Engineer I - City of Alachua

GENERAL PURPOSE

This position is independent professional and technical engineering work in the areas of public works and public utilities requiring application of standard engineering principles and procedures. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Engineering Supervisor.

MAIN JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists with engineering projects.
• Assists in collecting, evaluating, and interpreting data for engineering projects.
• Designs and prepares plans, specifications and detailed costs estimated for changes, additions, and deletions to the applicable area of assignment.
• Inspects construction work in progress to determine whether proper material and workmanship are used and ensures compliance with plans and specifications.
• Prepares engineering analyses and prepares specifications, processes studies, researches investigations and reports.
• Performs complex engineering work requiring application of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria in carrying out a sequence of related engineering tasks.
• Exercises judgment in decision making related to selection of engineering alternatives, techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Supports the use of hydraulic modeling for evaluating fire flow scenarios and analyzing water modeling scenarios.
• Performs various GIS data management, editing and analyzing.
• Processes Right of Way Permit applications including reviewing engineering design and highlighting on the city utilities locations.
• Assists in delivering utilities maps and capital cost estimates when requested by a citizen.
• Assists the Electric division in their weekly electric outage report.
• Assists the water division in delivering the annual quality water report to the public.
• Visits work site locations as needed.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.