Civil Engineer Associate

City of El Paso•Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, this role involves supervising, directing, designing, and reviewing civil engineering plans and specifications. The position requires prioritizing engineering projects, setting deadlines, and planning, designing, reviewing, and directing the development of various civil engineering projects. This includes preparing computations, drafting plans, reviewing construction plans for compliance with standards and environmental laws, conducting water supply studies, making recommendations for plan changes, identifying materials, evaluating costs, preparing estimates, and coordinating projects with external entities like the Army Corps of Engineers and utility companies. The role also provides technical support to other City departments, prepares presentations, and represents the City in public hearings and meetings. Additionally, it involves reviewing and inspecting subdivision plans, specifications, proposals, and structures prepared by private consultants and contract workers, assigning and supervising the inspection of construction projects, preparing surveys and legal descriptions, inspecting workmanship and materials, conducting field inspections, and enforcing safety rules. The position also includes supervising assigned staff by scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, checking work, appraising performance, providing training, enforcing personnel rules, counseling, motivating, maintaining harmony, interviewing applicants, and recommending personnel actions.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering
Two (2) years civil engineering experience
MOS Code: 32E1A (Air Force); 47R (Army); 55 (Coast Guard); 0530 (Marine Corps); 510 SC (Navy)

Responsibilities

Direct, supervise, and design engineering plans and specifications prepared in-house, and review those prepared by private consultants and contract workers.
Prioritize engineering projects and set deadlines.
Plan, design, review and direct the development of civil engineering projects such as, bridge, street, roads and irrigation systems, drainage improvement, sewer and water construction, storm water management, telecommunication projects, park facilities, play courts, buildings, and other public works projects.
Prepare computations, draft and design plans and specifications.
Review construction plans to identify need for relocation of existing or proposed water, sewer and utility lines, design problems and compliance to standards, including compliance of projects with environmental protection laws.
Conduct studies of water supply requirements.
Make recommendations for changes to plans and specifications.
Identify required materials, evaluate costs and prepare estimates.
Coordinate projects with entities such as the Army Corps of Engineers and utility companies.
Provide technical support to other City departments.
Prepare presentations and represent the City in public hearings, City Planning Commission and other special group meetings.
Review and inspect subdivision plans, specifications, proposals and structures prepared by private consultants and contract workers.
Assign and supervise the inspection of construction projects under contract.
Prepare surveys, easement correspondence, and legal descriptions and calculate metes and bounds.
Inspect workmanship, materials and equipment used in construction of engineering projects.
Supervise and conduct field inspections of projects designed by City staff, or related to engineering issues such as drainage problems, compliance with construction standards, and right-of-way access.
Enforce safety rules and regulations.
Maintain records, and review and prepare technical reports.
Schedule, assign, instruct in, guide and check work.
Appraise employee performance.
Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards.
Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony.
Interview applicants.
Recommend hiring, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.