Job Description

The City of San Antonio's mission is to deliver quality City services and commit to achieve San Antonio's vision of prosperity for our diverse, vibrant, and historic community.

Our approximately 12,000 employees are critical in the delivery of quality services to the residents of the City of San Antonio. The commitment our employees demonstrate to their jobs and to the advancement of the City's goals is the key to our success in mission accomplishment.

The City of San Antonio has identified four core values - Teamwork, Professionalism, Integrity, and Innovation - to efficiently and effectively inspire, motivate, lead, develop and empower employees in order to serve the public economically, ethically, equitably, and continuously improve and promote the high performance of government.

To ensure commitment to these values and to further integrate them with our organizational mission and vision, it is imperative that we seek these behaviors in the people we hire.

Under administrative direction, is responsible for overseeing engineering work directing the activities of a division which provides a broad range of management, contract administration, and architectural/engineering services in the development and implementation of Capital Improvement Projects. Exercises direct supervision over assigned staff.

Work Hours

City Tower - 100 W Houston, San Antonio, TX 78205

Work Location

100 W Houston Street (City Tower) San Antonio, Texas 78205

Essential Job Functions

• Develops administrative and operational plans in conjunction with the department director to accomplish completion of engineering project as efficiently as possible.
• Formulates overall capital projects implementation strategy.
• Prepares project status reports based on team reports and feedback.
• Compiles construction data and coordinates with City Public Service, San Antonio Water System, and public, private, and franchised utility companies to expedite the relocation of utilities.
• Establishes priorities and goals for engineering project teams and projects.
• Visits project job sites, reviews contractor job progress, and ensures compliance with engineering plans and standards.
• Provides engineering expertise to resolve construction related conflicts and disputes.
• Prepares budget input data for assigned engineering projects and proposals.
• Prepares council agenda items (i.e., proposal acceptance, services contracts, additional fees, construction contract award, field alterations, additional construction funds, railroad, and State Highway agreements).
• Initiates and revises project cost data reports and approves payments to consultants, contractors, etc.
• Prepares and submits bond fund sale and CDBG fund needs and status of funds.
• Initiates interest statement packages, monitors Architect/Engineer contract schedules and maintains Architect/Engineer master lists.
• Performs related duties and fulfills responsibilities as required and as directed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited college, university or engineering school approved by a State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers
• No substitution for education allowed.
• Six (6) years of increasingly responsible experience in engineering, to include two (2) years of experience in municipal public works projects.
• Valid Class "C" Texas Driver's License.
• Licensed to practice engineering in the State of Texas as a Professional Engineer.OR Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) from another state with the ability to obtain a P.E. license in the State of Texas within 6 months.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with City of San Antonio Public Works projects desired.
• Excellent communicator, experience speaking with all levels of management and high-profile stakeholders.
• Five (5) years+ experience supervising and managing multiple or large teams.
• Five (5) years+ experience working with complex municipal or governmental projects.
• Experience working with multiple utility and outside agencies.

Additional Information

For more information and to submit your application, visit the City of San Antonio's website at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/%7B0%7Dsanantoniotx/jobs/newprint/5221707