Vehicle Left Unattended at State-Owned Park and Ride Facility