Senior Civil Engineer

The Position

This is a continuous filing exam. The next filing cut-offs are at 5:00pm on: 11/7/25, 1/2/26, 2/13/26, 3/6/26, 5/1/26, 7/6/26, 9/4/26, 11/6/26, 1/1/27.

Incumbents are responsible for a variety of civil engineering work in connection with the design, surveying, testing of materials and construction of public works projects. Public works projects include, but are not limited to roads and bridges; traffic control system design; drainage, water and wastewater collection, distribution and treatment; airports; new building construction and remodels; and other structures and projects.

Senior Civil Engineer is characterized by the assignment of responsibility for a specific program, functioning either as a project/resident engineer or acting in a staff engineering capacity assisting major division chiefs in determining and fulfilling program responsibilities of the division. The position calls for the exercise of a high degree of initiative, technical proficiency, and judgment. Supervision over professional engineers, including one or more Associates, is normally required of this class, but assignments may be of a highly specialized and very responsible function that does not require supervision of others.

In developmental programs, or programs which rely on the services of private consulting firms, this class may supervise few direct subordinates. The Senior is distinguished from the lower class of Associate by the level of responsibility and difficulty and variety of engineering work performed. A Senior is normally responsible for all phases of a major program, whereas an Associate is responsible for one or more individual projects within a program.

Incumbent(s) receive general direction from a higher level manager and exercise(s) direct and indirect supervision over lower level professional staff, technical, and clerical personnel.

• Principles and practices of civil engineering
• Methods and materials used in the design and construction of varied civil engineering projects
• Budget preparation
• Principles and techniques of personnel management and supervision
• Laws and regulations pertaining to public works construction and design

• Principles and techniques of personnel management and supervision
• Laws and regulations pertaining to public works construction and design

• Civil engineering principles and practices applicable to construction, material testing administration, solid waste management
• Design of park facilities, parking lots and other miscellaneous civil engineering projects
• County surveyor and permit functions
• Laws and regulations pertaining to these programs

• Engineering practices and principles applicable to planning and designing airfield and aircraft navigation facilities/equipment, roadways, traffic control and signaling, vehicle parking, sewer facilities, flood control and storm drainage, and water supply
• Federal, state and local laws ordinances and regulations pertaining to airport facilities
• Policies and procedures for coordinating airports projects with other Federal, State, County and other local agencies
• Financial management practices pertaining to the preparation and monitoring of capital improvement program project descriptions, and FAA grants
• Project management practices pertaining to the preparation of preliminary design and cost estimates for determining project budgetary needs, including other County departments' project support costs, and the identification of other branches' and/or departments' resource needs for design and construction projects

• Specialized civil engineering principles and practices applicable to streets and highways
• Survey and construction practices related to highway projects
• Federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to highway and bridge construction and use
• Traffic control system design
• Traffic system management concepts

• Specialized principles, practices, and methods of sanitary engineering
• Bacteriological, biological, physical, chemical, and other quality control processes involved in the…