Civil Engineer

Join a growing engineering team and collaborative environment where your voice and input are valued. Enjoy a variety of project responsibilities, diverse workload, and a first‑rate work culture providing for a fulfilling career. Assist the County in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of local infrastructure.

• Review plans and specifications in accordance with engineering best practices for design and construction projects.
• Provide CAD drafting and design research for County design projects and bidding.
• Provide communication with the public on County projects and policies.
• Prepare costs estimates for grant applications as part of funding procurement.
• Review and issue permits within County ROW for utilities, highway access, and oversized/overweight vehicles.
• Assist with 5‑year capital improvement plans.
• Conduct traffic engineering studies and intersection vehicle counts for presentation to management.
• Inspection of field work on County construction projects.
• Participate in public meetings to provide information to public stakeholders.
• Perform field work measurements and data gather as necessary for project development.
• Review development site plans and Traffic Impact Analyses.
• Establish PASER ratings for County Highways in accordance with WISLR.
• Performs other duties, as required, at the direction of the Engineering Manager and Assistant Engineering Manager.

Supervision Exercised The Civil Engineer has functional supervisory responsibility for personnel assigned to an engineering field crew or design team.

Supervision Received Receives supervision from the Engineering Manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field is required.
• Two (2) + years work experience in a similar field is required.
• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record is required.
• Fluent with Microsoft products such as Word & Excel.
• Experience with Auto Desk Civil 3D or similar drafting programs.
• Effective written and oral communicator.

• Knowledge of WisDOT specifications and Facilities Development Manual is preferred.
• Experience with Trimble software and GPS surveying equipment is preferred.

• Frequent (34-66% of workday) inside work with protection from weather conditions and outside work in extreme cold and heat with temperature changes.
• Occasional (1-33% of workday) wet and humid conditions, exposure to mechanical hazards, heights above 12 feet and fast-moving vehicles, and exposure to dust.

This description has been prepared to assist in properly evaluating various classes of responsibilities, skills, working conditions, etc., present in the classification. It is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and characteristic levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision.

The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind and level of difficulty.