Supervising Civil Engineer

Location
1017 Middlefield Road Redwood City, 94063

We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by core values of excellence, integrity, service inclusion, and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication.

The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career or make valuable contributions as a part of a public sector Engineering team that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration, we hope you’ll apply.

The City of Redwood City, Engineering and Transportation Department announces an opportunity for the position of Supervising Civil Engineer. The Supervising Civil Engineer works under general direction of the Engineering and Transportation Director/City Engineer. This position is responsible for planning and overseeing the work of the Capital Improvement Program (utilities, parks/special projects for building facilities, and creek/channel/levee improvements) and inspection services and supervising and participating in design, construction, and support services.

In addition, the Supervising Civil Engineer provides technical staff assistance in the review of agreements and other engineering functions. The Supervising Civil Engineer may be required to fulfill the duties of the City Engineer, in the City Engineer’s absence.

Job Description URL
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Job PDF
Final Job Announcement - Supervising Civil Engineer #26A-25
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Will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; will be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks; have the ability to provide leadership and support to senior engineering staff; will successfully perform work requiring analytical ability and be able to synthesize and summarize information; will use initiative and independent judgement; will possess strong written and oral communication skills; will be a team player who likes working with a variety of City staff and the public and have a sense of humor.

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities are qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience
Five years of responsible experience in civil engineering, at least two of which were in a lead or supervisory capacity.

Education
Equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from an accredited college or university with major coursework in civil engineering.

License Or Certificate

• Possession of a Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of California is required.
• A valid California Driver’s License and satisfactory driving record is required.

• A broad principles and practices of engineering
• Modern methods and techniques used in the design and construction of a wide variety of public works engineering projects.
• Modern developments, current literature and sources of information regarding the assigned area of engineering.
• Applicable laws and regulatory codes relevant to design and construction in the area of assignment.
• Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
• Applicable City codes and ordinances; regulations and guidelines governing public works projects.
• Specifications and plan requirements for public works projects.
• Land and engineering survey systems, methods, and techniques.

• Supervise the work of others.
• Lead and participate in the design of major public works improvement projects; prepare plans and specifications.
• Lead…