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Assistant Civil Engineer

City of Brawley, CA
Brawley, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2025

Salary : $83,767.92 - $99,907.92 Annually

Location : Brawley, CA

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : 202300066

Department : Public Works

Division : Engineering

Opening Date : 02 / 25 / 2025

Closing Date : 3 / 25 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific

Description

CLASS TITLE : Assistant Civil Engineer - Public Works Department

BASIC FUNCTION :

Under direction performs, coordinates and / or directs the design and construction of municipal public works projects; supervises engineering technicians and professional engineering firms under contract with the City of Brawley. This position differs mostly from the Associate Civil Engineer due to it does not require Registration as a Professional Engineers. This position reports to the Public Works Director.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE : -

Any combination of training and experience which would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain these abilities and knowledge would be :

  • Bachelor's degree from accredited college or university in civil engineering or related field and a minimum of ten years of increasingly responsible and varied experience involving design, construction, maintenance, or operation of public works projects and activities. This experience should show proven capabilities to work with professional and sub professional personnel.

Licenses / Certificates - Valid California class C driver's license. Possession of an Engineer In Training (EIT) certification is a plus but not required.

Examples of Duties

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES :

  • Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, and performs professional engineering work in the design, construction, and maintenance of streets, water and sewage facilities, drainage, structures, pedestrian improvements, and other type of improvements within the City right of way.
  • Helps in the preparation and maintenance of a ten-year Capital Improvement Program.
  • Applies for federal and state grants for streets, colonia areas, and airport projects.
  • Prepares and implements contracts for City Consultants.
  • Administers state and federal grant programs.
  • Performs plan check, review, and process plans for projects affecting City streets, sewers, drains, and related public works facilities.
  • Review engineering design and construction plans, drawings, specifications, contract documents, cost estimates, engineering calculation, and related documents prepared by consulting engineers and contractors for compliance with professional and City standards and practices; coordinate reviews with other departments and agencies.
  • Research project design requirements; prepare estimates of time and material costs. Act as the resident engineer on construction projects; administer contracts for assigned engineering projects; conduct site inspections during and as completion of project; monitor construction progress and changes to scope of work.
  • Investigate filed conditions related to public improvements, public utilities, and traffic safety operations.
  • Manages and directs consultants' performance.
  • Reviews and recommends payment request from consultant and contractors.
  • Oversees construction management and inspection services provided by consultants.
  • Reviews tentative and final maps for new subdivisions.
  • Assists in the coordination of work of the department with the work of other departments and / or other public agencies.
  • Represents the City in City Council, community, and other agency meetings.
  • Assists in the maintenance of files and records of departmental activities.
  • KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES :

  • Knowledge of operations, services, and activities of a municipal engineering design and construction program;
  • Knowledge of modern and complex principles and practices of civil engineering, traffic engineering;
  • Knowledge of structural, street, water, sewer, storm drain, and highway design principles;
  • Knowledge of scientific and mathematical principles as applied to civil engineering work;
  • Knowledge of principles and practices of project budget preparations and control;
  • Knowledge of methods, materials, and techniques used in civil engineering projects.
  • Ability to serve as project engineer on assigned design and construction projects.
  • Ability to prepare, review, interpret, analyze, and modify engineering plans, drawings, specifications, contract documents, and engineering reports for conformance to professional standards and approved budgets.
  • Ability to collect, assimilate, and evaluate data and prepare recommendations related to civil engineering projects.
  • Able to perform complex engineering computations and calculations.
  • Ability to prepare bid documents, contract documents, specifications, cost estimates and engineering drawings.
  • Able to Inspect public works projects for conformance with plans and specifications. Interpret, apply, and ensure compliance with pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.
  • Typical Qualifications

    WORKING CONDITIONS : PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for hours in front of a computer, in meetings, in a vehicle; the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; the employee is frequently required to reach forward, downward and upward with hands and arms; the employee is frequently required to talk on a one-to-one basis or over the telephone; the employee is frequently required to hear or listen to conversations on a one-to-one basis or over the telephone; the employee is frequently required to stand for hours and walk long distances; the employee is frequently required to walk on carpet, tile and concrete surfaces; the employee frequently climbs inclined surfaces composed of soil, gravel, and sand at construction sites and that requires the employee to maintain balance; the employee will occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.

    The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 40 pounds. Specific abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

    ENVIROMENT :

    Employee will primarily work indoors with heating and cooling regulated in a general office

    environment, however, will be exposed to extreme weather conditions when conducting on-site field work or inspections for various engineering projects. Subject to safety hazards from working in and around traffic or excavation areas, noise, dust and pollen from construction sites, cramped spaces and poor lighting from underground structures, and possible exposure to disease when working around sanitary sewers, storm water sewers, Water Treatment Plant, and Wastewater Treatment Plant.

    Disaster Service Workers :

    Under California Government Code Sections 3100 - 3109, public employees are designated as disaster service workers. The term "public employees" includes all persons employed by the state or any county, city, state agency, or public district. Disaster service workers are required to participate in such disaster service activities as may be assigned to them by their employer or by law. The employees working for the City of Brawley take this responsibility seriously. Disaster plans are continuously being evaluated, drills are scheduled, and employees engage in training where they practice executing emergency support services.

    We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

    Part-time employees benefits include bi-weekly earned sick leave at a rate of 1 (one) hour for every 30 (thirty) hours worked with a maximum accrual of 48hours.

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