Civil Engineer

Overview

The purpose of this position is to provide professional civil engineering services involved in the planning, designing, constructing and maintaining of roads, drainage structures, County facilities, landfills, subdivision reviews, utilities, and other County related projects.

This position does not supervise other employees.

• Uses computer programs to prepare specifications, estimates, reports and correspondence and to assist with maintaining databases and project files
  (15%)
• Produces technical drawings, plans and exhibits for civil engineering projects, using Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD).
  (15%)
• Prepares Request for Proposals, analyzes and evaluates the scope and cost of consultant submittals, interviews, recommends selection, assists in negotiating contractual agreements and prepares final contract documents for consultant services.
  (10%)
• Prepares Invitation for Bid; analyzes and evaluates contractor bids and recommends contractor selection for public works construction projects.
  (10%)
• Liaises with consultant engineers hired to design highway construction or County facilities improvement projects, providing them with comments and feedback during the course of the design contract.
  (10%)
• Reviews and inspects permits for grading, drainage, and right-of-way, ensuring compliance with uniform codes, local ordinances, State regulations and administrative policies.
  (10%)
• Performs contract administration for the delivery of planning, design, and construction services.
  (10%)
• Provides engineering support during the construction phase of County construction projects.
  (10%)
• Conducts research, analyzing and reporting information and prepares correspondence and reports for the County Engineer or Public Works Director. Prepares requisitions and monitors purchases and expenses. Reconciles accounts and reviews and processes credit card statements.
  (10%)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position provides research support on County-wide level budget preparation; reviews department level and project level budgets.

Provides project resource allocation based on pre-approved resources involving organizational planning projects, capital development projects, quality assurance projects, process improvement projects and technology projects.

This position trains colleagues, explains County procedures or processes, responds to public inquiries, participates in meetings, negotiates and persuades and conducts meetings.

This position creates or edits documents, internal memos, emails, press releases, proposals, formal letters and reports.

Interacts extensively with employees, customers, the general public, vendors, regulatory bodies, and other groups and/or individuals and Institutions over the telephone, by email, and/or in person.

Frequently (More than 25% but less than 40% in a year).

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.

Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in professional civil engineering planning, designing, constructing, inspecting, and maintaining of roads, drainage structures, subdivisions or other public works facilities including project administrative experience; or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Current professional registration by the State of Arizona as a Civil Engineer or valid registration as a Civil Engineer with another state and the ability to successfully possess a State of Arizona Civil Engineer Registration within one (1) year of appointment to the position.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Arizona driver’s license.

• Administration and management, engineering and technology, land surveying, and Federal, State and Local laws, regulations and statutes.
• Customer and personal service, building and construction, transportation technology, excavation, grading, and compaction, traffic control procedure.
• Public Works construction projects and processes; road construction practices, techniques and standards; engineering drawings; construction traffic plans; inspection protocol and standards in relation to construction; field surveying methods and techniques; construction safety standards, regulations and practices; principles and practices of project management; supervisory principles, practices and methods.

Active listening, active learning, analytical thinking, communicating diplomatically, negotiating, problem recognition, problem solving, time management, customer service, computer aided drafting, quality control analysis, multi-tasking, managing, and coordinating all aspects of Public Works construction projects and personnel.

Recognize problems, solve problems using…