Assistant Engineer - Flood Control

The County of Riverside’s Flood Control District seeks an Assistant Engineer who will be assigned to the Federal Projects section, located in Riverside.

Under general supervision, the Assistant Engineer will perform varied and difficult flood control engineering work in the Federal Projects section. Typically, the District serves as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) local sponsor on congressionally authorized flood hazard mitigation projects and is required to obtain the necessary lands, easements, utility relocations, and rights‑of‑way for each project, as well as assuming responsibility for project operation and maintenance upon completion.

The Federal Projects Section serves as the District’s liaison with the USACE Civil Works Program. Federal Projects staff represent the District at project coordination and status meetings; review studies and reports; review USACE engineering drawings; and ensure that the District’s and other local agency interests are maintained.

The incumbent may also perform varied and difficult flood control engineering work in the Operations Engineering Section. The District operates a network of flood control facilities consisting of more than 420 miles of storm drains, open channels, and levees, as well as nearly 40 dams and detention basins. This position is tasked with a variety of responsibilities related to the safe operation of the District’s facilities.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, inspecting existing District flood control facilities; coordinating maintenance activities; designing repair plans; coordinating construction efforts; managing consultant‑designed projects; and reviewing proposed flood control drawings.

The Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District provides for the control and conservation of flood and storm waters and for the protection of watercourses, watersheds, public highways, life and property from damage within its boundaries.

• Assist in the design of roads, hydraulics, reinforced concrete structures, sewer systems, or other public works projects by preparing plans, profiles and cross sections, making quantity estimates, horizontal and vertical alignment computations, and establishing grade controls.
• Supervise and perform drafting, computing, checking, and direction of field operations involved in the gathering and compilation of field data for the design layout and construction of highways, flood control channels, subdivisions, drainage structures, wells, sewer systems, parks, buildings, waste disposal, and other projects.
• Perform structural engineering analysis of proposed commercial, industrial and complex buildings and structures; review grading, building and structure plans for conformity to uniform building codes, local ordinances, state regulations, and administrative policies.
• Assist and advise permit applicants with engineering and related problems.
• Prepare and review maps; calculate and plot the results of field surveys.
• May inspect the construction of projects under contract.
• Perform field tests and take samples for laboratory tests of materials; prepare estimates for projects planned or under construction; prepare reports.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

One year of professional civil engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:

• The planning, design, and construction of projects such as:
  • Flood control facilities including storm drains, channels, basins, dams and levees.
  • Stormwater recharge facilities such as groundwater / infiltration basins.
  • Stormwater treatment facilities such as infiltration basins, biotreatment, bioretention.
  • Experience planning, designing and constructing highways, freeways, sanitary sewers and/or water pipelines may also be considered.
• Performance of engineering studies/analyses related to the above types of projects/facilities.
• The detailed review (plan check) and approval of engineering studies and plans related to the above types of projects/facilities.
• Engineering, construction or project management for regional infrastructure…