Deputy County Engineer; Grade 26

This position is advertised from the minimum to the mid-point hourly rate. Salary will be determined based on education and experience at the time of offer.

Under general guidance and direction of the County Engineer; performs work of unusual difficulty in the management and supervision of staff and complicated construction and engineering projects; performs complex professional civil engineering planning and project oversight in flood control, construction, engineering, roads and highways, bridges, and system infra-structure; serves as the Division Head in the absence of the County Engineer.

(Illustrative Only) Assists in the management of the Flood Control Division and engineering/flood control permitting; assists the supervision of capital improvement program, contracts, division employees, performance of evaluations, applicant interviews, and makes related recommendations to County Engineer; plans, coordinates, organizes, directs, reviews and inspects the construction and design of civil engineering projects; assists in the preparation of the program budgets; solicits and tracks funds;

prepares and presents agenda items to the board; prepares plans, specifications, estimates, contracts and agreements; provides professional engineering direction and guidance in the construction, maintenance, and operation of civil engineering projects; recommends methods of resolving complex problems; improves project materials and practices; prepares complex and long range programs, feasibility studies, financing requirements, estimates and recommendations; participates in the preparation of codes, ordinances and resolutions;

checks and reviews final plans and specifications including contract projects for submittal to County Engineer; provides internal technical advice and guidance related to design, drainage, right-of-way, development, survey, buildings, construction management, and other county capital improvements; acts as liaison with federal and state departments and agencies, municipalities and local parties for projects and regulatory coordination; oversees revisions to administrative procedures and county standards and ordinances related to engineering and flood control;

inspects projects, and assures conformance to plans, county, state, and Federal regulations; regular and reliable attendance is required; performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or related field; AND five years of civil engineering experience, including two of supervisory experience at the Senior Civil Engineer level; or construction engineering experience, including two years of supervisory experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience; must have registration as a Civil Engineer by the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration, OR by the technical board of another state, with the ability to obtain such Arizona Registration within one year of employment;

must possess and maintain a valid Arizona driver’s license; requires successful completion of a background check.

Knowledge of:
County policies and procedures; fundamentals of civil engineering, mathematics and physics as applied to engineering, topography and construction surveying, stress analysis, and analytical mechanics; laws, regulations and directives relating to civil engineering construction projects; civil engineering methods and practices for engineering planning studies, designs, plans, specifications, estimates, and reports as applied to flood control, civil engineering, construction and traffic studies and projects;

methods, procedures and techniques for evaluating construction contract compliance; technical drafting…