Assistant County Engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform professional civil engineering work in designing and developing County transportation and other capital improvement projects.
• Develop and administer long-range paving and resurfacing plans for Richland County.
• Prepare and manage project budgets, invoices, and financial reports.
• Administer State "C" Grant and federal entitlement funds for transportation projects.
• Prepare requisitions and approve pay requests/invoices; prepare financial reports as required.

• Supervise the work of subordinate technical staff; instruct, plan, and assign work, review work, maintain standards, coordinate activities, allocate personnel, select new employees, act on employee problems, and recommend and implement employee discipline as appropriate.
• Review subordinates' work for completeness and accuracy; evaluate performance and make recommendations for improvement; offer training, advice, and assistance as needed.
• Participate in hiring and personnel management.

• Develop requests for proposals (RFPs) for engineering design services for paving, resurfacing, road reconstruction, airport construction, and traffic studies.
• Evaluate bids and proposals; recommend vendors.
• Review proposals and construction bids and make recommendations regarding procurement of services.
• Manage contracts for engineering design and construction; administer engineering design and construction contracts.

• Review plans and specifications for paving/resurfacing/reconstruction and related construction activities.
• Develop and design various solutions to engineering problems; seek alternatives to designs and submit plans for approval.
• Provide technical solutions to road and infrastructure problems.
• Review and approve encroachment permit applications.

• Attend and participate in pre-bid and pre-construction meetings.
• Inspect construction work in progress and at completion for compliance with established policies, procedures, regulations, codes, contracts, and standards of quality and safety.

• Receive and respond to paving, resurfacing, and other road-related requests from County citizens.
• Respond to public inquiries and road-related service requests.
• Coordinate projects with other County departments and other local/state/federal agencies, contractors, developers, engineers, land surveyors, architects, attorneys, environmental agencies/special interest groups, and other parties as necessary.
• Receive and respond to inquiries, concerns, complaints, and requests for assistance regarding areas of responsibility.

• Using ArcGIS and other GIS applications, manage data collection and analysis activities related to the Pavement Management System and Unpaved Road Management System.
• Use GIS tools (such as ArcGIS) to manage pavement and unpaved road data.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project records and documentation.
• Report project progress and challenges to leadership; inform the County Engineer, Director of Public Works, Assistant County Administrator, and others of project progress and any potential problems.

• Perform general administrative work as required, including attending meetings, preparing reports and correspondence, entering and retrieving computer data, preparing spreadsheets and presentation materials, copying and filing documents, etc.
• Prepare reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and correspondence.
• Attend meetings, training sessions, and professional development events.
• Attend professional conferences, meetings, training, seminars, etc., to maintain and enhance job knowledge and skills.

• Valid South Carolina driver's license.
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in South Carolina is preferred.
• Experience:
  
  Requires four years of experience in an engineering-related profession.
• Experience in AutoCAD or similar software applications is preferred.

$79,779.43 - $

Richland County is an equal opportunity employer.