What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Aide position at City of Wichita?
As an Engineering Aide, you will play a key role in supporting civil engineering projects by providing hands-on technical assistance in the field. From operating survey equipment to performing routine calculations and drafting, your work will directly contribute to the successful completion of public infrastructure projects. This position offers a blend of independent assignments and team collaboration, with opportunities to develop skills in GPS operation, total stations, and data collection systems. With your technical support, street and utility projects will stay on track, ensuring the City’s infrastructure runs smoothly. You’ll also step in to assist with snow removal operations when needed, contributing to essential city services.
The days and hours for this position: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Bargaining Unit: Service Employee's International (SEIU)
**Employees within the department of division shall be given first consideration**
- Acts as a survey party worker; providing construction stakes on street and underground utility projects.
- Operates survey equipment under direct supervision. Holds a sight or elevation rod, runs one end of measuring chain, carries equipment, stocks the vehicle daily with necessary supplies, drives stakes with a sledge hammer.
- Operation of GPS equipment, total station, optical level, and data collection systems are possible depending on employee development.
- Performs routine calculations and drafting.
- Work assignments require operation of a vehicle. Work also occurs in traffic, as necessary.
- Operates snow removal equipment during snow operations, as needed.
- The examples of work performed are not intended to be all-inclusive.
- The City of Wichita reserves the right to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.
- Ability to quickly learn work related mathematics and to make computations rapidly and accurately.
- Ability to quickly learn to use construction principles and practices, construction materials, tools and equipment.
- Ability to work in the middle of streets in heavy traffic for up to six hours.
- Ability to reach up to a height of five feet, stoop down, and twist.
- Ability to walk a mile or more carrying ten-pound level, stopping every 100 feet.
- Ability to drive twelve-inch wooden stakes into the ground with eight to twelve pound sledgehammer every 50 feet for distances up to one mile.
- Ability to see crosshairs on levels and transits.
- Ability to position surveying instruments and maneuver tacks from belt to stake.
- Ability to sense approaching traffic while working in streets.
- Ability to traverse uneven terrain, climb steps or ladders, and tolerate airborne environmental nuisances associated with construction sites.
- Ability to lean and reach as needed to read and interpret building plans and specifications from a print that may be as large as 36 by 48 inches with information printed as small as twenty characters per inch.
- Ability to work outdoors when inclement weather conditions exist.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with associates, representatives of other organizations, and the public.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to acquire and maintain a valid Kansas driver's license.
- An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
Required Experience and Training
- Six months of work experience in manual labor, manufacturing, construction, field operations, or transportation.
- A valid Kansas Driver’s License.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need of a sponsorship.
Preferred Experience and Training
- One year of experience in construction, drafting, surveying, or maintaining water, sewer, or other utility pipelines.
- Familiarity with operating GPS equipment, total stations, and optical levels.
Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.
Salary : $18 - $25
