Engineer C

City of Austin

1d•Onsite

About The Position

JOIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TEAM At the City of Austin, we are more than just an employer—we are a vibrant community dedicated to shaping one of the nation's most dynamic and innovative cities. As we strive to fulfill our commitment as public servants, it is important that we ground our efforts in a set of guiding principles – Empathy, Ethics, Excellence, Engagement, and Equity – anchors in delivering services that significantly impact the lives of Austinites. Joining the City of Austin means embarking on a purposeful career, contributing to the community, and being part of a forward-thinking organization that values every employee. What Makes the City of Austin Special? Make a Difference: Join a team driving meaningful change in one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. Value and Innovation : Work in an environment where employees are valued and innovation thrives. Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive compensation package that includes generous leave, work-life balance programs, and extensive benefits. Retirement Security: Plan for the future with the City of Austin Employees' Retirement System. Sustainable Transportation Options: Commute easily with access to public transit and bike-friendly infrastructure. Focus on Wellness: Stay healthy through wellness programs, on-site fitness centers, and mental health support. Career Growth: Advance your skills and expertise with professional development and leadership opportunities. Modern Workspaces: Work in innovative and sustainable environments that foster collaboration and inspiration. By joining us, you become part of a community that values its people and is committed to making Austin the most thriving and resilient city in the country. About Us! Austin Transportation and Public Works (ATPW) is a highly reliable organization that builds and maintains infrastructure for our community. Our vision is for Austin to be the model for safe, reliable, and sustainable transportation. We value safety, unity, reliability, accountability, integrity, community, and employee fulfillment. Job Description: Purpose: Under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment, this position performs highly complex engineering functions that include designing, planning, and overseeing work in support of construction, maintenance, and alteration of structures, facilities, processes, equipment, and systems. Notes to Candidate: The Transportation Development Services Division provides comprehensive review services to developers, applicants, and their consultants regarding all transportation aspects associated with proposed developments or redevelopments. Under minimal supervision, this position is responsible for performing highly complex engineering functions, including all aspects of transportation planning and engineering associated with zoning, subdivision, site plan, planned unit development (PUD), and any other development or re-developments. This position will lead a team of engineers and planners in transportation development projects in the City of Austin for reviewing proposed developments’ compliance with the city code, ordinances, criteria manuals, established engineering design manuals, and guidelines. In addition to reviewing the code/manual compliance, this position will also review multi-modal transportation impact analysis, active mode analysis, transportation demand management analysis, transit connectivity analysis, access management, and safety analysis associated with many development projects. This position is also responsible for creating and reviewing policies, plans, and other documents to implement council-approved codes and ordinances that will impact transportation development within the City of Austin. In addition, this position will take a lead role in the implementation of the street impact fee. This position will also have significant interactions with the public, internal and external stakeholders, including elected officials.

Requirements

Graduation with a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering or in a field related to the job, plus eight (8) years of engineering experience acquired before and/or after licensing as a professional engineer.
Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Texas; or if currently licensed in another state, must have the ability to obtain a Texas P.E. license within six (6) months of employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in working/reviewing development applications
Experience in working/reviewing multimodal transportation impact studies
Experience in working/reviewing transportation demand management
Experience using ITE Trip Generation Manual, Synchro, HCM, AutoTurn, AutoCAD, Excel
Experience with COA’s land development code (LDC), Transportation Criteria Manual (TCM), Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP)
Experience with traffic signal timing, LOS evaluation, TMUTCD, AASHTO or other industry-standard recommended transportation engineering practices and resources

Responsibilities

Approves, processes, and seals plans, specifications, or construction documents by applying engineering standardization of practices and principles of highly technical and complex calculations for applied discipline within Local and State regulatory requirements.
Manages engineering projects that are technically complex, highly visible, priority projects or programs. These projects require a high level of technical proficiency as well as coordinative and administrative responsibility.
Identifies, evaluates, and provides improvement recommendations with preliminary and final designs and design criteria for assigned program or projects that may be complex and non-routine.
Assists in the preparation of preliminary and long-range plans, schedules, estimates, budgets, detailed final plans, specifications, special conditions, and agreements.
Provides technical oversight of project progress from design through completion.
Develops cost estimates, tracks expenditures, and prepares cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports and studies for projects.
Prepares and assists with preliminary contract documents, specifications, and plans.
Prepares final plans, specifications, special conditions, and agreements and coordinates and oversees work of contractors, affected public agencies, and utilities.
Writes complex technical specifications for construction contracts.
Reviews plans and approves permits by applying complex engineering standardization of practices and principles for applied discipline within Local and State regulatory requirements.
Inspects and monitors projects for legal compliance by reviewing work completed by contractors and ensuring compliance to specifications by completing complex calculations that are used to further provide analysis of preliminary results of a project.
Develops cost estimates or tracks expenditures by reviewing and writing contract change orders in the area of technical expertise and negotiates and recommends financial arrangements for changes to contract.
Leads, as necessary, activities of a design team in the preparation of preliminary and long-range plans, schedules, estimates, budgets, detail final construction plans, specifications, and agreements.
Conducts field inspections of work done by contractors to ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
Drafts and recommends approval of contract change orders.
Researches and performs statistical analysis for validation of reports and publication of results in various communication formats.
Develops standard operating procedures, policies, and ordinances for various contracts or projects.
May provide analysis and recommendation of performance of various personnel assigned by contract or projects.
Is responsible for designing and maintain database systems for project or program areas.
Prepares and delivers presentations to public, City Council, or customers.