Civil Engineer - Office County Engineer

Why It's a great opportunity:

As a Civil Engineer with Pierce County’s Office of the County Engineer, you will be providing valuable contributions to various traffic projects for the County, including the design of roads, pedestrian accessibility, erosion control measures, and storm water collection and treatment. You will be working and gaining knowledge in AutoCAD, Civil3D, preliminary design, project estimations, alignments, drainage analysis and design, ADA ramp design, risk management, and project delivery together with your team and other departments.

Your success will keep Pierce County the best place to live in the Northwest.

PPW is a diverse and fast-moving department filled with motivated professionals working to ensure Pierce County is positioned to handle growth while building, operating, and maintaining reliable infrastructure to support livable communities. PPW is responsible for a broad and complex portfolio of services that provides unique opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and inspire. We are responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement – just to name a few!

Your success will come from your technical contributions to the overall project planning, design, and analysis to ensure timely completion. Your ability to contribute to team efficiency and help support project delivery will build your success. Your preliminary steps will be of great value during the preparation of engineering design plans, technical specifications, estimates, and reports. Excellent communication both written and verbal will also ensure your success.

You and the team will support Pierce County's traffic projects and programs and will see the improvements make a direct impact in our community. Pierce County offers robust online learning opportunities available for your continued success. This position has multiple career growth and promotional opportunities within Pierce County to build up a great career.

• Performs layout, drafting and design work on a variety of routine civil engineering projects utilizing computer programs. Depending on program to which assigned, may design or review roads, structures, traffic control devices, stormwater collection and disposal systems, and/or other infrastructure.
• Designs and/or prepares contract plans for capital improvement projects.
• Prepares and reviews comprehensive engineering plans, reports, studies and related documents.
• Prepares scopes, cost estimates, specifications, special provisions and related documents for capital improvement projects.
• Prepares or contributes to engineering technical reports or studies such as traffic, hydrology, hydraulic, or geotechnical, reviews calculations or routine work of others.
• Prepares information to support public meetings, hearings, boards, commissions, or elected officials.
• Reviews and investigates citizen concerns and recommends remedial measures.

• A resume and cover letter are required for this position.
• Four years of progressively responsible, broad-based civil engineering experience is required.
• Registration as an Engineer-in-Training or a bachelor’s degree from an ABET accredited program in civil engineering or closely related field may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
• A valid driver's license is required.

As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.

• Complete and submit a detailed online Pierce County Employment Application by selecting "APPLY" above or go to:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..
• If you have a question about this opportunity, please email the Recruitment Team at PCHRRecruit and specify the Job Number and Title.
• If you do not have internet access, you may visit your local public library or any Work Source…