Project Engineer, Civil Engineering

Responsibilities

• Provides design and support services in the Engineering Department for City infrastructure and capital improvement projects.
• Analyzes City needs for short‑ and long‑term infrastructure and capital improvements and creates plans for project implementation.
• Designs City infrastructure projects including parking lots, lift and pump stations, water and sewer infrastructure, storm‑water projects, roads and streets, intersection upgrades, bridges, and structures.
• Creates design drawings, elevations, diagrams and specifications; writes bid documents; reviews submitted bid documents; oversees bidding process; monitors construction for adherence to specifications.
• Ensures engineering design and construction in the floodplain are performed in accordance with City ordinances, State and national standards.
• Coordinates with and monitors outside engineering firms contracted to design large, complex projects.
• Coordinates City projects with other local, state, and federal agencies and interested and affected community groups.
• Answers inquiries and provides information to the public, other City departments, and private engineers, developers, and architects.
• Prepares and presents reports and information to the public.
• Writes and administers grants; ensures federally funded projects follow complex federal and state guidelines.
• Directs work of Engineering Technicians, surveyors, and administrative personnel; directs and assists in training interns.
• Performs other duties as assigned; nothing in the job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties.
• Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with City policies, procedures, and safety practices.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering is required.
• State of Idaho certification as a Licensed Professional Engineer in good standing is required.
• Five (5) years experience, including two (2) years experience as a project manager, is required.
• Idaho driver's license required.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities may be considered.

• Engineering design principles, practices, and objectives, especially as they apply to civil engineering, infrastructure, and capital improvement projects.
• Federal, state, City, and other statutes, codes, and regulations governing municipal and civil engineering, bidding, construction, and floodplain management.
• Federal, state, City, health and safety, environmental, and other applicable building and construction codes.
• Project cost estimation and accounting methods and techniques.
• Land survey methods and techniques.
• Construction contract administration methods and techniques.
• GIS and other data collection and computer mapping and modeling systems.
• Customer service methods and techniques.
• Data collection and recording methods, techniques, and objectives.
• Federal (OSHA) regulations and City policies regarding safety.