Senior Civil Engineer - County of Riverside
Riverside, CA 92501
About the Job
The County of Riverside Transportation Department has an opportunity for a Senior Civil Engineer assigned to the Capital Projects Development Division located in Riverside.
The Senior Civil Engineer will oversee a diverse portfolio of transportation projects, both big and small, with varying levels of complexity. These projects will be executed both within and outside the state highway system. The responsibilities of the Senior Civil Engineer include ensuring that projects are completed within the designated timeframes, monitoring expenses and budgets, ensuring quality assurance, assigning tasks, resolving conflicts, and a high level of collaboration with other divisions, departments and agencies. All while adhering to the design standards set by the State and County and environmental regulatory compliance.
Competitive candidates will be experienced in project management with knowledge of State and Federal standards in public work projects including the principles and practices of engineering as they apply to traffic highway safety, transportation planning, highway design, construction and maintenance and environmental monitoring programs. The incumbent must have the ability to successfully communicate and perform coordination with other divisions, County Departments, cities, Caltrans, utility companies, community groups and the public.
Registration as a Civil Engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers is required.
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The Transportation Department is responsible for planning, designing, funding, building, operating and maintaining all roads, bridges, and transportation facilities within the unincorporated County territory.
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EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• 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 the design and preparation of drawings, specifications, estimates, and contract documents in connection with the construction or maintenance of a variety of engineering projects including access roads and remediation projects.
• Oversee design, construction and surveying of levees, channels, or drainage structures; review, evaluate, recommend, and/or approve proposals involving public works projects.
• Personally work on the more difficult engineering designs, plans and profiles; write specifications for unique or special aspects of work being performed; perform engineering analysis of proposed road improvements, pedestrian facilities, drainage designs and structures..
• Review and implement local ordinances, applicable state and federal regulations, and administrative policies on transportation projects.
• 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, NPDES compliance and environmental permitting.
• Analyze and coordinate field changes on construction projects within the limits of the design and cost restrictions; administer assigned budgets, prepare budget requests and control expenditures.
• Direct and supervise the research, development and preparation of long-range plans; direct, coordinate and supervise a variety of engineering services; represent the department before other agencies and the public.
• Perform, or direct geologic, geotechnical and other engineering investigations by outside consultants.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
License: Possession of a valid certificate of registration as a Civil Engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
Experience: Four years of professional civil engineering experience, including two years in either 1) performing air or groundwater pollution remediation; 2) traffic engineering; 3) the planning, design and construction of highway, sanitary landfill or flood control projects; or 4) the review and approval of grading or structural plans for permit issuance.
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; 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, technicians and contract consultants; 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. The incumbent must have good written and oral communication skills ability to perform close coordination with county divisions, cities, Caltrans, utility companies, other agencies, community groups, and the public.
Other Requirements
License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver's License may be required.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Veterans' Preference:
The County has a Veterans Preference Policy . Upload a copy of your (or your spouse's) Member-4 Form DD-214 (or NGB-22) indicating dates of service, and a copy of your spouse's letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans' preference.
Reasonable Accommodation:
The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the recruiter for the position noted above. For additional information and/or to obtain the appropriate form for requesting a reasonable accommodation, please visit the Disability Access Office web page located at: http://dao.rc-hr.com/ .
License Verification:
Prior to the closing date, upload a copy of any license(s) and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services ( NACES ) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. ( AICE ).
*** Prior to the closing date, upload a copy of your license or email directly to atavaglione@rivco.org. ***
What's Next?
This recruitment is open to all applicants.
Applicants who are currently County of Riverside employees and/or current employees of the TLMA Transportation Department may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of the applications received.
Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.
Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. No late applications will be permitted.
For specific questions regarding this position, contact the Angela Tavaglione at atavaglione@rivco.org.
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BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Please read and follow any special application instructions on this posting. Click the 'Apply' link located on this page to submit your application. For instructions on the application process, examinations, Veteran's preference, pre-employment accommodation or other employment questions, please refer to our web site, www.rc-hr.com . A pre-employment physical examination and background check may be required.
MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION INSURANCE: A choice of different medical, dental and visions plan are available to elect. The County provides a Flexible Benefit Credit contribution as governed by the applicable SEIU Memorandum of Understanding to contribute towards the cost of these plans.
Note: Employees on assignment through the Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) receive different benefits. See the list here .
MISCELLANEOUS RETIREMENT: County of Riverside has three retirement Tiers through the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).
- Tier I (Classic Member - Formula 3% @ 60): Applicable to current and former County of Riverside local miscellaneous employees hired prior to 08/24/2012 and did not withdraw CalPERS contributions. The employee contribution is eight (8%) percent.
- Tier II (Classic Member - Formula 2% @ 60): Applicable to local miscellaneous employees 1) hired after 08/23/2012 through 12/31/2012; 2) Previously employed with another CalPERS contracting public agency or a reciprocal retirement system, with a break in service of less than six months between the separation date with the previous employer and the appointment date with the County of Riverside. The employee contribution is seven (7%) percent.
- Tier III (PEPRA New Member - Formula 2% @ 62): Applicable to CalPERS local miscellaneous new members hired on or after the implementation of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) which took effect January 1, 2013. As of July 1, 2020, the employee contribution is 7.25% and subject to change annually.
A new member is defined as any of the following:
CalPERS refers to all members that do not fit within the definition of a new member as "classic members".
Contribution rates are subject to change based on the County of Riverside annual actuarial valuation.
Note:
This summary is for general information purposes only. Additional questions regarding retirement formulas can be sent to retirement@rivco.org or by calling the Benefits Information Line at (951) 955-4981,
Option 2.
If you have prior service credit with another CalPERS agency or within agencies, please contact CalPERS at (888) 225-7377 to determine which retirement tier would be applicable to you. CalPERS is governed by the Public Employees' Retirement Law. The Retirement Law is complex and subject to change. If there's any conflict between this summary and the law, the law will prevail over this summary.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Voluntary employee contribution with a choice between two 457 deferred compensation plan options.
VACATION ACCRUAL (Bi-Weekly Accrual):
0< 3 year = 80 Hours (10 Days)
4< 9 years = 120 Hours (15 Days)
10 or more years = 160 Hours (20 Days)
Maximum Vacation leave accumulation is 480 hours.
SICK LEAVE: Four (4) hours Sick Leave accrual per pay period with unlimited accrual.
HOLIDAYS: Normally 12 paid holidays per year.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: Allowed 5 days (3 days are County paid; 2 additional days can be taken from accrued Sick Leave balance).
BASIC LIFE INSURANCE: Equal to one times annual base salary not to exceed $50,000 of term life coverage. Premiums are paid by the County. Additional Supplemental Life plan is available for employee purchase.
DISABILITY - LONG-TERM DISABILITY (LTD): Benefit pays 66.67% of earnings to a maximum of $10,000 per month; 30-day waiting period; pays to age 65. Benefit can be coordinated with other available leave balances to provide up to 100% of pay.
POST RETIREMENT MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION: A monthly contribution is made by the County towards retiree health insurance offered through the County as governed by the applicable SEIU Memorandum of Understanding.
OTHER: There may be other benefit provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding. Please contact the recruiter listed on the job posting directly for more information.
