Principal Engineering Technician

Overview

The County of El Dorado is committed to promoting the power of public service by fostering a diverse and collaborative workplace where employees are empowered, respected, and valued. The dedicated efforts taken by the Board of Supervisors continue to promote El Dorado County as a competitive employer that is committed to recruiting and retaining qualified employees by advocating for competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

The County of El Dorado is also supportive of providing telework opportunities for employees consistent with business needs and in accordance with Board of Supervisors Policy E-12 - Telecommuting.

Description

The County of El Dorado, Department of Transportation, is responsible for funding, designing, building, operating, and maintaining the County Road System. El Dorado County's Road System currently consists of approximately 1083 centerline miles of paved roadway, 76 bridges, a multitude of storm drainage systems, and related transportation facilities.

Engineering Division

The Engineering Division provides planning, design, and construction management services within the unincorporated area of El Dorado County. Responsibilities of the Division include: delivering capital projects from initial planning phases through design and construction and post-construction environmental monitoring.

The Opportunity

Under direction, has day-to-day supervision of an assigned technical engineering support unit and performs a variety of the most complex engineering technical work in the field and in the office.

• Supervise and direct technical engineering support staff and activities, either directly or through subordinate lead staff.
• Plan, organize, train, review and evaluate the work of assigned staff; set priorities and follow up as required.
• Coordinate and oversee construction inspection, materials testing, contract administration, quality control, and record keeping for Capital Improvement Projects, Assessment/Mello Roos District, Road Improvement Agreements, and Class I and Rural subdivisions.
• Approve subcontractor and materials/equipment submittals.
• Review contractor compliance with safety requirements.
• Has responsibility for accurate record keeping on Federal Aid projects.
• Prepare periodic status reports regarding the assigned area of responsibility.
• Review and approve the issue of a variety of permits.
• Investigate complaints and permit enforcement problems.
• Receive and process all communications relating to accidents, safety, signing, striping, and other traffic issues.
• Analyze annual accident data and select locations for road improvements.
• Reviews and processes permits for road closures.
• Oversee the maintenance and updating of the traffic database.
• Perform a wide variety of professional engineering studies and assignments.
• Review plan, specifications and engineering estimates for construction related issues.

For a full description of duties and responsibilities please review the job description here.

Human Resources will assess your application to determine if you are minimally qualified using the following minimum qualifications:

Where college degrees and/or college course credits are required, degrees and college units must be obtained from an accredited college or university. Courses from non-accredited institutions will not be evaluated for this requirement.

Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in an engineering discipline OR Possession of a valid California certificate as an Engineer-in-Training AND Three years of engineering or technical work at a level equivalent to the County's level of Senior Engineering Technician or Senior CADD Technician.

Additional work experience at a level equivalent to the County's Senior Engineering Technician or Senior CADD Technician may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.

Other Requirements:
Possession of a valid driver's license. Some positions may require regularly lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to sixty (60) pounds.  to view the minimum qualifications for Principal Engineering Technician as well as the physical, environmental, and working conditions.

Apply online by clicking the Apply link at the top of this announcement. When your online application and responses to the required supplemental questions are complete, click Accept. If you have any questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Jenny Thomas in Human Resources mas.

The Human Resources Department will screen all applications to identify qualified candidates. After screening, qualified candidates will be referred biweekly to the next step and notified of all further procedures applicable to their status in the recruitment process.

Training And Experience Evaluation may be utilized to determine an applicant's ability to continue in the recruitment process ranking for referral to specific vacancies.…