Engineering Aide - Extra Help

About the role

Grow Your Technical Experience With The County Of Sonoma. No work experience required! Starting salary up to $36.15/hour* depending upon experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the Construction Contract Administration, Engineering Design, Field Survey Crew, Materials Lab, and Transportation work groups.
• Perform construction material testing in the field on County roads and work in the Materials Lab.
• Conduct field surveys, process survey data in AutoCAD, and review right-of-way maps.
• Support staff with both field and office tasks, collect data, and verify calculations.
• May qualify for an alternate appointment to an Extra-Help Engineering Technician I position.

Requirements

• The ability to learn to gather and confirm field data, ensure compliance with plans and specifications, and perform PG&E invoice reviews.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently and prioritize daily activities.
• Excellent customer service skills, and the ability to work cooperatively with applicants, industry representatives, staff, and other agencies.
• Training and/or experience using drafting software such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, etc.
• A passion for field work, an interest in infrastructure construction and maintenance projects, patience, and a sense of humor to readily accept last-minute assignment changes.

Qualifications

• Experience: Any combination of experience which would provide an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed.
• Education: Academic course work in plane geometry, trigonometry, algebra, and surveying which would provide an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed.
• Post high school education in engineering technology, including computer aided drafting and design is desirable.
• Licenses: Possession of a valid driver's license at the appropriate level, including special endorsements as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position.

Skills

• The ability to learn to gather and confirm field data, ensure compliance with plans and specifications, and perform PG&E invoice reviews.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently and prioritize daily activities.
• Excellent customer service skills, and the ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Training and/or experience using drafting software such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, etc.
• A passion for field work, an interest in infrastructure construction and maintenance projects, patience, and a sense of humor to readily accept last-minute assignment changes.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: Competitive vacation accrual and sick leave accruals; additional management leave annually; 12 paid holidays, and an additional 8 floating holiday hours per year; and may be eligible for up to 8 weeks (320 hours) of Paid Parental Leave after 12 months of County employment.
• Health Plan: Choose from nine health plans (three HMOs, three deductible HMOs, and three HSA-qualifying plans) with a generous County contribution to the premium (the contribution amount varies by bargaining unit).
• Retirement: Fully integrated with Social Security.
• IRS 457 Plan: Pre-tax employee contribution up to the IRS annual maximum.
• Retiree Medical: County contribution to a Health Reimbursement Arrangement to help fund post-retirement employee health insurance/benefits.
• Student Loan Debt Relief: County employees may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the U.S. Department of Education.

Pay

• Starting salary up to $36.15/hour* depending upon experience.

Schedule

• Intermittent, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions.
• Interrupty, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of 1,380 hours within any twelve-month consecutive period.
• Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.

Application Instructions

Applications are accepted online at www.yourpath2sonomacounty.org. Paper applications may be submitted by person, fax (707-565-3770), email, or through the mail. All applications and appropriate supplemental information as outlined in the job bulletin must be received by the time and date specified on the first page of this job announcement.