Temporary Project Engineer

Job Summary

The role of the Project Engineer is to administer and manage municipal capital improvement projects (CIP). Expertise is required in the performance of complex engineering and administrative functions, including the negotiations and management of design consultant contracts, the implementation of right-of-way acquisition procedures, the adherence to environmental permitting policies and regulations and the regular observance of construction contract compliance on multiple street, water, sewer, traffic signal, and storm drainage projects.

This position may oversee and direct the work of external construction inspectors and Engineering Assistants.

Projects assigned to the Project Engineer vary in scope from sidewalk improvements to major arterial widening and bridge projects, including overhead utility to underground conversions and traffic signal installations; from gravity sewer systems to sewer pump stations, including the structural facility, pumps, and electric controls; from water main installations to pressure reducing valve installations and master metering stations; and from gravity storm drains to storm retention systems.

Individual project budgets range to $5 million in scope. This position also assists in developing master plans with respect to the above type of facilities.

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assists in the development of the Capital Improvement Program and the master planning of facilities, which may include developing a model of the demands and deficiencies of the existing systems, an inventory of the current facilities to satisfy the demands, conceptual design of improvements to correct identified deficiencies, and development of cost estimates for the proposed improvements.
• Receives assigned projects for development of the scope of the project and carries the project through to final construction and acceptance. Tasks include gathering all necessary information and documentation, preparing grant applications (when applicable), securing approval of necessary grant contracts with outside agencies, and performing the in-house design of the project or selecting (in consultation with the Capital Division Manager) a consultant to perform the design, developing a consultant scope of work, scheduling the project, and serving as the contact person between the City and the consultant in the development of the design and contract documents.
  
  Responsibility also includes creating and tracking critical path schedules for each project from the initiation of engineering activities to project close-out.
• Review technical aspects of federally funded grant programs.
• Provides oral and written information to a variety of audiences including City Council, the general public, adjacent departments, outside agencies, and others. Communications may be related to the project scope, technical design elements, operational features, the resolution of resident complaints and problems, property impacts, and/or construction issues that arise; communications also include facilitating neighborhood meetings related to the assigned projects.
• Responsible for the identification and completion of various required environmental permitting procedures and requirements working through City, County, State and/or Federal requirements and guidelines, as required.
• Initiates and coordinates right-of-way procedures, assessing impacts and determining needs for easements and/or acquisitions, while complying with funding source or audit procedures and requirements.
• Responsible for the construction contracting and construction management of all assigned projects. Tasks include coordinating the public bidding process, securing inspection and testing services as required, developing contract progress payments, maintaining project status reports for current budget and expense reporting, schedule monitoring/tracking, community relations, construction conflict resolution, coordinating field design changes and initiating/negotiating construction change orders as necessary to accommodate actual field conditions, collecting private funding (when applicable), assimilating required final project documentation, and transmitting record drawing information for mapping.
• Provides technical expertise and engineering assistance to the Public Works field crews for improvements, maintenance, or construction which is being performed by the crew. This service also…