Graduate Engineer - Civil Design

Graduate Engineer – Civil Design

The Graduate Engineer – Design performs technical civil engineering work for public infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: coordinating engineering design activities and preparing plans for construction projects; performing preliminary survey data collection for the preparation of multiple projects; maintaining design software and files; and other related duties as assigned.

Employees regularly communicate and collaborate with consultants, designers, contractors, sub‑contractors, property owners, utility companies, other departments, divisions and others involved in or affected by projects and are required to make independent decisions in resolving most problems but informing the supervisor of unusual or controversial problems.

Pay: The 2025 starting salary $82,338 to $96,868 with advancement to $121,086/annualized.

To have your application considered in the first review, apply before January 19, 2026.

The City of Rochester will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position including F1 OPT STEM.

The City of Rochester is committed to a community where all members feel a sense of belonging. We commit to recognizing the diversity of our community members, listening to ALL voices and providing equitable services to create an inclusive place to live, play and work.

We believe EQUITY should be at the center of all our work. We strive to represent our community in our teammates, as we know that diverse and inclusive teams are more innovative, and have an empowering impact on the work, progress and culture of our community.

It takes us all working together.

Duties and Responsibilities

Conduct preliminary planning meetings and studies with teammates, externally contracted consulting engineers, and other interested parties to determine the basic engineering methodology to be employed and basic layout of the proposed capital improvement projects.

• Collect necessary resource information needed for study. i.e. maps, prior studies, demographics, etc.
• Review latest concepts and rules and regulations that affect study.
• Perform study utilizing engineering technicians to maximum extent possible.
• Calculate and present study to approving authorities or senior staff for approval.

Design capital improvement and other projects involving streets, pedestrian and bike facilities, sanitary and storm sewers, applying appropriate engineering techniques.

• Design preliminary concepts and plans for review by teammates.
• Prepare engineer’s opinion of probable costs and feasibility reports.
• Assist Design Engineer with management of design group’s workload, including assigning plan preparation to engineering technicians.
• Perform necessary engineering calculations to determine pipe sizes and strengths, pavement designs, etc.
• Process projects through necessary reviews, permits, etc.
• Prepare specifications and bid documents.

Review plans for capital improvements engineered by external consulting engineers, other divisions of Public Works, and other departments of the City.

• Review projects for conformance to standards.
• Review engineering concepts such as street and streetscape design, traffic design, hydrology, drainage, pipe capacity, etc.
• Meet with and negotiate changes with developers, consulting engineers, and internal divisions/departments.

Complete administrative functions in the management of programs, management of projects, preparation of budgets, and completion of research/reports.

• Manage assigned Capital Improvement Program Infrastructure projects.
• Develop budgets and schedules for public infrastructure programs and projects.
• Manage the operation, maintenance, and updating of infrastructure related files, maps, programs and plans.
• Provide critical recommendations relating to project schedules and priorities to ensure projects are completed on time.

Assist with Delivery of Pavement Management Program.

• Maintain knowledge of software used for pavement asset management to customize pavement management program.
• Train and develop field inspectors in software and pavement distress assessment.
• Run comparative analysis modeling based on budgetary constraints to optimize funding for ranking…