Civil Engineering Associate

Civil Engineering Associate

Tryfacta is seeking a Civil Engineering Associate for our client in Santa Monica, CA 90404. This is a temporary contract assignment.

Position Title:

Civil Engineering Associate

Location:

Santa Monica, CA 90404 Duration: 1 year

Work Schedule:

9/80 Pay rate: $46.68/hr

Start date:

7/6/2026 End date: 6/30/2027

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Performs project management through all phases of a capital improvement project, including project development, preliminary design, design, construction and installation, commissioning, and close-out. Oversees and reviews consultants' designs and specifications and manages project engineering records. Monitors contractors' progress during construction and ensures that complete and accurate as-built records are prepared and obtained.
• Gathers and organizes data and prepares designs, maps, estimates, reports, plans, and specifications for the construction, alteration, and maintenance of a variety of civil engineering projects.
• Performs preliminary or feasibility investigations and prepares reports, including environmental and hazardous waste evaluations.
• Performs planning studies, including sewer capacity, data collections, budgeting, preparation of project schedules, and tracking of actual versus planned progress and cost.
• Prepares and manages grant applications.
• Performs materials evaluation, selection, and prepares materials testing requirements and analysis.
• Prepares design studies and reports, including preparation of plans, specifications, calculations, and cost estimates for engineering projects.
• Performs forensic engineering for structural and other failures, geotechnical engineering, and engineering surveying.
• Inspects construction sites to monitor progress and quality of workmanship; ensures compliance with architectural or engineering plans, specifications, and construction and safety standards.
• Provides assistance at the counter by issuing permits, processing payments, answering phones, responding to questions and complaints, and reviewing a wide variety of complex plans, maps, and legal descriptions.
• Reviews water meter applications and makes recommendations for new meters.
• Performs field engineering calculations in response to change orders and contract estimates, and negotiates, mitigates claims, and monitors labor compliance.
• Prepares and checks legal descriptions; reviews subdivision maps and private development plans.
• Performs plan checks and approves off-site improvement drawings of private developers.
• Researches citizen complaints and requests for traffic control devices and prepares written reports.
• Prepares, reviews, and evaluates bid documents and requests for proposals. Prepares staff reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

To be considered for this position, you should have:

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of civil, structural and traffic engineering, drafting, and survey methods
• Design, construction, and maintenance requirements of public works facilities, including buildings, streets, water distribution, and drainage systems and sanitary sewers
• Mathematics and surveying applicable to civil and traffic engineering
• Strengths, properties, and uses of materials of construction
• Statistical procedures applicable to compilation, analysis, and presentation of engineering data
• Principles of customer service

Ability to:

• Apply civil engineering principles to the solution of specific complex problems
• Read, interpret, prepare, and check professional engineering drawings, legal descriptions, survey notes, street, and traffic signal plans
• Utilize computer aided drafting software, GIS, plan checking, and permitting software to perform engineering functions, calculations, and create databases, spreadsheets, and reports
• Read, interpret, and implement provisions of, but not limited to, the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, Uniform Building Code, California Environmental Quality Act, Subdivision Map Act, Traffic Manual, Highway Design Manual, and other regulatory documents
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with other City employees and the public
• Provide…