Engineer II

Job Title

Responsible for civil engineering work assignments on capital improvement projects, plan reviews, and permitting activities for the city.

Essential Job Functions

• Receives, reviews, communicates, prepares, submits, or transmits various records, drawings, design documentation, and reports, including engineering plans and specifications, technical reports, technical memoranda, conceptual and final plans, calculations, cost estimates, right of way or easement documents and permit applications.
• Assists department staff in the preparation or administration and reporting for the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Permit Program, National Flood Insurance Program, and Community Rating System (NFIP-CRS) Program and (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit.
• Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as City department directors and employees, county, and state regulatory officials, and the general public.
• May assist or represent the Capital Improvement Manager or Utilities Director at various meetings and advisory boards.
• Performs progressive tasks advanced beyond entry level including more independent evaluations, computations, plans and specifications, and drafting as well as communications and coordination, project management, project inspections and analysis, project close out services and records filing and maintenance.
• Performs related work as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school in civil/mechanical/environmental engineering or a closely related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Must have certification as a Florida Professional Engineer

Education and Experience

Five years of progressive work experience in engineering and land development activities, including water, wastewater, and storm water utility and roadway design and construction. Experience with computer aided design and drafting (AutoCAD) and/or Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and use of ESRI Software and project management is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of civil engineering with particular emphasis on water, wastewater, and storm water utility design; permitting, roadway, and sidewalk improvements; signing and marking; traffic control; and ADA compliance.
• Knowledge of personal computers, including word processing, spreadsheet preparation, hydraulic modeling, database management, and design drafting with use of AutoCAD/ArcGIS.
• Knowledge of federal, state, county, and local laws, ordinances, standards, and regulations pertinent to design, construction, and sustaining regulatory compliance pertaining to infrastructure improvements, water, wastewater, and storm water operation.
• Skill in using Office, department software, and AutoCAD/ArcGIS.
• Ability to perform detail-oriented work involving written and numerical data including calculations.
• Ability to design, read, and interpret engineering plans and specifications.
• Ability to analyze complex civil engineering plans and make the necessary changes to improve, resolve problems, and draw sound conclusions.
• Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City employees, consultants, contractors, vendors, other public agencies, and the general public.
• Ability to train others in the assigned area.
• Ability to deal with competing priorities and varied responsibilities.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively to develop win-win solution.
• Ability to evaluate the impact of alternative courses of action and evaluate circumstances of an innovative, new, or unprecedented nature.

Physical/Mental Demands

Tasks involve the ability to exert moderate physical effort requiring considerable mobility in moving from one location to another in the performance of essential tasks. Involves various other intermittent physical activities that include, but may not necessarily limited to, climbing, crawling, stooping, kneeling, and bending. Work may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling of objects and materials of light to moderate weight.

Working Conditions

Tasks are performed both in the office setting and outside environment with regular visits to the project or construction sites with potential for exposure to adverse conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, fumes and poor ventilation, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature and noise extremes, machinery and moving vehicles, vibrations, electric currents, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, gases or chemicals, oils and other cutting fluids, or pathogenic substances.

The City of Cooper City, Florida, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.