• Base salary to increase by 5% in 2024.

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  Prepares or assists in the preparation of and/or interprets specifications, plans, estimates and reports pertaining to the construction, maintenance and operation of a variety of engineering, land development, utility, and other capital improvement projects, including conducting a variety of surveys for creation of sidewalks, utility lines, and topography maps, collecting all pertinent information to create useful maps, issuing permits and work orders required for construction activities to public clients, and evaluating building plans for compliance with public works standards.
• Performs basic design and drafting duties in connection with streets, storm drains, traffic facilities and other projects.
• Performs field, office and computer-aided studies and prepares periodic and special reports based on findings from research, studies and surveys; and makes recommendations on findings.
• Receives, tags and logs, and reviews submitted engineering plans, maps, and related documents for plan check; checks calculations used in designs and estimates; routes documents to consultants or developers for preceding and following plan review; tracks status of plan checks and original documents; advises parties of revisions; contacts inspectors following plan approval to initiate construction observation.
• Performs construction inspections of public works projects to ensure compliance with contractual agreements, plans, and specifications, including preparing and recommending progress payments and change orders, evaluating possible public improvements as needed, ensuring work performed adheres to City standards, determining and noting major and minor defects, and evaluating appropriate actions in order to remedy defects as needed.
• Reviews building permit applications; confirms accuracy of submitted documents and/or requires revisions; provides written notice to applicants of required public improvements.
• Collects fees; issues permits for water and wastewater services required for new developments; issues permits for the performance of construction projects within the public right-of-way; issues transportation permits for oversized loads; records, distributes, copies, and files permits.
• Maintains engineering and traffic/transportation files, including plans, studies, inspections, surveys, maps and other data related to engineering and transportation projects; prepares, updates, reproduces, and distributes maps, drawings, blueprints, and other information recorded in GIS.
• Receives and responds to information requests from the public, consultants, engineering firms, developers, title companies, public works inspectors and staff for base maps, parcel maps and improvement plan information, encroachment permits, benchmarks, copies of maps and other geographical data, soils reports, as-builts, and street improvements; retrieves plans, reports, permits and files as necessary to comply with requests; responds to complaints from the public and resolves conflicts between owners, contractors, developers, utility companies, and others.
• Maintains and updates department records, tracking lists, permit records, and files of engineering plans, including grading, encroachments, improvements, storm drain, landscaping and final maps.
• Utilizes Computer-Aided Drafting software to create and modify engineering drawings, sketches, plot plans, site lay-outs, topographic maps, improvement plans and illustrative graphics, such as charts, illustrations, graphs for reports, drawings for design manuals and other projects.
• Utilizes Geographic Information System (GIS) to create and modify mapping, collect field data and analyze data sets.
• Prepares a variety of legal documents, including construction project contract documents, hold harmless agreements, street tree agreements, sidewalk café agreements and various others
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:

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  Civil engineering principles, practices and methods applicable to office and field work involving the design, construction and maintenance of public works projects.
• Basic design and construction practices and methods of streets, underground facilities and related public works infrastructure.
• Engineering plan types, review practices, and permit filing and approval procedures.
• Principles and practices of technical civil engineering drafting and surveying support.
• Drafting and surveying equipment, computers, principles, problems, techniques and practices.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations, including administrative and department policies and procedures; State Subdivision Map Act.
• Technical engineering mathematics.
• Modern office practices, methods and computer equipment.
• Computer applications related to the work, including computer-aided drafting concepts and applications, geographic information systems (GIS) concepts and applications.
• Technical report writing practices and procedures.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techniques for dealing effectively with the public, vendors, contractors and City staff, in person and over the telephone.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service to public and City staff, in person and over the telephone.

• Prepare a variety of plans, specifications, maps, graphic materials, cost estimates, and technical engineering reports.
• Modify engineering drawings, topographic maps, improvement plans and illustrative graphics using Computer-Assisted Drafting (CAD) software.
• Modify and create maps using geographical information systems (GIS).
• Perform responsible technical engineering support work with accuracy, speed, and minimal supervision.
• Read and interpret engineering plans, technical drawings, specifications, and subdivision maps.
• Perform standard engineering design under professional engineering supervision.
• Make mathematical calculations and accurate engineering computations and drawings.
• Make and record accurate field engineering observations.
• Use engineering, drafting and surveying instruments and equipment, including GIS data acquisition equipment.
• Prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, policies, procedures and other written materials.
• Apply technical research methodologies and write technical reports.
• Organize and prioritize a variety of projects and multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner; organize own work, set priorities and meet critical time deadlines.
• Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and specialized software applications programs.
• Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone and in writing.
• Use tact, initiative, prudence and independent judgment within general policy, procedural and legal guidelines.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work.

THE SELECTION PROCESS

All applications received are screened to determine which applicants most closely match the desired education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the position. Applicants will receive email notification of the results of the screening process. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not necessarily guaranteed advancement to the examination process, as only the most qualified candidates will be invited to participate. The most qualified applicants will be invited to an oral board examination tentatively to be held in mid June. The Department Head [and/or designee(s)] will interview the top six (6) candidates from the examination process. The eligible list created from this recruitment may be used to fill full-time, part-time, temporary, and grant positions. The City reserves the right to extend the final filing date as necessary.

No other information will be accepted and resumes, cover letters or additional materials WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.