Civil Engineer Position Description

TOWN OF STONINGTON JOB DESCRIPTION CIVIL ENGINEER NATURE OF WORK

The Civil Engineer has the responsibility of performing work in design, construction, and inspection of municipal public works projects; performs research and drafting work; provides information on departmental systems and policies to developers, contractors, consulting engineers, and public.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

The Civil Engineer works under the direct supervision of the Town Engineer and Director of Public Works.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Not applicable.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Reviews and administrates federal, state and local permits.
• Reviews plans, permits, drainage calculations, environmental & geotechnical reports, traffic studies and other technical data submitted by developers of subdivisions, Zoning & Wetland applications and other private development projects for conformance with Town regulation and Engineering Standards.
• Project manager for development of estimates, plans and project administration. Project administration tasks to include preparing requests for proposals, bid documents, project scheduling, budget tracking, design review, change order and contractor/vendor invoicing.
  
  Effective communication, coordination and inspection efforts with the Town’s consultants and Agencies are vital.
• Serves as project lead & liaison to coordinate design implementation with all “share holders” (Federal, State, Local Agencies to include interdepartmental staff, Boards, etc.)
• Ability to prepare and present projects (or technical data) to Town Commissions, Boards, Task Force and/or Public Information Meetings.
• Assists in the continued inspection, cataloguing and tracking of Town-wide assets in preparation of the annual department C.I.P. (Capital Improvement Program).
• Development of a comprehensive C.I.P. also includes managing and forecasting asset improvements to include: preparing asset narratives, repair/replacement costs and project timelines.
• Administrative review of the MS4 requirements and associated tasks to sustain the permit status in accordance with State Statute, as amended
• Assists in the preparation and/or review of plans, specifications, designs, and cost estimates for public works projects in an efficient and timely fashion.
• Performs moderately complex mathematical computations in survey, design, and estimating work.
• Designs and prepares plans, drainage calculations, specifications, and bid documents for infrastructure and civil engineering projects.
• Performs inspections for subdivision, road construction, building facilities, bond releases and Town contracted public works projects for conformity to design, materials and schedule specifications. Makes field determination of unanticipated construction obstacles and recommends modifications to plans and related costs.
• Evaluates and performs both complex hydraulic design and analysis of proposed and existing systems.
• Performs public works construction inspections for subdivisions, road reconstruction and Town contracted public works projects.
• Evaluates the results of various tests including, but not limited to, soils, drainage systems, and materials to assure compliance with applicable standards.
• Prepares sketches, maps, and reports, easements, estimates, agreements.
• Investigates complaints from the public with regard to construction activity, drainage issues and researches record maps-easements or other land and engineering data to assist in inquiry resolution.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• Evaluates any design plan changes and prepares recommendations on changes to Town Engineer and/or Director of Public Works.
• Provides assistance with administrative functions, operation of copier, plotter, scanning, filing, etc.
• May participate in field survey (instrument operator, rod person) for…