- Salary
- $79k – $123k/yr
- Location
- Durham, NC, NC
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Senior
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.
Hiring Range: $79,058.00 - $122,536.00
Hours: 800am - 5:00pm
A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham’s growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast- paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today’s land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges. If you’re talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!
Devoted to providing engineering support, inspection and professional civil engineering for a variety of public works, utilities, storm water, and transportation facilities/projects as well as review of public and private development projects. Perform journey-level engineering work requiring independent evaluation and analysis of issues and the exercise of judgment, education and experience to select and apply criteria to resolve problems and make recommendations. Decision-making includes selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction. Incumbents provide technical engineering services for civil engineering projects, transportation systems/facilities, or serve as construction project managers for a large project or Citywide strategic initiative.
Responsible for reviewing project documents, plans and data; preparing technical presentations, reports, plans and correspondence; reviewing commercial and residential development plans for private land development and infrastructure improvements; drafting agreements and ordinances; responding to citizen questions; performing engineering and complex fee calculations; coordinating projects with stakeholders and/or regulatory agencies.
- Prepares and/or reviews technical presentations, reports, land development applications, plats, agreements, engineering and construction drawings, contracts, plans (including development, zoning, and traffic and signal plans), and correspondence; drafts ordinances and resolutions; maintains records, logs, and databases; reviews and analyzes information; researches trends; makes recommendations; and ensures compliance with City requirements, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and the public, and attends meetings, to provide professional-level technical expertise; responds to and investigates questions, concerns, and requests; performs outreach activities; trains staff, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
- As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction project management, or a directly related field
- Five years of related engineering and/or project management experience.
- Some assignments may require a North Carolina Engineer in Training
(EIT) Registration - Valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City
- Advanced knowledge of Access databases, ArcGIS, and Excel spreadsheets is preferred.
- Experience reviewing with reviewing land development related applications.
- Experience with municipal street, storm drainage, water, and sewer infrastructure.
- Experience using Bluebeam software to perform plan review.