Job Description

Posting number: 00076

Department: Infrastructure

Job classification: Supervising Engineer

Posting type: Open

Categories: Engineering

Summary

The City of Jersey City is looking for an experienced Supervising Engineer to join the Division of Engineering a team of technical engineering and design professionals responsible for comprehensively building the infrastructure of a rapidly growing, highly urbanized environment. Under direction of the Director of Engineering, the Supervising Engineer supervises the field and office engineering work involved in the review, design, maintenance and construction of structures and/or systems; performs other related duties as required.

Examples of duties

Job Duties:

• Supervises the field and office engineering work involved in design, maintenance, and construction of highways, roads, streets, bridges, culverts, storm drainage systems, sanitary sewer systems, waste water treatment facilities, buildings, public grounds, mechanical systems, heating systems, cooling systems, electrical power delivery systems, electrical power generation systems, traffic control systems, interior/exterior lighting and wiring systems, water distribution/management or supply systems, environmental remediation systems and processes, and/or some other branch of engineering.
• Plans, organizes and supervises field and office engineering work programs and activities.
• Assigns, checks and supervises the work of lower level engineers.
• Gives suitable assignments and instructions.
• Conducts and/or directs investigations of conditions of facilities, structures and equipment as required.
• May have responsibility for the determination of future projects and budget projections to be submitted for management approval.
• Manages solutions to environmental problems, such as pollution control and remediation.
• Estimates the quantities of materials that may be required and costs of specific maintenance projects.
• Produces correspondence pertaining to engineering programs and activities.
• Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
• Supervises the preparation of reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Supervises the establishment and maintenance of records and files.

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of office methods, practices, and equipment.
• Knowledge of engineering problems involved in supervising the field and office operations of a staff engaged in the design, maintenance, and construction of structures and/or systems.
• Knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques.
• Ability to organize assigned large scale technical engineering and supervisory work and develop effective work methods.
• Ability to give assignments to employees.
• Ability to accurately estimate quantities and project costs.
• Ability to supervise work operations and/or functional programs and effectively recommend the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
• Ability to prepare accurate and informative reports.
• Ability to maintain and supervise the maintenance of essential records and files.
• Ability to supervise assigned staff and plan, organize, and implement projects within the unit.

Qualifications

Required Educational Background: Graduation from and accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical Engineering.

Required Experience: Four (4) years of related experience in civil, mechanical, chemical or electrical engineering, one (1) of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

Note: A aster’s degree in Civil, Electrical, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or a Master of Science in Engineering Technology (MSET) in a field related to Civil, Electrical, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering may be substituted for one (1) year of nonsupervisory experience.

Preferred Experience: Six (6) years of related experience in civil, mechanical, chemical or electrical engineering, one (1) of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.

Required License: Appointees will be required to possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Note: Appointees may be required to possess a valid Professional Engineering (PE) License issued by the NJ State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, particularly for positions assuming “responsible charge” over staff as defined by NJAC 13:40-1.3.

Supplemental information

This is a Civil Service Job, and you must eventually pass and qualify for the applicable Civil Service title (please see the job description here: https://info.csc.nj.gov/jobspec/03879.htm).

To apply for this job with the City of Jersey City, please fill out our Employment Application at https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/jobs/jerseycityjobs

Please note that this role is subject to the residency requirements set forth by the NJ First Act.