Posting number: 26-76421-04
Department: Flood Control
Division: Flood Control
Job classification: ASSISTANT ENGINEER
Posting type: Open & Promotional
Categories: Engineering
The County of Riverside’s Flood Control District has an opportunity for an Assistant Engineer located in Riverside, California. This position performs professional engineering work supporting the planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance of stormwater management and flood control facilities throughout Riverside County.
The selected candidate will perform a variety of engineering assignments within the District’s Planning, Design, Construction, and Operations and Maintenance divisions. Duties may include conducting engineering studies and analyses; preparing reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates; reviewing engineering plans; performing inspections; and supporting public works projects. Projects may involve flood control facilities, including storm drains, channels, basins, dams, and levees, as well as stormwater recharge and treatment facilities.
Qualified candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, or bioresource and agricultural engineering, and a valid Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certificate.
Preferred qualifications include experience performing or reviewing hydrology studies and hydraulic and floodplain analyses; structural design; plan and drawing preparation; specification and bid document preparation; construction contract administration; and inspection of public works facilities. Knowledge and experience using engineering software such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, WSPG, MicroStation, InRoads, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, FLO-2D, or other hydraulic, hydrologic, and structural design software is highly desirable.
• Assist in the design of roads, hydraulics, reinforced concrete structures, sewer systems, or other public works projects by preparing plans, profiles and cross sections, making quantity estimates, horizontal and vertical alignment computations, and establishing grade controls.
• Supervise and perform drafting, computing, checking, and direction of field operations involved in the gathering and compilation of field data for the design layout and construction of highways, flood control channels, subdivisions, drainage structures, wells, sewer systems, parks, buildings, waste disposal, and other projects.
• Perform structural engineering analysis of proposed commercial, industrial and complex buildings and structures; review grading, building and structure plans for conformity to uniform building codes, local ordinances, state regulations, and administrative policies.
• Assist and advise permit applicants with engineering and related problems.
• Prepare and review maps; calculate and plot the results of field surveys.
• May inspect the construction of projects under contract.
• Perform field tests and take samples for laboratory tests of materials; prepare estimates for projects planned or under construction; prepare reports.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering or bioresource and agricultural engineering. (Possession of a valid certificate as an Engineer-in-Training issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers may substitute for the required education.)
Experience: One year of professional civil engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:
Knowledge of: The fundamentals of civil engineering, including mathematics and physics as applied to engineering of the above types of facilities. Knowledge areas should include one or more of the following: hydraulic analysis and design, hydrology (rainfall / runoff), topographic mapping and surveying, construction processes and methods, structural design/analysis of reinforced concrete.
Ability to: Perform the full scope of public works engineering under general supervision for any combination of design, report writing, planning, specification writing, plan review, quantity/cost estimates or inspection necessary for the completion of projects. Maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
Other Requirements:
License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required. This position involves travel to various locations throughout the county to conduct site visits.
Certificate: Possession of a valid certificate as an Engineer-in-Training issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers may substitute for the required education.
Physical/Environmental Conditions/Requirements:
The Assistant Engineer will:
Essential job duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations. For more information, see “Reasonable Accommodations” under APPLICATION INFORMATION.
We are seeking passionate people who are committed to solving critical issues while realizing their purpose!
Riverside County is the fourth largest county in the State of California, stretching nearly 200 miles across and comprising over 7,200 square miles of fertile river valleys, low deserts, mountains, foothills and rolling plains. Riverside County shares borders with densely populated Los Angeles, Imperial, Orange, San Diego, and San Bernardino Counties...extending from within 14 miles of the Pacific Ocean to the Colorado River.
