What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Associate (Tier 4) Utilities Inspections position at Hillsborough County, Florida?
Job Overview
This position performs paraprofessional engineering related work involving the investigation, evaluation, assessment, asset management, planning, writing reports, coordinating work, or inspection of public infrastructure and systems. This position works under the supervision of a licensed Professional Engineer. Project management responsibility involves infrastructure projects.
Salary
$71,552 - $125,257
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will excel in communication, demonstrating the ability to convey complex information clearly and effectively to various stakeholders, including contractors, engineers, and team members. Their organizational skills will be top-notch, ensuring that all documentation, reports, and project files are meticulously maintained and easily accessible. Time management will be a key strength, allowing them to work multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and responding to urgent issues promptly.
In addition to these core competencies, the candidate must have a strong ability to read and interpret construction plans, technical specifications, and related manuals. This skill is essential for identifying potential issues, ensuring compliance with regulations, and guiding projects to successful completion.
Experience in utility construction inspection is crucial. The candidate should be well-versed in industry standards and best practices, with a proven track record of overseeing utility installations, identifying discrepancies, and ensuring that all work is completed to the highest quality standards. Their hands-on experience will enable them to anticipate challenges, provide actionable solutions, and ensure that projects are executed smoothly from start to finish.
Overall, this candidate will be a proactive, detail-oriented professional who can navigate the complexities of utility construction with expertise and confidence.
Core Competencies
- Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
- Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional, and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
- Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
- Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.
Tier 4
Duties and Responsibilities
Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.
- Applies comprehensive knowledge of principles and practices to the planning, design support, construction, assessment, asset management, and maintenance of multiple municipal projects, or portions of major projects; resolves conflicts and ensures compliance with permits and regulations; prepares and monitors scopes, budgets, and schedules to ensure timely completion of projects.
- Provides engineering support in the design of complete projects, systems, components of processes, including project documents; drafts or revises plans and drawings utilizing computer-aided design tools, researches and conducts environmental and mapping surveys; performs cost analysis and feasibility studies.
- Prepares contract drafts; evaluates contractor proposals and assists with review of proposals for professional engineering services.
- Assigns tasks to, directs, and mentors lower-level Engineering Associates and Engineering Technicians.
- Analyzes and interprets data; formulates and solves problems; makes recommendations based on findings.
- Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments, such as whether assigned projects are on schedule and established within budget. Other duties as assigned.
Job Specifications
- Knowledge of engineering principles and practices for assigned functional area.
- Knowledge of engineering design criteria, standards, and applicable permit requirements.
- Knowledge of construction standards, methods, materials, and inspection techniques.
- Knowledge of field testing, sampling, and investigative techniques, and procedures.
- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, regulations, and policies.
- Knowledge of testing and monitoring devices and techniques.
- Knowledge of environmental regulations and requirements.
- Knowledge of health and safety standards and procedures.
- Knowledge of project management theory, techniques, and tools.
- Ability to manage, train, schedule, assign, monitor, review, and evaluate assigned staff. Ability to organize, analyze, interpret, and evaluate engineering problems and provide practical, cost-effective solutions.
Physical Requirements
- Work is performed in the office and construction sites
- Requires frequent standing, sitting, walking, and stooping.
Work Category
Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.
Minimum Qualifications Required
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major in Engineering Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in an Engineering-related field; AND
- Fifteen years of demonstrated experience the planning, assessment, design, construction, inspection of public infrastructure projects, or modeling of water, wastewater, storm water or traffic systems;
OR
- An equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a High School diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.
Emergency Management Responsibilities
In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee’s department, the County’s Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the emergency/disaster.
Career Progression
Employees in this classification that acquire the competencies and minimum qualifications for the next tier will be able to apply for promotional opportunities through a competitive selection process. Employees will not automatically be upgraded to the next tier. Reclassifying a position is based on business need and financial impact and is not based solely on the job competencies or qualifications of the incumbent.
Salary : $71,552 - $125,257
