PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER II

Professional Engineer II

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking a Professional Engineer II. This full-time position works within the Division of Habitat and Species Conservation Public Access Services Office. The role involves complex technical assignments in modeling, design, and permitting of hydrologic restoration, habitat improvement, and infrastructure projects for FWC's Wildlife Management Area System. The position also works with the Aquatic Habitat Conservation and Restoration Section to complete hydrologic restoration projects to improve aquatic habitats for wildlife across the state.

This position manages task assignments with engineering, surveying, and environmental consultants, which require expertise to ensure that deliverables received meet the project goals. This includes developing appropriate scopes of work, negotiating fees to stay within given budgets, tracking progress to meet funding deadlines and documenting all aspects of the project for monitoring purposes. The incumbent should be proficient in multiple software tools in order to review technical documentation provided by the consultants, including spreadsheets, geospacial shapefiles, AutoCAD Civil 3D and ICPR/Stormwise. This position assists with construction management for engineering projects. This requires experience dealing with construction contractors, managing tight schedules and budgets up to several million dollars, ensuring that permits are secured and permit requirements are met, and verifying that habitats are protected during construction to minimize negative impacts. This position provides support and technical advice to other FWC personnel when dealing with hydrology and other engineering related projects. This includes preparing and managing Memoranda of Understanding or Agreement for projects that include partnering with other agencies, municipalities, etc. and working closely with the FWC Contracts team to ensure statutory requirements are met. This position also provides support to the Aquatic Habitat Conservation and Restoration Section in their efforts to secure grant funding for future projects by helping develop scopes of work and cost estimates for any needed applications, helping the agency secure funds to be used for hydrology and habitat enhancement.

Minimum qualifications include four years of verifiable related experience in engineering. Post-secondary degrees from an accredited college or university with a major in Engineering may be used as an alternative for the required years of experience on a year-for-year basis. Active licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Florida and a valid Florida driver's license are also required.