This position is open until filled with a first review date of
September 27, 2024.The City offers: - Twelve paid holidays plus two floating holidays
- Flexible work schedule options; promoting a healthy work-life balance.
- Supportive, friendly environment that prioritizes both your professional and personal well-being.
- In addition to fostering a balanced work-life dynamic, the City provides a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Health insurance at an affordable rate
- Robust retirement plans
- Generous paid time leave
Join us in making a meaningful impact on our community while enjoying the benefits of a City that values your time, skills, and overall well-being.General Purpose Performs entry-level professional engineering work for environmental, water, sewer, street, stormwater and other public works projects and programs ensuring technical competence and compliance with all current codes and criteria. Contribute to the City’s vision, mission, and goals in the performance of all job duties.
SupervisionReports To: City Engineer
Supervises: None
Essential Functions- Assist the City’s storm water management program; maintains compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.
- Prepares and writes grant application components.
- Reviews routine to moderately difficult development proposals for conformance to City’s engineering design and construction standards, codes and ordinances.
- Coordinate with the other Divisions within the Public Services Department and other Departments within the City as needed.
- Determine relevancy and applicability of codes, regulations, and requirements for assigned projects.
- Assist in the coordination, preparation or review of engineering plans and specifications, construction documents, and project or contract documents for City capital improvement projects.
- Administer various consulting contracts, including preparation of requests for qualifications/proposals.
- Assist in the preparation of sanitary sewer, water, storm drainage, and street system plans, maps, databases, and comprehensive plans.
- Assist in the maintenance of the City’s engineering library and infrastructure records.
- Review as-built records of projects, and documents necessary changes for the operation and maintenance programs.
- Respond to public or other inquiries relative to engineering requirements or procedures on specific projects.
- Prepare traffic, utility and other engineering studies and reports as assigned.
- Assist in public road intersection signal and channelization design.
- Assist in the modification of public works design standards. Develops design and construction standards for public works facilities, structures, and appurtenances.
- Assist with plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions, design changes, and reports.
- Conduct materials testing and analysis as needed. Prepare reports detailing tests conducted and results.
- Review utility easements and deeds for the dedication of right-of-way.
- Maintain regular contact with consulting engineers, construction project engineers, City, County, State and Federal agencies, professional and technical groups and the general public regarding division activities and services.
- Conduct cost estimates on complex projects.
- Perform a variety of office related functions, including preparing permits, correspondence, maps, presentation materials, brochures, reducing field notes, printing materials, answering phones and responding to inquiries from contractors, developers, property owners, staff, and the public.
- May serve as a project manager for a planning process, construction project, or compliance program.
- Assist in project management for the construction of the municipal public works projects.
- Oversee assigned projects to ensure compliance with time and budget parameters for the project.
- Coordinate sidewalk inspection, maintenance and enforcement programs.
- Assist in monitoring inter-governmental actions affecting public works operations.
- Assist in the training of other city personnel in public works design and construction techniques.
- May assist in the preparation of and participate in presentations.
- Serve as a team member in the City’s Emergency Management Operation Center as needed.
Education, Experience and License Requirements- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a closely related field.
- Two years previous professional civil engineering experience.
- Or 6 years of relevant education and experience.
- Engineer In Training (EIT) by the state of Washington is preferred.
- Driver's License
- Successful passing of a required background check
Competency Requirements- Attention to detail.
- Communicate effectively.
- Practice customer service focus.
- Maintain positive interactions with all individuals.
- Build collaborative relationships.
- Anticipate problems and develop contingency plans.
- Take initiative within job scope.
- Remain flexible to changing priorities.
- Determine priorities and take prompt action.
- Commitment to racial, social and economic equity issues and working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Meet deadlines and responds to individuals in a timely manner.
- Cognizant to the attitudes, feelings or circumstances of others and have an awareness of how one’s behaviors may impact others.
- Work effectively with others to achieve common goals.
- Practice Social awareness.
- Ability to problem solve challenging matters in a timely manner.
- Resolves and works through conflict with grace, dignity, tact and respect.
- Knowledge of:
- Civil engineering principles, practices and methods as applicable to a municipal setting.
- Applicable City policies, codes, laws, and regulations affecting division activities.
- Drainage and municipal storm water operations, including NPDES permit processing requirements
Physical Demands- Moving throughout City facilities and buildings.
- Travel to off-site locations and move throughout the community as needed.
- Drive and perform field work.
- Operate a computer and other office equipment.
- Communicate with City employees and residents.
- Lift or move items weighing up to 25 pounds on occasion.
Work Environment- 60% of work is performed in an office environment and 40% is performed outdoors in all weather conditions. Exposure to hazardous materials, heights, and noise from equipment.
- Noise level out in the field is moderately loud.
- Noise level in the office is moderately quiet.
- Work evening and/or weekend hours as needed.
Approved reasonable accommodation requests will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Core Values The City is a team of dedicated professionals who respect and serve the community and each another and has highlighted six core values:
- Professionalism: Being ambassadors of the City by providing expert service delivery.
- Service: Giving helpful assistance or advice to our customers.
- Accountability: Performing the duties of my position in a responsible way.
- Respect: Fairly considering the rights, opinions and ideas of others.
- Integrity: Acting in harmony with the laws and values of the City.
- Teamwork: Working together to best serve the community.
Effective Date: June 2010
(Assistant Engineer)Revisions: August, 2024