What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Technician position at City of Fayetteville, NC?
Description
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The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for an Engineering Technician to assist engineers and department staff in the plan, design, and creation of projects; to perform technical and engineering related tasks including map production, computer-aided drafting and design; and to perform a variety of technical tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Layout, draft and design drawings, plats and maps manually and/or with computer aided design software from survey information and field notes for various engineering projects including existing improvements, rights-of-way, sidewalks, easements, cross sections, land transfers, annexations and flood plains.
- Perform a variety of office surveying duties including calculating complex survey data such as metes and bounds of land transfers, construction quantities, area, square feet, rights-of-way, easements, annexations and closures; review and verify calculations for accuracy.
- Answer questions and provide information to city staff, private contractors, developers and the general public; provide technical information including locations of tracts and streets, elevation of land, flood information and width and rights-of-way for streets.
- Prepare, maintain and update a variety of files, plats, charts, plans, drainage and other civil engineering data; compose, prepare and distribute a variety of engineering related correspondence and reports.
- Analyze existing or proposed pipe systems; design appropriate pipe networks.
- Prepare cost estimates from designed projects.
- Review incoming plan submittals for correctness, accuracy and consistency; verify feasibility and cost estimates.
- Operate a variety of engineering, computer and peripheral equipment including programmable calculators, plotters, reproduction equipment, computer aided design software, drafting tools and other related engineering equipment; maintain equipment as needed.
- Scan, organize, and verify engineering plans, data, and other documents for retention.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience:
One year of experience in technical engineering work.
Training:
Equivalent to an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil engineering technology or a related field.
LICENSING & CERTIFICATIONS:
Required:
None.
Preferred:
Engineer Intern certification; CAD certification.
From the time of closing the selection process is anticipated to last 4 - 6 weeks. The process will consist of a panel interview with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background check and driving history check.
An Equal Opportunity Employer