Senior Civil Engineer; Land Development Option

To supervise the performance of, and/or perform Civil Engineering work, including work of above average difficulty and responsibility. This position serves as a project engineer and group leader and performs related work as assigned. The current vacancy is within the Development Services Department's Land Development Division. Under general direction, perform advanced technical review of plans, specifications, studies, and reports for a variety of infrastructure projects;

assign and supervise staff in plan checking and coordinating reviews.

Relocation Allowance:
Newly-hired employees in this position may receive up to $5,000 relocation allowance for expenses incurred for the relocation of the employee and their immediate family to San Diego County.

Perform advanced technical review of plans, specifications, studies, and reports for a variety of infrastructure projects including the construction, alteration, and maintenance of roads, storm drainage systems, sidewalks, bikeways, traffic intersections, signing/striping, and traffic signalization; review, direct, and supervise the plan checking involving the review of both public and private improvement plans, grading and drainage plans, storm water management features and plans, technical reports and studies, and engineering designs for compliance with city standards, specifications, conditions of approval, as well as tentative and final subdivision and parcel maps for compliance with local and State Subdivision Map Act regulations;

assign and supervise multi-disciplinary staff in plan checking and coordinating reviews with other departments in the city, ensuring compliance with City ordinances and maintaining overall integrity; perform and review difficult civil engineering work in connection with the design of streets, sanitary sewers, storm drains, storm water management features and other private and public projects as necessary; provide engineering assistance to citizen committees and commissions, offering technical support to other agencies or departments as needed.

Functions may include, but are not limited to, the following: serve as a project supervisor on major engineering and construction projects; prepare, coordinate and/or supervise the preparation of preliminary cost estimates for major streets, traffic signals and lighting, sanitary sewer and storm drain projects; construction plans and specifications, reports, correspondences, plats, petitions, diagrams, profiles and cross-sections; prepare, coordinate and/or supervise the preparation of material and cost estimates after initial determinations have been made and general alignment of major street/sewer/storm drain improvements have been established;

rights-of-way maps and boundary descriptions; obtain necessary data to make accurate and complete computations, and perform studies to determine grades and drainage; make computations requiring the use of advanced engineering mathematics; conduct traffic operation studies, surveys, investigations and make recommendations; supervise the public works facilities inspection program and compute progress payments for construction projects; supervise the checking of maps and improvement plans of subdivisions for compliance with local and state regulations;

review environmental documents for engineering related problems; develop methods of relating and applying formulae to standard design and other engineering problems; estimate values of property for City acquisition; participate in the negotiation and acquisition of rights-of-way and easements; supervise the design of such engineering structures as arterial highways, streets, parking lots, storm drains, sewer systems, buildings and appurtenant structures; assist in the administration of the various agreements with the Metropolitan sewer system and other Metro sewer agencies as well as developing and monitoring sewer fees and charges;

propose and prepare cost estimates of alternative City capital improvement projects; develop priority lists of various City programs and projects; coordinate preparation of the department’s capital improvement program budget; review and monitor the various sources of project funding; review and supervise the formation and operation of assessment districts, community facilities districts and development impact fee programs; review and help ensure that storm water pollution prevention measures follow local standards, are included within design plans, and implemented at construction sites;

attend local and regional meetings and serve on committees representing department and/or City; build and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, other employees and the public using principles of good customer service; and perform other related duties as assigned.

Three years of experience in civil engineering involving one or more of the following areas: building construction, design, construction inspection, surveying,…