Senior Civil Engineer

Description

Under limited direction, the Engineer – Senior is responsible for performing complex engineering duties related to project management and plan design and review for the Transportation department. Duties include managing projects through the design, bidding and construction phases. Incumbents receive projects and determine how to work out the details. Projects differ from Engineers -Staff projects in that they contain a variety of disciplines and design criteria and are typically larger in size and scope making them complex in nature and may include supervision and giving direction to other staff members.

Posted range is the starting salary. Pay rate offered is based on experience.

Examples of Duties

• Responds to a broad range of requests for information, service, concerns, or complaints from citizens, businesses, government agencies, internal departments, and/or other interested parties regarding a variety of engineering-related issues. Gathers and analyzes data in order to respond to complaints from citizens. Makes recommendations for solutions based on research findings.
• Evaluate and provide recommendations on operational and safety issues, traffic control plans, resident complaints, signage and striping requests, traffic signal timing and design and other Transportation issues.
• Participates in/on a variety of meetings, committees, and/or task forces to provide expert level technical engineering advice and information to provide stipulations, informational comments, technical comments and recommendations, ensuring compliance with applicable City/State/Federal rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and/or other applicable design standards. Provides expertise by analyzing, reviewing, and critiquing development projects and plans.
• Reviews engineering plans in assigned area of responsibility. Responsible for conveying/incorporating review comments to/from internal departments.
• Performs in-house design, detail, and drafting of capital improvement projects as well as directing other staff on these projects.
• Participates in amending, interpreting, and implementing city ordinances and policies to improve and provide an adequate degree of safety in response to the changing market demands in design and construction.
• Provides expert-level technical assistance to applicable boards and/or commissions.
• Meets with consultants (engineers, surveyors, etc.) and/or contractors to explain code requirements and assist in providing solutions to complex public project, or development issues on projects.
• Exercises broad discretion in resolving engineering issues for assigned projects and projects assigned to associate or staff engineers.
• Has the authority to implement process changes that are approved by his/her supervisor(s) to improve departmental efficiencies.
• Supervises assigned Associate Engineers, Staff Engineers and Project Managers including evaluating performance, training employees, hiring new employees, and completing and approving timesheets.
• Design and manage large-scale projects, involving multiple disciplines and design criteria, which include: attending and managing project related meetings, reviewing complex projects/plans and making recommendations for alternative design; managing construction bidding/permitting processes; reviewing studies (flood, wastewater capacity, TIA's, etc.); facilitating the design, bidding/permitting, and construction phases of projects; executive tasks as senior engineer by coordinating and setting meetings; coordinating with engineers, surveyors, and contractors; meeting with internal staff and staff from other departments, and consultants regularly to discuss issues and provide advice related to property selection regulations and identify potential problems and solutions by advising the Principal Engineer on project-related issues, and code interpretations; administering construction contract/permits; responding to technical project inquires; managing project and department budgets/estimates of cost; ensuring conformance with project timelines and fiscal constraints; authorizing payments to contractors; administering construction contracts/permits; may perform site visits of existing projects to provide oversight and/or, performing other related activities. Preparing and maintaining project records, files, reports and estimates, and maintains status of budget for assigned projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Experience And Training

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Engineering or a closely related field.
• Five (5) or more years of Professional Engineer work experience required. Completion of a master's degree in an engineering related field, from an accredited college or university, may substitute for 2 years of work experience.
  
  

Certificates And Licenses Required

• Must be licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas OR be licensed as a Professional Engineer in any state and be able to obtain a license in the State of Texas within six (6) months of hire.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License or the ability to obtain one prior to employment .