Senior Professional Engineer – Highway Design

Performs professional highway engineering work involving designing, managing, reviewing, and overseeing various highway construction and development projects to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and standards.
• Provides direction, guidance, and assistance to contractors and work crews; coordinates daily work activities; organizes, prioritizes, and assigns work; monitors status of work in progress and inspects completed work; confers with contractors and work crews, assists with complex/problem situations, and provides technical expertise.

• Interprets, explains, and ensures engineering compliance with applicable codes, ordinances, resolutions, regulations, standards, specifications, policies, and procedures, as well as approved construction plans; researches codes, engineering standards, technical manuals, or other resources as needed; initiates any actions necessary to correct deviations or violations.

• Consults with division management or other officials to review status of division projects, review/resolve problems, receive advice/direction, and provide recommendations.

• Prepares design and construction documents pertaining to division projects; prepares plans, designs, specifications, and cost estimates.

• Reviews site development plans, construction/engineering plans, permit applications, and specifications to ensure compliance with applicable codes, ordinances, and engineering standards; reviews engineering studies, engineering reports, and cost estimates; reviews changes to construction plans; provides recommendations and comments on development plans.

• Designs/develops architectural drawings, engineering plans, and specifications associated with proposed projects; defines design needs; determines design solutions; produces designs using computer-aided design (CAD) software and drafting instruments; reviews design for compliance with applicable laws, codes, and standards; maintains computer models and provides modeling data to consultants.

• Coordinates or performs project management; prepares, reviews, and monitors project schedules and budgets; monitors construction and maintenance contracts/agreements.

• Performs site visits, field inspections, or land surveys of projects and developments; inspects projects to ensure compliance with approved plans and specifications; conducts inspections or collects data at sites; performs surveying to collect data; sets elevation; takes photographs and measurements of field conditions; resolves problems at site.

• Performs engineering analysis and prepares engineering reports; evaluates problems and recommends solutions.

• Conducts engineering work relating to engineering plan review; reviews and approves infrastructure, excavations, and other sitework improvements; reviews site development plans for commercial, multi-family residential, and industrial infrastructure; reviews construction plans and plats for subdivisions of land; reviews and approves applications for commercial, development, and private excavation permits; reviews engineering aspects of conditional use permits and rezoning applications; reviews construction plans and land use petitions for water management, engineering, and utility concerns.

• Conducts engineering tasks relating to stormwater management; reviews development plans prepared by consulting engineers for impact on County stormwater facilities and assesses the need for additional drainage easements; conducts site visits to verify existing drainage conditions and evaluate possible impacts on stormwater system; assists with investigations of non-compliance stormwater systems and provides findings and possible solutions; maintains and updates computer inventory records of the County’s stormwater management system.

• Provides technical advice, information, and assistance concerning engineering issues, project management issues, design/construction activities, and other issues to contractors, consultants, County staff, public agencies, or others; responds to questions or complaints; assists in resolving engineering problems, project development issues, or conflicts involving project participants; recommends solutions to…