E. RESIDENTS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

1. This Section is applicable to residents on Department of Transportation construction projects. A resident is defined as a Department of Transportation employee, serving in any of the titles listed in 2. below, who is in charge of all aspects of a construction project from start to finish, and is on call on a seven-day, 24-hour basis.
   
   
2. Employees in the following titles may be assigned to serve as residents:
   

   Assistant Engineer, Electrical
   Assistant Engineer, Planning
   Assistant Engineer, Traffic
   Assistant Engineer, Transportation
   Construction and Maintenance Technician 1
   Construction and Maintenance Technician 2
   Engineering Technician 1
   Principal Engineer, Electrical
   Principal Engineer, Planning
   Principal Engineer, Traffic
   Principal Engineer, Transportation
   Principal Environmental Engineer
   Principal Environmental Specialist
   Project Engineer, Construction
   Project Engineer, Electrical
   Project Engineer, Maintenance
   Project Engineer, Planning
   Project Engineer, Traffic
   Senior Engineer, Electrical
   Senior Engineer, Planning
   Senior Engineer, Traffic
   Senior Engineer, Transportation
   Senior Environmental Engineer
   Supervising Engineer, Construction and Maintenance
   Supervising Engineer, Electrical
   Supervising Environmental Engineer
   Supervisor of Bridges and Structures

   Incumbents will be assigned to serve as residents based on the suitability of their title and experience to the size and complexity of the projects.

3. Residents are entitled to a special rate of pay. The rate shall represent 5% of the average daily rate for each day served. This payment shall be made twice yearly on or about the first and fourteenth supplemental pay periods of the calendar year. A personnel transaction will be submitted for each individual showing a lump sum equaling 5% of the employee’s average daily rate for the period, times the number of work days for the period.
   
   
4. Duration of payments will be as follows:
   
   
   1. In the Division of Construction and Materials:
      
      The functional rate will go into effect on the date that a Preconstruction Meeting for the project takes place, in accordance with Construction Operations Bulletin 66-3G. The rate will cease 30 days after a final corrective action inspection has taken place, in accordance with Construction Operation Bulletin 76-1A.
      
      
   2. In Electrical Systems:
      
      The functional rate will go into effect on the date that a Preconstruction Meeting for the project takes place, and cease when as-builts are completed.