CDBG-Disaster Recovery Civil Engineer

IMPORTANT: This is a non-civil service limited-term position.

Appointment may be made at any rate within the salary range from $9,794 to $12,169 per month at which appropriate qualified applicants can be recruited.
Please attach your resume to your application.

The position will focus on programmatic management and interagency coordination for the County’s CDBG-DR‑funded Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program and Mitigation Program. The role supports the planning, implementation, and oversight of infrastructure recovery and resilience initiatives funded through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) program. Responsibilities include coordinating across internal County departments and external partners including HUD, FEMA, state agencies, utilities, and other eligible entities, to ensure infrastructure projects are aligned with the HUD‑approved Action Plan and Action Plan Amendments, applicable federal requirements, and local recovery priorities.

Provides administrative and technical direction over a variety of complex engineering programs and/or projects of a major engineering division; supervises the preparation and/or review of plans, designs, specifications, estimates and reports of engineering projects; and performs other related duties as required.

This class is distinguished by its responsibility for a wide variety of complex engineering programs or projects and represents supervisory and administrative responsibility in planning, directing, advising on and coordinating extensive engineering activities. An engineer at this level works under very general administrative direction, and assignments are typically received in terms of broad, general objectives; and the incumbent is responsible for determining work methods, procedures, priorities and the assignment of personnel through intermediate supervisors to accomplish the work effectively.

Review by superiors is based on conformity with policy rather than technical adequacy.

• Plans, organizes, coordinates and directs several engineering programs.
• Formulates operating policies and procedures and establishes work priorities.
• Implements agency policies, procedures, rules, regulations, laws and ordinances applicable to the programs.
• Supervises the preparation and/or review of plans, designs, specifications, estimates and reports of engineering projects such as the construction, repair and major maintenance of roads, highways, sewer systems, bridges, retaining walls, culverts, sidewalks, etc.
• Supervises the inspection of engineering projects.
• Determines working stresses and computational procedures.
• Makes field inspections and review work of inspectors.
• Approves changes during constructions.
• Coordinates activities and programs with other governmental and private agency projects.
• Initiates and/or reviews the conduct of engineering investigation or research studies.
• Recommend organizational and operational changes.
• Assists in the development of broad work programs and policies and in preparing and justifying budgets.
• Prepare contracts, technical and administrative reports and correspondence.
• Performs other related duties as required.

A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and two (2) years of civil engineering work experience as a registered professional engineer which shall have included responsibility for supervising civil engineering projects.

Registration as a professional engineer in the State of Hawaii.

civil engineering principles and practices; modern methods and practices used in the preparation of plans, specifications, estimates and reports; the sources of engineering information; surveying and construction practices; public works programs and financing; land conveyancing and the preparation of contracts; principles and practices of administration.

plan, organize, and direct the work of a large number of engineering and technical employees; develop major engineering work programs; prepare and justify budget requests; prepare administrative as well as engineering reports and correspondence.

Persons seeking appointment to positions in this class must meet the health and physical condition standards deemed necessary and proper to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.

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