City of San Rafael
Job Class Specification
SUMMARY:
Under direct and general supervision, positions in this flexibly staffed series perform field and office professional civil engineering work in the planning, design, technical investigation, inspection and construction of projects in several areas of public works and civil engineering.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
This is a flex class job series. Placement of individual incumbents within the series depends on the needs of the City and will be based on a combination of factors including education, years and type of experience, and designation or work in progress and the Professional Registration as a licensed civil engineer in California or Engineer in Training (EIT) certification. Years with the City in itself will not be the deciding criteria for placement in the series.
The Associate Civil Engineer is the journey level classification in the engineering job class series. This job class requires registration as a licensed civil engineer and 4 years of responsible post degree engineering experience (a master’s degree shall count for 1 year of post degree engineering experience). Under direction, an Associate Civil Engineer performs difficult and complex engineering work and may serve as a supervisor to a small group of engineers and/or paraprofessional engineering staff. The position calls for a high degree of initiative, technical proficiency, and judgement. The Associate Civil Engineer is distinguished from the lower class of Assistant Civil Engineer by the level of responsibility, difficulty and variety of engineering work performed. An Associate Civil Engineer is normally responsible for all phases of multiple projects or programs whereas an Assistant Civil Engineer is responsible for one or more individual projects within a program.
The Assistant Engineer is the initial classification in the engineering job class series requiring EIT and two years of Junior Engineer level experience (a master’s degree shall count for 1 year of post degree engineering experience). Under general supervision, this position performs engineering work in the design, plan review, investigation, inspection and construction of public works or private development projects, and performs related duties as assigned. The Assistant Engineer may oversee the work of contractors for assigned projects and may act as the lead engineer in administrative or technical support performing tasks on the same assigned projects.
The Junior Engineer is the entry level engineer classification. The position requires a BS degree in Civil Engineering and does not require any formal work experience or engineering certification.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include but are not limited to the following:
For Junior Engineer, duties are performed at the entry engineer level; for Assistant Engineer, duties are performed at the mid-level engineer requiring more independence and judgment utilizing knowledge and work experience; for Associate Civil Engineer, professional and licensed engineer duties are performed at the full journey level:
- Develops Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) and participate with other department staff in the selection of consulting engineers.
- Prepares and/or assists in the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates pertaining to construction projects.