Assistant Engineer - Development Services

City of Anaheim - Assistant Engineer (Public Works Department, Development Services Section)

The City of Anaheim seeks an energetic and knowledgeable Assistant Engineer candidate to fill a vacancy in our Public Works Department, Development Services Section. The Development Services Section performs professional and technical level engineering work including plan review, development review for private developments and developments by other public agencies or public utilities. Development Services is involved with a wide variety of projects such as the Honda Center/OcVibe, and Disneyland Forward.

The incumbent will perform para-professional and technical engineering work including plan review, development review, and design review; provide customer service with internal and external clients; and provide technical staff assistance to higher level engineering staff.

This is the entry level class within the Civil Engineering series. This class is distinguished from the Associate Engineer by the performance of the more routine tasks and duties assigned to positions within the series. Since this class is typically used as a training class, employees may have only limited or some directly related work experience or have completed three years of coursework in a board approved engineering curriculum.

Following functions are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed functions and/or may be required to perform additional or different functions from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices. To view the full class spec, please .

• Participate in a variety of professional and sub-professional engineering work, including the review of private development plans, subdivisions, special projects, project specifications and provide public counter support, update and revise permits and permit fees.
• Review preliminary and final grading and engineering plans, studies, subdivision plans, and cost estimates; evaluate compliance with laws, ordinances, and acceptable engineering standards, and recommend corrections or improvements; participate in the review of legal descriptions and deeds for easements and rights-of-way.
• Calculate special sewer and drainage assessment reimbursement district fees; maintain mapping file. Collect and analyze engineering design data.
• Assist in planning, prioritizing, and reviewing the work of project staff and/or outside consultants.
• Analyze field data pertaining to grades, alignments and topographical features; perform hydrology, hydraulic and other calculations; review and coordinate the work involved in hillside development.
• Coordinate public works activities with other City departments, divisions, sections and outside agencies.
• Check final subdivision maps to determine the accuracy of professional engineering design computations and existence of adequate street, sewer and storm drainage plans.
• Review work of private engineers for compliance with City standards and practices; review work of outside plan check staff, determine engineering requirements for new developments.
• Provide technical assistance to higher level engineering staff.
• Coordinate and oversee projects with other agencies and departments; prepare reports for the City Council.
• Review and update engineering standard drawings, specifications and design criteria.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities are as follows:

Experience: Some professional level experience in civil engineering. Competitive candidates will possess three (3) or more years of experience in a civil engineering field such as land development, structural, geotechnical, hydrology/hydraulic, transportation/traffic, environmental, or other related field.

Training /

Education:

Three years of coursework in a board-approved engineering curriculum (any curriculum approved by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET)).

Knowledge of: Basic principles and practices of civil engineering and design; practices and terminology in surveying and construction standards; basic principles and practices of hydraulic engineering and hydrology; pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes and regulations; principles of mathematics as applied to engineering calculations; microcomputer software including spreadsheet and data base applications. In addition to when assigned to Traffic: basic principles and practices of civil engineering as applied to traffic and transportation engineering;

statistical survey methods used in research and analysis of traffic engineering studies; basic computer applications in traffic and transportation engineering; construction materials and procedures.

Ability to: Perform technical research; read and interpret technical…