Engineer I​/II - Design Project Manager

Job Title

Engineer I

The Engineer I provides basic highway design or traffic engineering support to ensure the successful development and implementation of highway construction and traffic engineering projects.

General Engineering duties:

• Develop and implement standard design procedures, programs, and processes
• Determine, communicate, monitor, and ensure data collection needs for complete analysis during design
• Provide professional and complex engineering elements to satisfy accepted engineering principles, regulatory constraints;
  County financial limits, and public participation needs
• Participate in consultant selection; review consultant plans for compliance with County standards and practices and Prepare and design studies for approval

Highway Design:

• Perform and review complex professional engineering calculations and designs for County infrastructure improvements, including horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections, hydraulics and right of way
• Participate in the public project involvement process
• Attend public and landowner meetings to understand public concerns and explain project goals and constraints
• Review and prepare construction plan documents, project cost estimates and special provisions
• Determine project hydrology and design hydraulic and water quality systems
• Review, prepare, and acquire all regulatory permits and approvals required for project initiation
• Meet with permitting officials in the field or office as needed
• Coordinate right of way needs, both permanent and temporary, for project completion
• Provide technical and professional support to field construction change requests and general activities to ensure project construction success

• Experience collaborating in a team environment building and maintaining relationships with teammates from a variety of backgrounds who have different personalities, interests, and abilities
• Experience in Highway Design, Drainage Design, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Project Management

Your training and experience will be rated based on the required application material submitted and the top scoring candidates will be forwarded to the hiring department for further consideration.

7:30 am - 4:00 pm / Monday - Friday plus overtime hours as needed. Work schedules (hours and days) are subject to change based on department needs.

$38.59 - $45.70 Hourly if hired as Engineer I. (May be hired at the Engineer II level depending on qualifications)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

This position requires graduation from an accredited university or college with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, and certification as an Engineer in Training (EIT), working toward a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Minnesota.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Prior experience in highway design, drainage design, transportation engineering, traffic engineering or project management. CORE COMPETENCIES, JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL JOB PERFORMANCE Core Competencies outline essential business and professional traits necessary to perform this job.

• Support and prioritize a welcoming and respectful workplace that fosters diversity and encourages contributions from all individuals.
• Provide inclusive and equitable service to all members of the community with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate support for the County's diversity, equity and inclusion program.
• Promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement in the workplace.
• Demonstrates knowledge of, or ability to learn, quality/continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates knowledge of principles and practices of highway engineering.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current design methods and programs, practices, techniques of highway design, hydrology, hydraulics, pavement design, signal design, signing and striping layouts, and temporary traffic control and detour layouts.
• Demonstrates knowledge of environmental policies, preparing environmental permits and reports.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current developments, literature, and sources of information in highway and traffic engineering.
• Demonstrates knowledge of pertinent codes, rules, and regulations.
• Demonstrates ability to solve complex and specific design problems and situations.
• Demonstrates ability to perform complex analysis in project timetable.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate engineering analysis to technicians.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate technical information to an unfamiliar audience.