Engineer II (COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT)

About the role

The City of Sunrise is a full-service municipality dedicated to customer service, collaboration, and transparency. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive culture that values innovation and employee growth.

Responsibilities

• Receives, reviews, communicates, prepares, submits, or transmits various records, drawings, design documentation, and reports including engineering plans and specifications, technical reports, calculations, permits and applications, and miscellaneous correspondence.
• Aids department staff for the administration and reporting for the City’s NPDES, Permit Program, National Flood Insurance Program, and Community Rating System (NFIP-CRS) Program.
• Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as City department directors and employees, county, and state regulatory officials, and the general public.
• Represents the Engineering Division at various meetings and advisory boards.
• Performs progressive tasks advanced beyond entry-level including more independent evaluations, computations, plans and specifications, and drafting as well as communications and coordination.
• Performs related work as required.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in civil/mechanical/environmental engineering or a closely related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience: Considerable experience in engineering of land development activities, including water, wastewater, and storm water, and experience with AutoCAD and/or ArcGIS.
• Necessary Special Qualifications: Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record, must obtain a valid Florida driver’s license prior to hire, and registration as a Professional Engineer in the state of Florida required.

Physical Requirements

• Moderate work which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials up to twenty (20) pounds.
• Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment. Work hours may vary as operations required and may include evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions. Duties may require visiting multiple locations throughout the City.
• Sensory: Ability to perceive and differentiate visual cues or signals. Tasks require the ability to communicate orally and in writing. Requires ability to adapt to frequent changes in workload and to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate while completing tasks within established time frames. It also requires interaction with employees from all City departments/divisions and the public.

Benefits

• 5% Supplemental Pay: Supervisory/Professional employees shall receive a five percent (5%) supplemental pay calculated on the employee’s base rate of pay.
• City-Paid Medical Benefits: Group Health Insurance: The City pays for 100% of the cost for single coverage for full-time employees and 66.66% of cost for Dependent/Family Coverage. Upon retirement and separation from City employment, employee receives a monthly stipend of $350 per month, applicable toward retiree health coverage.
• Life Insurance: $50,000
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D): $50,000
• Eye Care Reimbursement – Up to $250 every two (2) fiscal years (Employee only)
• EKG/Stress Test – Up to $150 reimbursement per fiscal year (Employee only)
• Physical Examination – Up to $250 reimbursement per fiscal year (Employee only)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Cigna Behavioral Retirement: Employee Contribution = 8% Vested = 10 Years Average Final Compensation (AFC) = 2.5% of pensionable earnings for each year of creditable service Maximum Benefit = 80% of AFC, not to exceed $80,000 Normal Retirement = Age 62 and ten (10) years of creditable service Early Retirement = Age 57 and ten (10) years of creditable service, 3% annual reduction for each year prior to normal retirement age.
• 13th check based on monthly retirement, payable if the pension plan funding status is equal to or greater than 100%. Paid in December each year following retirement.
• Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) = 4 years/48 months maximum. DROP Interest Rate = 4%, compounded annually.
• Longevity: Years of Creditable Service Longevity Benefit* 10 Years 2.5% 15 Years 2.5% 20 Years 5.0% Longevity Benefit calculated on employee’s base rate of pay Paid annually.
• Paid Holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day.
• Annual Leave: Maximum accumulation each fiscal year is 360 hours. At time of resignation or retirement, employee is paid for all annual leave accrued at their current rate of pay. Annual leave is accrued based on continuous, full-time service with the City, as follows: Completed Months of Service Total Hours/Days Accrued Annually Up to and including first 60 months 128 hours/16 Days Greater than 60 months through 120 months 168 hours/21 Days Greater than 120 months through 204 months 208 hours/26 Days Greater than 204 months 248 hours/31 Days Annual Leave Cash Out Employee can opt to receive a non-pensionable cash payment twice per year for up to forty (40) hours of annual leave, provided accrued annual leave bank does not fall below eighty (80) hours.
• Floating Holidays: Upon completion of (26) weeks of full-time employment with the City, employee shall be entitled to utilize up to five (5) floating holidays per fiscal year. Floating holidays shall not carry over to the next fiscal year.
• Perfect Attendance: For every six (6) months period (April 1 - September 30) and (October 1 - March 31) in which, no sick or unpaid leave is utilized, an employee shall receive ten (10) hours of annual leave credited. Employees who qualify for a consecutive Perfect Attendance benefit shall receive (14) hours of annual leave credited for each consecutive earning period.
• Sick Leave: Each employee earns (96) hours (12 days) of sick leave annually with no waiting period for use and maximum accrual of 1,440 hours. Upon separation of City employment due to resignation, employee shall receive payment of all accrued sick leave at a rate of twenty-five percent (25%) of the employee’s current rate of pay at time of resignation. Upon separation of employment due to retirement, employee shall receive payment of all accrued sick leave at a rate of fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s current rate of pay at the time of retirement. Sick Leave Conversion After completion of one (1) year of continuous, full-time employment with the City, an employee may convert their unused portion of their first six (6) days (maximum of forty-eight (48)) of accruing sick leave into annual leave.