Job Description
Posting number: 001795
Department: Street
Job classification: Engineering Technician-Engineer-Engineering Manager
Posting type: Open
Categories: Engineering
Summary
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
This is the first of three levels in the Engineering series. Incumbents perform engineering tasks as assigned. Responsibilities include reviewing, and approving engineering plans, studies, site plans and projects for both City and State funded and private developments; reviewing residential and commercial development plans for compliance with City specifications; and preparing easement descriptions and related documents.
GENERAL STATAEMENT OF JOB
This is the second of three levels in the Engineering series. Incumbents perform a variety of professional engineering projects and tasks. Responsibilities may include reviewing and approving technical reports and contractor development plans deliverables; monitoring and evaluating the progress of construction and consultant design projects; providing engineering support to the development of new public programs and systems; and review the work of lower level engineering, engineering support, inspection, traffic control, and construction staff
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
This is the third of three levels in the Engineering series. Incumbents develop, review, and approve engineering plans, studies, site plans, and projects for both City and State-funded and private developments, and supervise lower-level engineering, engineering support, inspection, traffic control, and construction. Responsibilities may include designing, reviewing and approving engineering and/or construction plans; determining and approving plan changes; resolving system design issues; researching and approving contractor plans and payments; researching and correcting system map information; monitoring departmental and capital project budgets; providing work direction and training to subordinates; and performing the duties of the lower levels.
***PLEASE NOTE: THE CANDIDATE WILL BE HIRED AT THE HIGHEST SKILL LEVEL MET BASED ON EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND LICENSING AND SALARY WILL BE COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION. THIS POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH NOVEMBER 5, 2026, OR UNTIL FILLED***
Examples of duties
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions
- Reviews, analyzes, and interprets data which may include determining what data needs to be collected, reviewing data and design calculations, analyzing, and interpreting data in current plans, and recognizing and correcting data errors.
- Inspects residential and commercial development plans to determine compliance with design specifications; initiates change orders, as necessary.
- Provides engineering support on new programs and infrastructure systems, monitors, and analyzes data, and performs related duties.
- Prepares and reviews various operational records and reports including technical reports, easement descriptions, and related documents.
- Monitors contractor and/or consultant progress on design projects.
- Performs other work as required.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions
- Reviews, modifies, and designs programs and systems, which includes reviewing and approving contractor and consultant deliverables.
- Provides engineering support on new programs and infrastructure systems, monitors, and analyzes data, and performs related duties.
- Inspects plans to determine compliance with design specifications; as necessary.
- Prepares and reviews various operational records and reports including technical reports, easement descriptions, design calculations, drawings, specifications, proposals, construction submittals, and related documents.
- Supervises professional staff to include: prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.May monitor a budget, which includes preparing cost estimates for budget recommendations, submitting justifications for budget items, and approving and reviewing invoices.
- Performs other work as required.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions
- Supervises professional staff to include prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff are trained; ensuring that employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
- Plans and manages engineering operations including approving and monitoring contracts, managing budgets, coordinating operational activities, designing, reviewing, and approving plans for the construction and maintenance of roads, drainage systems, and other similar structures, and/or performing other related activities for several projects at one time.
- Designs, develops, reviews, and approves plans and specifications for several areas including floodplain management and reviewing and signing plats; researches and corrects system map information; determines and approves plan changes; resolves system design issues.
- Research, reviews, and approves contractor and consultant payments; resolves payment issues; verifies contract limits; and tracks payment history.
- Maintains relations with the public and development communities to include responding to and resolving public complaints, coordinating with the Planning Commission, TDOT, and TDEC for long-term plans, and acting as an expert witness in legal proceedings related to street and stormwater cases.
- Prepares, reviews, and approves a variety of operational records and reports, which include technical reports, easement descriptions, budget records, and related documents.
- Performs other work as required.
Qualifications
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program.
- No experience required.
License and Certifications
- Engineer-In-Training Certification.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program.
- Three years (3) of professional engineering experience.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.
License and Certifications
- Tennessee Professional Engineering License.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program.
- Seven (7) years of civil engineering experience.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.
License and Certifications
- Tennessee Professional Engineer License.
Supplemental information
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Civil engineering principles and practices.
- Mathematical and statistical principles.
- Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances.
- Data and recordkeeping principles.
- Budgeting principles.
- Customer service principles.
- Computers and related software applications.
- MUTCD and AASHTO regulations
Skill in:
- Applying civil engineering principles and practices.
- Reading and comprehending drawings, designs, improvement plans, and specifications.
- Preparing and maintaining records.
- Performing mathematical calculations.
- Monitoring a budget.
- Applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Using a computer and related software applications.
- Maintaining operational data and records.
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Physical Requirements
The work is light work which requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to or constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
- Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
- Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
- Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
- Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
- Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Civil engineering principles and practices.
- Mathematical and statistical principles.
- Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances.
- Data and recordkeeping principles.
- Budgeting principles.
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) standards
- Customer service principles.
- Computers and related software applications.
Skill in:
- Applying civil engineering principles and practices.
- Reading and comprehending drawings, designs, improvement plans, and specifications.
- Preparing and maintaining records.
- Performing mathematical calculations.
- Monitoring a budget.
- Applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Using a computer and related software applications.
- Maintaining operational data and records.
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Physical Requirements
The work is light work which requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to or constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
- Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
- Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
- Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
- Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Managerial principles.
- Civil engineering principles and practices.
- Mathematical and statistical principles.
- Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances.
- Data and recordkeeping principles.
- Budgeting principles.
- Customer service principles.
- Computers and related software applications.
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) regulations
Skill in:
- Managing and evaluating staff.
- Prioritizing and assigning work.
- Applying civil engineering principles and practices.
- Coordinating and overseeing projects.
- Reading and comprehending drawings, designs, improvement plans, and specifications.
- Preparing and maintaining records.
- Monitoring a budget.
- Applying applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Using a computer and related software applications.
- Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisors, the public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.
Physical Requirements
The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
- Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
- Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
- Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
- Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
- Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
- Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.
