Assistant Engineer

Definition

The City reserves the right to accelerate or extend the "Closing Date" of open positions at any time, dependent upon the number of applications received. The City is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make all reasonable accommodations for the disabled to participate in employment programs and facilities. Women, minorities, and disabled individuals are encouraged to apply. The finalist candidate must pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Duties

• Learns to perform and performs professional engineering work for water, sewer, street, and other public works projects and programs ensuring technical competence and compliance with all current codes and criteria.
  • Reviews plans, parcel maps, specifications, and other information for accuracy and format.
  • Reviews for conformance to established engineering practices, and compliance with state and county laws, ordinances, and regulations.
  • May prepare engineering conditions of approval for proposed developments.
• Performs plan checks for closures, title reports and boundaries, street improvement plans, composite utility plans, and water plans and hydraulic calculations for domestic and fire flow and storm drainage, final tract maps, and parcel maps.
  • Collections plan check and inspection fees.
  • Prepares agreements for developments for subdivision bonds.
  • Prepares cost estimates for bonding.
  • Prepares improvement agreements for bonding and final maps.
• Captures correspondence with outside agencies, including Department of Health Services, SCAQMD, and WQRB regarding reporting requirements and compliance.
  • Designs various public works projects such as water wells and mains, street improvements, street lights, and the like.
  • Prepares legal descriptions and resolutions for right-of-way vacations.
  • Coordinates public works project utility relocations.
  • Prepares street, water, and monument agreements for tract and parcel maps.
• Performs engineering calculations; reviews hydraulic and hydrology calculations; designs and inspects water wells; tests for domestic and fire flow and pressure of water.
  • Prepares well development for well sites.
  • Performs site inspections for well sites.
  • Reviews site plans for proposed well sites.
  • Prepares lists of conditions from proposed projects.
• Prepares contracts and specifications for public works projects; prepares engineering cost estimates; reviews public works bids and contract documents, holds bid openings and maintains appropriate records; administers contracts, coordinates inspections and authorizes progress payments.
  • Performs a variety of field surveys.
  • Conducts research studies for reporting, compliance and other informational purposes.
  • Performs CAD drafting.
• Participates in and coordinates projects, such as the Biopile project and Soil Remediation project.
  • Provides liaison to contractor representatives in coordinating contract projects.
  • Makes sure project construction activity is monitored.
  • Coordinates the review of related invoices and progress payments.
  • Prepares change orders as necessary for the alteration of plans and specifications.
• Responds to inquiries and provides technical assistance to developers, contractors, and the public regarding fee schedules, engineering design, utility locations, policies, ordinances, and regulations; conducts research studies and surveys and prepares reports.

Qualifications

• Education: Assistant Engineer - Possess an Associate's degree from an accredited college in Civil Engineering or a closely related field.
• Experience: One year of engineering experience.
• Licenses/Certificates: Assistant Engineer - Possession of a valid Class C California driver's license. Possession of a valid certificate of Engineer-in-Training issued by the California State Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge: Engineering principles and practices as applied to the planning, design and construction of municipal public works projects; engineering design principles, strengths of materials, stress analysis methods and techniques utilized in the preparation of public works projects, designs, and related plans, specifications and cost estimates; the principles, equipment, and methods utilized in surveying and materials testing; plan check; compliance and reporting requirements; NPDES; applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations; methods and techniques of scheduling work assignments; modern office procedures, practices, methods, and equipment, including a computer and applicable software; methods and techniques for record keeping and report preparation; proper English, spelling, and grammar; occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Skill: Operate an office computer and a variety of word processing, drafting, and software applications.
• Ability: Perform professional engineering work, including project design; compile, analyze and synthesize engineering and other technical information; prepare accurate plans, specifications, cost estimates, and engineering reports; conduct technical and engineering research work; conduct inspections and evaluate construction relative to approved plans and specifications; prepare and maintain records and prepare reports for compliance; interpret and apply related laws, ordinances, and regulations; interpret, explain, and apply applicable laws, codes, and regulations; read, interpret, and record data accurately; organize, prioritize, and follow-up on work assignments; work independently and as part of a team; make sound decisions within established guidelines; follow written and oral directions; observe safety principles and work in a safe manner; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships.