Associate Engineer

• Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and quality control standards; recommends changes to departmental procedures, policies, and regulations, including engineering design standards.
• Prepares specialized studies, cost analysis studies, specifications; compiles and analyzes statistical data and prepares technical reports relating to public works and/or capital projects.
• Coordinates engineering activities and represents the City in meetings with other department staff, City personnel, and other internal and external agencies to ensure timely progress and completion of projects; may attend and make presentations to City committees and commissions.
• Coordinates the work and provides lead direction to other staff.
• Provides technical assistance to other departments and City personnel.
• Evaluates compliance with laws, ordinances, and acceptable engineering standards, and recommends corrections or improvements.
• Represents the City in meetings with other department staff, City personnel, and other internal and external agencies; may attend and make presentations to City committees and commissions.
• Monitors contracts with consultants and vendors.
• Maintains records in accordance with departmental policy.
• Participates in the development and implementation of various systems and procedures to meet division goals, objectives, and policies.
• Attends workshops and participates in professional groups and committees; stays abreast of new trends and innovations; answers questions and provides information to the public; investigates inquiries; recommends corrective actions to resolve issues.
• Ensures compliance with City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature.

• Participates in a variety of professional engineering work, including the preparation and review of special projects, and project specifications; may provide public countersupport.
• Participates in the preparation and review of preliminary and final engineering plans, cost estimates, and specifications for public works municipal projects; evaluates compliance with acceptable engineering standards, and recommends corrections or improvements.
• Participates in the preparation of requests for proposals relating to projects requiring contract engineering work; directs the preparation of project cost estimates for competitive bidding purposes.
• Reviews plans of consulting engineering firms performing work for the City and evaluates their performance; conducts pre-construction conferences; performs construction contract modifications and negotiates contract changes.
• Assists in the preparation of cost projections for the department budget and monitors expenditures; assists in preparing annual capital improvement budgets.
• Examines, prepares, and maintains designs, specifications, plans, estimates, and reports for various capital improvement projects.
• Performs investigations on public works, municipal, and capital projects; assists with contract negotiations, and makes recommendations for contract change orders.
• Assists inspectors with coordination of assigned projects.

• Participates in a variety of professional engineering work, including the preparation and review of private development plans, subdivisions, special projects, project specifications, and may provide public counter support.
• Serves as a liaison with engineers and consultants to assist in the design of land development projects.
• May participate in the preparation and review of preliminary and final engineering plans, subdivision plans, and cost estimates; evaluates compliance with laws, ordinances, and acceptable engineering standards, and recommends corrections or improvements.
• Participates in the preparation of legal descriptions and deeds for easements and rights-of-way.
• Provides assistance to the public regarding the City's land development policies and procedures.

• Participates in a variety of professional engineering work, including the review of private development plans, project specifications, and may provide public counter support; performs traffic control plan checks for public and private projects.
• Participates in the preparation and review of preliminary and final engineering plans, including traffic signal plans, signing and striping plans, traffic control plans, cost estimates, and specifications.
• Coordinates the design and construction of traffic signals, signing and striping, and CCTV camera and Communication projects.
• Compiles and analyzes statistical data, including traffic counts, accident history, speed surveys, channelization studies, and signal timing and coordination and makes recommendations.
• Reviews development plans, traffic impact analysis and makes recommendations for implementation of mitigation measures.
• Coordinates the work of consultants and traffic signal maintenance personnel.
• Develops traffic engineering programs, policies and procedures.
• Determines the need for certain types of traffic control devices.

• Participates in a variety of professional engineering work, including the review of private development plans, subdivisions, special projects, and may provide public counter support.
• Performs plan checks relating to Water Quality Management Plans (WQMP) procedures for subdivision development, transportation projects, and capital improvement projects.
• Participates in the preparation and review of preliminary and final plans; and reports for public works and municipal projects.
• Evaluates compliance with laws, ordinances, and acceptable WQMP standards; recommends corrections or improvements.
• Coordinates the work of consultants and reviews the work of Division field personnel in a variety of areas.
• Develops public works and municipal programs/procedures.

• Operations, services and activities of a public works engineering program including streets, signals, traffic control systems, traffic management, parks, City facilities, and City water/wastewater systems.
• Civil, traffic or environmental engineering principles (as assigned).
• Modern principles and practices of civil engineering design and construction including roadway design, traffic, grading, hydrology/hydraulics, soils, pavements, environmental compliance, water quality, and construction practices.
• Methods, and practices as applied in the planning, design, and construction of municipal public works projects.
• Methods employed in the preparation of land development projects.
• Pertinent laws and regulations governing the design and construction of streets, capital projects and other public works including CEQA, Subdivision Map Act and Public Contracts Code.
• Budgets, contracts, agreements, plans, specifications, procedures, and forms associated with public works projects.
• Principles and techniques of engineering, drafting and estimating.
• Alternative financing mechanisms for public works projects, including municipal finance principles and special assessment districts.
• Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction.
• Principles and practices of construction surveying click apply for full job details