Senior Civil Engineer - CIP Inspections

County of Riverside•Riverside, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The County of Riverside's TLMA Transportation Department is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to support the Construction Inspection Division located in Riverside, CA. This role will be assigned to the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Inspections team. The Senior Civil Engineer will plan, organize, and direct the work of an engineering team; coordinate the work of the unit with that of other units, sections or agencies; supervise, review and perform highly complex engineering work; and perform other related duties as required. The Senior Civil Engineer will have full responsibility for a specific unit or team engaged in engineering activities. These duties require not only a high degree of technical engineering proficiency, but also the ability to plan, organize, and supervise the work of others. The incumbent may also be responsible for managing roadway improvement projects, including ensuring compliance with State and County design standards, meeting project deadlines and schedule commitments, monitoring expenditures and budgets, overseeing quality assurance, managing assignments, resolving disputes, and coordinating with other functional units and agencies. The Department desires candidates who possess, or are interested in obtaining, Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD) and Qualified SWPPP Practitioner (QSP) certifications. Highly competitive candidates will also possess experience managing or overseeing CIP inspections, experience serving as a Project Manager, Public Works experience, and experience working with Caltrans construction principles. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of the principles and practices of engineering, particularly as they apply to traffic and highway safety, transportation planning, highway design, flood control, construction, and maintenance; the characteristics and behavior of various construction materials; environmental monitoring programs; State and federal standards related to public works design and construction; engineering economics; and the principles and techniques of engineering administration, personnel management, and budgeting. The Transportation Department is responsible for planning, designing, funding, building, operating and maintaining all roads, bridges, and transportation facilities within the unincorporated County territory.

Requirements

Four years of professional civil engineering experience, including two years in either 1) traffic engineering; 2) the planning, design and construction of highway or flood control projects; or 3) the review and approval of grading or structural plans for permit issuance.
Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required.
This position involves travel to various locations throughout the county to conduct site visits.
Possession of a valid certificate of registration as a Civil Engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
Knowledge of: The principals and practices of engineering especially as they apply to traffic, transportation planning, sanitary landfill, highway, flood control, or water conservation construction and maintenance; engineering mathematics; the characteristics and behavior of various construction materials; environmental monitoring and installation of gas extraction systems at sanitary landfills; state and federal standards concerning public works design and construction; engineering economics; the principles and techniques of engineering administration, personnel management and budgeting.
Ability to: Plan, organize and direct the work of an engineering unit; lay out and supervise the work of professional engineers; perform or review difficult engineering calculations; prepare or direct the preparation of complex plans and specifications, and comprehensive technical reports; perform difficult technical research to analyze situations accurately, and adopt effective courses of action; review, evaluate, recommend, and/or approve proposals and plans of public works projects; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
Walk over uneven outdoor terrain and work in a variety of environmental conditions.
Be exposed to a variety of weather elements (e.g., high temperatures, rain) and local wildlife while performing field duties.
Carry and operate field equipment, such as survey instruments, and transport material samples from job sites to the materials laboratory.
Essential job duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

Nice To Haves

Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD) and Qualified SWPPP Practitioner (QSP) certifications
Experience managing or overseeing CIP inspections
Experience serving as a Project Manager
Public Works experience
Experience working with Caltrans construction principles

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, direct, and review the work of a unit engaged in a major phase of public works engineering; determine priorities for assigned projects.
Supervise engineers and technicians or directly undertake construction quantity estimates, and contract documents in connection with the construction or maintenance of a variety of engineering projects including access roads, remediation projects, and closures.
Oversee construction and surveying of various Capital Improvement Projects; review, evaluate, recommend, and/or approve proposals involving public works projects.
Personally work on the more difficult engineering tasks; write specifications for unique or special aspects of work being performed.
Review grading, building and structure plans for conformity to uniform building codes, local ordinances, applicable state and federal regulations, and administrative policies.
Direct the inspection of contract or other construction work and enforce conformity to plans and specifications and to construction standards.
Prepare and administer major construction projects, traffic control plans at the construction projects and enforce safety compliance; oversee regulatory compliance programs such as groundwater and landfill gas monitoring, NPDES compliance, leachate and condensate management, and gas to energy projects.
Direct field changes on construction projects within the limits of the design and cost restrictions; administer assigned budgets, prepare budget requests and control expenditures.
Oversee and manage engineering tasks performed by outside consultants.