General Description

The City of Albany Public Works Engineering Department is hiring for an Engineering Technician. This position is responsible for inspecting, managing, and documenting construction of public works and private development infrastructure for conformance with approved plans, construction standards, and engineering standards. Processes applications and permits; reviews plans; reads maps; conducts research and compiles information; conducts field inspections; and performs related duties as assigned.
The general working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Salary Information:
Effective July 1, 2024, this position will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (salary increase) of two percent (2.0%).
Benefits include:

• Excellent medical, vision and dental (Download PDF reader) benefit package for the employee and qualified family members with low monthly out-of-pocket cost (Download PDF reader). Currently, the employee-paid premium is approx. $48/mo. for employee-only coverage up to a max of $137/mo. for family coverage.
• City-paid contribution to a VEBA Trust account for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. Currently, the annual contribution is $1,000 for employee-only and $2,000 for employee plus dependent(s).
• Paid time off –

• 10 paid holidays plus an additional 24 hours of "floating holiday" pay per year
• 8 hours of sick leave per month
• 8 hours of vacation leave per month, with progressive increases

• Excellent retirement benefits -
  • City-paid participation in the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System (OPSRP and IAP)
  • City-paid contribution into pre-tax deferred compensation plan
• In addition, other benefits such as education reimbursement, employee assistance program, basic life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and flexible spending accounts for healthcare and child care expenses.

Essential Functions/Duties & Responsibilities

The duties listed are intended only as illustrative examples of the various types of work that may be performed by individuals in this classification. Any of the following duties may be performed. These examples are not necessarily performed by all incumbents and do not include all specific essential functions and responsibilities the incumbent may be expected to perform.

• Plans, coordinates, and oversees all types of projects involving the construction and maintenance of public infrastructure, including water mainlines and lateral services, sewer mainlines and lateral services, storm water facilities, roadways, sidewalks, and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) ramps, etc.
• Performs duties as an inspector for construction of improvement projects to assure satisfactory workmanship and adherence to engineering drawings and specifications.
• Serves as process and project manager for assigned infrastructure projects. Facilitates pre- construction meeting; tracks and ensures follow up and resolution of all outstanding issues; tracks completion of final punch list items; and ensures final inspections pertaining to building permits are complete; signs off and completes check list to ensure requirements are met prior to approval and determines to release or hold for compliance.
• Performs contract management functions for public construction developments including coordinating payments, overseeing change orders, monitoring scope, schedule, and cost.
• Assists the public by providing location and connection information related to City-owned streets and utilities; issues permit as required; and provides standard construction information.
• Coordinates and performs sidewalk inspections.
• Inspects job sites to verify construction is being performed while maintaining erosion and sediment control, and coordinating corrective actions to failing containment systems, as needed.
• Responds to inquiries from contractors, developers, property owners, staff, and the public regarding engineering processes and procedures, including interpretation of codes, standards, specifications, and other City ordinances.
• Provides administrative, logistical, and technical support to project and construction management staff by organizing and coordinating records, files, and databases; composing correspondence; gathering, recording, and evaluating data; assisting document preparation and standards or specifications.
• Effectively utilizes word processing, data base, spreadsheet, design, and computer-aided drafting software, as appropriate, to facilitate written communications, technical evaluations, project management, and engineering design.
• Represents the City of Albany by responding to the public, citizens, its employees, and others in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner while continuously maintaining a positive customer service demeanor. Regards everyone, internal and external, as a customer and deliver the best service possible in a respectful and patient manner.
• Works to create a high-performance work culture by demonstrating a positive attitude and modeling the City’s mission, vision, and values. Conducts self with high integrity, proactive in conserving City resources, and seeks and incorporates customer feedback for ongoing performance improvement. Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.
• Serves as a member of various City committees as assigned.
• Assists other staff in the performance of their duties as assigned; and may provide training and orientation to new assigned personnel.
• Maintains regular job attendance and adherence to working hours.
• Adheres to appropriate attire, grooming, and hygiene standards established for the position.
• Operates a motor vehicle safely and legally.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

• Inspects the work of contractors building City funded public improvements.
• Administers Public Works Capital Improvement projects.

• Inspects the work of private developers building public improvements.

• Inspection of all permitting in public right-of-way, including franchise utilities.

Supervision/Lead Work Exercised

This is a non-supervisory position. Lead work and coordination of work of others is not a typical function assigned to this position. Incumbents in this position may provide training and orientation to newly assigned personnel.
Works under the general guidance and direction of the Engineering Construction Supervisor.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education and Experience:
An associate degree in civil engineering, or a related field and five years of experience in the field of civil engineering; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Special Requirements:

• Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Oregon driver's license and a driving record that meets the City’s driving standards.
• Possession of or the ability to obtain an Oregon Limited Plumbing Inspector within two years of job placement.
• Possession of or ability to obtain Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead, within six months of job placement.
• The individual shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of themselves or others.

• Balancing: sufficient to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing: sufficient to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crawling: sufficient to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Crouching: sufficient to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: sufficient to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering: sufficient to pick, pinch, type, or otherwise work, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: sufficient to apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling: sufficient to bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting: sufficient to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling: sufficient to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing: sufficient to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Reaching: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping: sufficient to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Talking: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Visual Acuity: sufficient to observe violations of codes, to effectively operate standard office equipment; ability to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, drawings, etc.; and to operate motor vehicles by both day and night.
• Walking: sufficient to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.