Engineer V

The Engineer V supervises the planning, design, construction, maintenance and/or operation of a number of major and complex engineering projects; or works independently on advanced planning, design or research projects involving elements of a highly critical or unprecedented nature; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Engineers at the V level perform work characterized by many, varied complex features due to the breadth, diversity, or intensity of assignments. They plan and conduct work for which precedent criteria or techniques are inadequate or are controversial. They work as specialists in a technical field, and may perform staff advisory services for an engineering organization. They apply intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in a broad area of assignment and related fields.

They perform advanced work in their engineering field and provide technical guidance on critical problems or projects of a highly specialized nature. As a supervisor, the engineer reviews work prepared by other professional engineers or by contract architect-engineer firms.