Engineering Associate - San Bernardino, United States - City of San Bernardino, CA

City of San Bernardino, CA

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San Bernardino, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Are you looking for an opportunity for professional growth and development?

Consider joining the City of San Bernardino's Public Works Department as an Engineering Associate**
About the Position:The Engineering Associate performs a variety of routine to moderately difficult professional-level engineering work in the review, design, construction, inspection, and administration of land development, or capital improvement design and construction projects.

About the City:

The City of San Bernardino is a community rich in history and cultural diversity. Influences of Native Americans, Mexican settlers, and Spanish missionaries can still be seen throughout the City today. From 1810 to the present, San Bernardino has been recognized for its scenic beauty and strategic location. Today, the City of San Bernardino serves as the county seat and is the largest city in the County of San Bernardino with a population of 222,203.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

_Essential Functions__:

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Provides engineering support for land development projects in progress; attends preconstruction meetings, tracks construction process and milestones, maintains detailed project records and documentation, and coordinates ongoing work with developers, consultants, private engineers and contractors.
Prepares and submits staff reports on project progress to the Planning Commission, City Council, department heads, and division managers.
Performs engineering plan reviews and plan checks to ensure developer and contractor compliance with federal, state, and City requirements and regulations; evaluates and analyzes a variety of engineering reports, estimates and technical documentation relating to land development.
Performs land documentation evaluations and reviews land survey work; reviews lot line adjustments, parcel mergers, certificates of compliance, records of survey, title reports, legal descriptions, dedications, vacations, reversions to acreage, easements, and monumentation.
Recommends approval of final land development plans and prepares conditions of approval; participates in the City's development and environmental review committee.
Provides customer service and information on City land development policies and projects to external and internal City customers; manages and updates the City's Permits Plus system for Public Works; designs and maintains document archiving systems and updates fee schedules and other forms.
Reviews, verifies, or corrects the development engineering work outputs of subordinate Engineering Assistant positions.
Participates in the engineering, planning, and design of multiple, diverse capital improvement projects for the City's infrastructure; conducts a wide range of studies and analyses involving civil, structural, hydraulic, and traffic engineering; designs street replacements, sewer rehabilitations and other projects; prepares cost estimates and operating procedures; drafts material specifications.
Utilizes and oversees the work of consulting engineering firms utilized for design of capital improvement projects; drafts design agreements, reviews and evaluates consultants' design drawings and specifications for compliance, and initiates and reviews change orders; consults with and advises construction inspectors regarding any problems with work in progress.
Prepares periodic capital project status reports; prepares correspondence on technical engineering issues; coordinates the City's capital projects with utility companies and outside agencies; oversees Public Works' Pavement Management Analysis program.
Reviews and implements the Sewer Master Plan and Comprehensive Storm Drain Plan in carrying out assigned responsibilities.
Performs other duties as assigned.

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Job Requirements

Knowledge
of - Theory, principles and practices of civil and hydraulic engineering design, land development and engineering construction.

Principles of physics and mathematics applicable to engineering.
Principles, methods and techniques of project management and surveying, mechanics, stress analysis and soil analysis.
Modern techniques and equipment used in design and approval of various public works and land development projects.
Strength, properties and uses of construction materials.
Legal guidelines for public works engineering.
Federal, state and local laws, regulations and court decisions.
Information technology and computer capabilities applicable to functional responsibilities.
Practices of sound business communication.
Equipment maintenance practices and methods.

Skill in - Reviewing and preparing routine to difficult engineering plans, drawings, specifications, and maps.