CIVIL Engineer , II, or III

Position: CIVIL ENGINEER I, II, or III
JOB TITLE:

Civil Engineer I, II or III

JOB CLASS NUMBER:

PRF
302, PRF
300, PRF
304

PAY GRADE:

G10, G12, G16

FLSA STATUS:

Exempt /Non-Exempt

BUSINESS UNIT NAME:

Capital Projects & Development Engineering

REPORTS TO:

Assistant City Engineer

SUPERVISORY WORK:

None

SUMMARY

I & II Under general supervision, this position is responsible for the design, construction, and completion of engineering plans and details for a variety of projects such as utilities, street, drainage, and related infrastructure. The position provides technical support in the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates, performs independent plan reviews of other's work, including both in-house designers as well as outside consultants;

performs technical studies and investigations and produces resulting reports as required by the assigned department; and supervises subordinates including design staff.
III Under limited supervision, this position is responsible for the design, construction, and completion of engineering plans and details for a variety of projects such as utilities, street, drainage, and related infrastructure. The position provides technical support in the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates, performs independent plan reviews of other's work, including both in-house designers as well as outside consultants;

performs technical studies and investigations and produces resulting reports as required by the assigned department; and provides direction and instructions to Engineering Assistants, CAD Technicians, and Project Representatives. Position may require supervision of other engineers and technical staff as conditions warrant.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Civil Engineer I

• Responsible for project development and project management for work involving street, drainage, water, and wastewater improvements, as well as related infrastructure.
• Prepares preliminary estimates for capital improvement planning.
• Prepares project designs including verifying topographical information, reducing field notes, proposing, and calculating grades and alignments, proposing drainage areas, and presentation of the design in construction documents.
• Designs storm water management systems using drainage basin hydrology and hydraulic analysis of storm sewers, inlets, culverts, channels, and detention facilities.
• Design water and wastewater systems including water mains, sewer mains, pumping systems, water treatment, wastewater treatment, sludge handling, water wells, and water storage.
• Reviews plans for compliance with Storm Water Management Criteria Manual and pertinent state and federal regulations.
• Makes site visits to inspect construction work.
• Prepares documents, utility easements, and construction easements for projects.
• Provides direction to CADD personnel including instruction on mathematical calculations and quantity determination as needed.
• Reviews cut sheets.
• Prepares bid documents.
• Prepares final construction cost estimates.
• Reviews plans submitted by in-house and outside engineers for correct design and conformance to the City of Amarillo specifications.
• Works with the contractors concerning field change orders for the projects.
• Provides direction to Construction Managers and Project Representatives on construction related issues.
• Coordinates with survey crews for information gathering in the field.
• Provides the City Engineer, Assistant City Engineer, and other departments with technical support on projects including long
  -range planning, preliminary design, investigations, estimates and recommendations.
• Provide the department heads with weekly updates on projects and progress.
• Works directly with local agencies including but not limited to TxDOT, BNSF RR, public and private utility companies and similar agencies concerning their design requirements when a project requires permits and/or the agency's permission.
• Attends internal and external meetings.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Civil Engineer II will be responsible for all of the above, along with the following:

• Tracks assigned projects giving sufficient and complete detail of timelines, overruns, and impediments to complete; reports the status of assigned projects on an ongoing basis, recommends, and adjust work plans as needed to complete the work in a timely and complete manner.
• Attends internal and external meetings.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Civil Engineer III will be responsible for all of the above, along with the following:

• Provides professional engineering design services for the City of Amarillo including but not limited to hydraulics, water mains and sewers, pumping systems, water and wastewater treatment, water storage, water well designs, sludge handling and disposal, streets, and other roadways.
• Prepares preliminary estimates for capital improvement planning.
• Responds to citizen's request for service and complaints in a timely and courteous manner.
• Reviews plans from other City Divisions for correctness with standard specifications.
• Reviews plats, site plans, and…