Engineering Technician

Alachua County•Fl, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This is experienced technical work in the areas of floodplain management, roadway engineering, design and construction. An employee assigned to this classification performs complex technical assignments in field surveying and construction layout, including developing and checking engineering computations. Work may involve supervising and assisting in compiling, analyzing and summarizing in report form of basic traffic, roadway, crash and/or maintenance inventory data. Work is performed under the direction of a higher-level supervisor and is reviewed through conferences, reports, and observation of results obtained. This is an emergency essential classification. Upon declaration of a disaster and/or emergency, all employees in this classification are required to work. Exudes a positive customer service focus. Advocates building organizational culture through aligning decisions with the County's core values.

Requirements

Graduation from high school or equivalent
Two years of any/or a combination of civil engineering, development review, geographic information system, environmental engineering and management, road design, computer operations, drafting, survey, and/or road construction inspection experience; or any equivalent combination of related training and experience.
Successful completion of all applicable background checks pre-hire and ongoing are required.
Knowledge of Floodplain management, or roadway and drainage construction.
Skill in learning and using computers.
Ability to calculate areas, volumes, and vertical curves.
Ability to use trigonometry tables and solve triangles.
Ability to apply complicated mathematical formulas to work problems.
Ability to apply methods and practices of survey.
Ability to understand standard specifications as they apply to work being done.

Nice To Haves

Candidates with either a bachelor's degree or an associate degree in an appropriate field will be considered without prior experience
Applicants within six months of meeting the minimum education/experience requirement may be considered for trainee status.

Responsibilities

Tests and assists in recording and processing research engineering data, preparing and fabricating test specimens, components, and test apparatus.
Serves as crew member on location surveys and performs some instrument work and complex computations.
Makes earthwork computations and computes grades and curves.
Maintains roadway inventory and assigns new segment numbers.
Maintains traffic count data for preparation of annual report.
Gathers basic traffic and roadway sufficiency data; verifies report data prior to submission.
Maintains traffic crash reporting system for preparation of annual report.
Serves as technician in roadway construction plans preparation.
Maintains right-of-way and tax maps, plat books, and as-built drawing files.
Performs design drawing reproductions.
Performs the duties listed, as well as those assigned, with professionalism and a sense of urgency.