Engineering Technician- Development Review Group

Salary : $49,026.00 - $76,066.00 Annually

Location : Durham, NC

Job Type : Full time with benefits

Remote Employment : Flexible / Hybrid

Job Number : 24-05226

Department : Public Works

Opening Date : 12 / 16 / 2024

Closing Date : Continuous

Position Description

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range : $49,026.00 - $65,707.00

Hours : 8 : 00am - 5 : 00pm

Top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the City of Durham's a great place to work. We create the foundation on which Durham is built, using innovative methods that support the City's growth and enhance our quality of life. If growing professionally while serving your community is for you, bring your skills to Durham!

This position is assigned to the Public Works Department / Stormwater Development Review section and will be primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with the City's federal NPDES MS4 permit by inspecting stormwater control measures (SCMs), reviewing / evaluating third-party annual SCM inspection reports, and maintaining SCM related databases.

This position will provide : engineering support and inspection of privately-owned and City-owned SCMs; specialized paraprofessional support to a program or function that requires sufficient subject-matter knowledge and expertise in an assigned field to reconcile and verify the work of others; coordination of processes; implementation of policies and procedures; and technical assistance to higher-level staff. Decision-making is limited to organizing tasks in more complex operational processes that include coordination of logistics and handling of unanticipated factors within standard policies and procedures to meet established goals.

Additional duties involve supporting project management, engineering plan reviews, and the construction inspection processes; performing field investigations and research; receiving, processing, and prioritizing work requests; assisting with contract and project administration; providing customer service to residents and professional consultants; assisting field personnel; collaborating with inspectors to ensure applicable construction and maintenance standards are met; identifying construction and maintenance deficiencies and needed repairs; collecting and interpreting field data; entering data and maintaining databases; assisting with the SCM construction acceptance process; and researching documentation, maps, and public records.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Reviews and provides comments regarding annual inspection reports received from 3rd-party qualified professionals.
• Performs quality assurance inspections of privately-owned SCMs, technical compliance inspections of non-compliant, privately-owned SCMs, and annual inspections of City-owned SCMs to determine whether they are functioning in accordance with approved plans and design standards
• Assists in the preparation of annual inspection reports for City-owned SCMs.
• Records SCM inspections and report review related information in database.
• Provides technical and administrative assistance to SCM owners, contractors, consultants, and City staff.
• Collaborates with regional, state, and federal partners and agencies and City of Durham departments; attends meetings and provides subject-matter expertise; provides public education and outreach; and responds to and investigates SCM-related complaints and concerns.
• Assists in conducting onsite stream determinations and preparing stream determination letters.
• Assists in developing and providing public education.
• Supports departmental staff by collecting data, including researching documentation, maps, and public records; and interpreting policy and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

Additional Preferred Skills

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

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Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another state driver's license, are you willing to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire?

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

How many years paraprofessional engineering support experience do you have in stormwater control measure maintenance and inspections or other water resources-related experience such as surface water quality, green stormwater infrastructure, and water resources-related project management?

How would you rate your knowledge of stormwater control measures?

How would you rate your experience level with MS Excel ?

How would you rate your experience level with Geographical Information Systems (GIS)?

How would you rate your experience level with relational databases (Microsoft Access)?

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Salary : $49,026 - $65,707