Engineer - Public Works

About the Role

Join a team shaping the infrastructure and services that keep our community running. This position offers the opportunity to support and lead a diverse range of public works engineering projects—from water renewal and treatment to collection systems, drainage, sewer, geothermal, and building facilities. Depending on experience and level, you’ll contribute to planning, design, development review, inspections, construction management, and project leadership while collaborating with engineering, field, and operations teams to solve complex challenges and deliver reliable public infrastructure. This is an opportunity to grow your engineering career, take on increasing responsibility, and make a meaningful impact in the community. EITs and PEs are encouraged to apply!

Responsibilities

• Handles complex issues and problems and refers only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Performs all duties of an Engineer I and II, and provides leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to a subordinate group, as needed.
• Provides quality control review and approval of plans, final design documents, and reports prepared by others for internal maintenance, capital, and/or private development projects.
• Provides guidance and direction during design, permitting, and/or construction to engineers, technical staff, project managers, and/or other stakeholders.
• Inspects projects, equipment installations, and/or construction works in progress and at completion to ensure compliance with approved plans, contractual stipulations, and/or applicable codes and statutes.
• Conducts field inspections of existing assets to determine the necessity for future construction, repair, or maintenance.
• Makes recommendations to inspectors, operations, engineering division management, and/or other stakeholders concerning project status, maintenance, upgrades, and/or capital improvements based on evaluation of current needs.
• Manages major programs or projects in the engineering division such as sewer, collection systems, geothermal, pressure irrigation, site civil development, pipeline design, inspections, and water renewal facility upgrades, and other similar programs or projects.
• Establishes design goals and project milestones, reviews and approves project expenditures, prepares management and council reports, and manages contract performance for the duration of the project.
• Prepares or supervises preparation of conceptual plans, detailed plans, specifications, and estimates for public works construction projects.
• Identifies necessary changes in scope, prepares, and authorizes change orders within policy requirements.
• Identifies areas that require professional services procurement and contracts, including development of Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) and Requests for Proposals (RFP) and selection of consulting firms.
• Prepares scope of professional services for design work and coordinates advertisements for consultant submissions.
• Prepares project contract documents.
• Evaluates design and cost proposals for public works projects submitted by consultants.
• Coordinates consultant submission reviews and meetings with other divisions and departments.
• Makes technical reviews and provides recommendations regarding designs prepared by consulting engineers and architects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, electrical, structural, sanitary, or mechanical engineering or a closely related field and four years of experience in engineering.

Qualifications

• Licensed by the State of Idaho as a Professional Engineer (PE) or, if licensed in another state, ability to acquire an Idaho license through the Idaho Board of Professional Engineers within six (6) months of hire date.
• Engineer-In-Training Certification (i.e., passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination).
• Valid state-issued driver’s license.

Special Requirements

• Applicants must be able to pass:
  • City of Boise background check processes, which includes a criminal history check and reference checks in accordance with the City of Boise Hiring Process Regulation.
  • Driving Record Check.
  • Education Verification.

Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Theories, principles, and practices of engineering design.
• Project management and contract administration.
• Physics and mathematics applicable to engineering.
• Specialized drafting, engineering, surveying, or electronic tools and equipment.
• Principles, modern techniques, and equipment used in design, construction, and maintenance of public works projects.
• EPA/DEQ stormwater requirements, site civil design principles, and ISPWC.
• Idaho Administrative Procedures Act (IDAPA).
• Federal, state, and local regulations and procedures related to engineering projects.
• Principles and techniques of management and supervision, including goals and objectives development and work planning and organization.
• Computer usage including related software.

Ability to:

• Prepare, evaluate, and lead engineering studies of large or complex projects.
• Analyze and solve problems effectively.
• Provide leadership and training to project team.
• Interact effectively, engage in problem-solving, and partner with citizens, community groups, and contractors.
• Communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance.
• Perform all essential functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor, and/or manager with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Operate vehicles safely and maintain an acceptable driving record.

Preferred Qualifications

Five years of experience in designing, reviewing, and/or managing complex or large public works or private development construction or planning projects.

Working Conditions

Physical Efforts:

• Occasionally lifts/carries up to 35 pounds.
• Rarely pushes/pulls up to 50 pounds.
• Noise level is occasionally moderate and rarely loud.
• Work includes sensory ability to talk, hear, smell, and touch.
• Requires close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Involves sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, grasping, climbing, and balancing.
• Requires hand/finger dexterity.

Working Environment:

• Includes inside conditions, outdoor weather conditions, extreme temperatures, wet and humid conditions, areas of dust, odors, mist, and gases or other airborne matter.
• Exposure to mechanical and electrical hazards, work in/at heights, and confined spaces.
• Driving a vehicle as part of the position.
• Protected exposure to infectious bacteria, bodily fluids, and chemicals.
• Various hazards associated with construction sites, uneven walkways, etc.
• Work schedule may include weekends, shifts, and/or holidays as projects or emergencies dictate.

Benefits

• Zero-cost premium medical coverage for you and your family.
• PERSI retirement plus employer-matched 401(k)/457b.
• 10 hours vacation/month (grows with tenure), 12 paid holidays, and 8 hours sick leave/month.
• 10 weeks paid parental leave.
• $500 annual wellbeing incentive.
• Tuition reimbursement and free local bus pass.
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance at no cost.