Engineering Technician

Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your technical skills in a collaborative and dynamic environment? The City of Lakewood’s Planning and Public Works Department is a talented team of professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Lakewood residents. The Department oversees a wide range of services, including community planning, transportation and stormwater infrastructure, lake management, building and land use permitting, rental housing programs, economic development, and more.

This position is part of the Engineering Services Division and plays a key role in supporting engineering permit reviews and capital projects within the City. As an Engineering Technician, you will support the City's street lighting and school zone lights, assign task orders to the City's electrical services contractor, manage the traffic signal inventory, and perform utility locates for City-owned street lighting, traffic signals, and storm drainage.

Other duties include reviewing engineering permits; collecting roadway field data, such as traffic and pedestrian counts, pavement condition, and GIS asset information; and using CAD to assist engineers with preparing designs and plans. This role works closely with applicants, contractors, and the public, so a customer-service mindset and clear communication are important.

Under the direction of the Public Works Engineering Director or designee, assist civil engineers and/or higher level engineering technicians in preparing preliminary designs through final plans; support traffic engineering studies; inspect construction projects for compliance with established standards; review development and right-of-way permit applications for compliance with established codes and standards; and coordinate utility locates for City owned infrastructure.

This is the journey level class in the Engineering Technician series. Employees in this class perform a full range of duties and receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise. Employees are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.

This is an AFSCME represented position.

• Apply survey information and reduce field notes to complete base mapping and draft designs and drawings for various engineering and planning projects such asstorm sewers, sanitary sewers, water mains, and streets.
• Perform a variety of related office or field tasks to gather, analyze and record data and otherwise assist engineers in preparation of specifications.

• Review pre-application information for new development proposals; visit site to ascertain existing conditions; prepare the pre-application comments based on applicable City codes and ordinances.
• Review site development plans for compliance with City standards relating to right-of-ways, sidewalks, curbs, pedestrian ramps, driveways, roadways, and storm drainage.
• Review storm drainage reports, traffic impact analysis reports, and other traffic related studies for compliance with City standards.
• Calculate permit fees.
• Coordinate locating City-owned underground infrastructure as part of the regional utility notification process.

• Perform construction and "as-built" inspections by overseeing assigned public works projects to assure conformance to plans and specifications; process inspection records with appropriate department personnel.
• Maintain records of construction projects from information supplied by engineers; compile and compute data for contractors' progress pay estimates.
• Perform field tests.

• Assist in field traffic studies: conduct manual traffic counts, turning movement, traffic speed, and delay studies; set…