Engineer III

Position Description

This job description outlines the general nature and level of work performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

Location: Rapid City, SD

Job Summary: Under limited supervision, this position will evaluate and review moderately complex development projects and proposals, ensuring alignment with engineering standards, infrastructure planning, and municipal codes. This role will provide mentorship and technical guidance to other engineers and support staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Acts as the review engineer for moderately complex development projects, including evaluating engineering documents across a wide range of disciplines such as drainage design, street design, water distribution systems, sanitary sewer systems, and traffic engineering, with guidance from senior staff as needed.

· Provides timely reviews and responses on development applications and inquiries in a fast-paced environment.

· Provides written evaluations assessing whether engineering documents such as design reports and construction plans meet City standards, codes, ordinances, and engineering practices, seeking input from senior staff on complex issues.

· Documents and defends engineering comments with developers and their consulting engineers to ensure compliance and resolve technical concerns, escalating complex issues to senior staff when appropriate.

· Meets with developers, consultants, and citizens to address development-related inquiries, offer technical input, and support informed decision-making.

· Demonstrates working knowledge of interdepartmental needs as they relate to private development, supporting coordination and alignment across City divisions.

· Applies basic knowledge of land surveying concepts related to platting and legal descriptions.

· Supports the drafting and review of development-related agreements between the City and developers, including those pertaining to subdivision improvements.

· Mentors team members, provides technical guidance, and supports their professional development.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in engineering required. Civil engineering degree preferred.

· Four years of relevant civil engineering experience required.

· Professional Engineer (PE) License required. Must obtain South Dakota PE within 6 months from date of hire.

· Must possess a valid South Dakota driver’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days from date of hire.

Work Environment:

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; construction equipment; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

· Most work is performed indoors in an office where interruptions may occur. Some work is performed outdoors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

Engineering Services