Senior Engineer

Engineering Position

This is the second of five levels in the Engineering series. Incumbents perform a variety of professional engineering projects and tasks. Responsibilities may include reviewing and approving technical reports and contractor development plans deliverables; monitoring and evaluating the progress of construction and consultant design projects; providing engineering support to the development of new public programs and systems; developing and implementing computer models of public infrastructure utility systems;

and supervising lower level engineering, engineering support, inspection, control, and construction staff.

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* PLEASE NOTE:

THIS POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH MARCH 30, 2026, OR UNTIL FILLED.***

Essential Functions:

• Reviews, modifies, and designs programs and systems, which includes reviewing and approving contractor and consultant deliverables.
• Provides engineering support on new programs and infrastructure systems, monitors and analyzes data, and performs related duties.
• Inspects plans to determine compliance with design specifications as necessary.
• Prepares and reviews various operational records and reports including technical reports, easement descriptions, design calculations, drawings, specifications, proposals, construction submittals, and related documents.
• Supervises professional staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Performs other related work as required.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited engineering program.
• Three (3) years of professional engineering experience.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.

License and

Certifications:

• Tennessee Professional Engineering License

Knowledge of:

• Civil engineering principles and practices.
• Mathematical and statistical principles.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances.
• Data and recordkeeping principles.
• Budgeting principles.
• MUTCd and AASHTO standards.
• Customer service principles.
• Computers and related software applications.

Skill in:

• Applying civil engineering principles and practices.
• Reading and comprehending drawings, designs, improvement plans, and specifications.
• Preparing and maintaining records.
• Performing mathematical calculations.
• Monitoring a budget.
• Applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Using a computer and related software applications.
• Maintaining operational data and records.
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Physical Requirements:

The work is light work which requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to or constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering:
  Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
• Mental Acuity:
  Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Speaking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.