Permit Engineer

About the Role

Administers the permit management program for the City. Applies standard civil engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to permit applications and a variety of public works planning, construction, design, and land surveying projects. Provides technical assistance and consultation to City Departments, Boards, and Commissions, and inspects construction projects and permitted work.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and plans work according to standard procedures and establishes priorities within work assignments.
• Performs technical review and prepares commentary on permit applications in protected zones; ensures the timely issuance and closure of permits in the permit management system.
• Leads in preparing plans, specifications, and designs for public works projects, including street and sidewalk construction, drainage improvements, and facilities improvements.
• Prepares preliminary costs and materials estimates for construction projects.
• Investigates drainage problems and complaints and prepares design changes as needed.
• Prepares, analyzes, and reports in specialized engineering areas such as hydraulics and drainage.
• Oversees soil tests to determine sub-surface profile and characteristics of soil and water table as necessary.
• Prepares technical reports for the Principal Engineer, including supporting graphical and tabular data and charts as required.
• Inspects public works projects in progress for conformity to design, materials, and schedule specifications.
• Assists contractors, architects, or others in applying for construction permits.
• Supervises lower professional engineers, technical aides, and seasonal employees.
• Supervises and directs survey crew.
• Performs administrative and field work as directed by Supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering.
• Two years of Civil Engineering experience.
• Motor Vehicle Operator's License.
• Certification as an Engineer-in-Training within two years.

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of civil engineering and land surveying.
• Ability to apply the principles of civil engineering to solve practical problems and resolve technical engineering problems independently.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, and schematic form.
• Computer literate, skilled in the use of electronic permit management software, GIS, GPS, and Call Before You Dig (CBYD).
• Ability to become proficient in the use of Cityworks.
• Working knowledge of underground utilities, insurance certificates, construction bonding (determining bond amounts), and engineered construction drawings.
• Ability to analyze engineered construction drawings.
• Ability to develop and interpret plans and specifications.
• Ability to make accurate cost estimates.
• Ability to write engineering reports.
• Ability to direct the work of others.
• Ability to lift objects weighing 25-50 pounds.
• Ability to work in occasionally poor weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, or snow.

Receives general supervision from the Principal Engineer or functional supervision from an engineer of higher grade.