Assistant Municipal Engineer

Assists the Municipal Engineer in planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling, integrating, and completing a variety of comprehensive engineering projects, programs, and activities for a municipality; does related work as required.


Assists in planning and formulating engineering programs and projects and in organizing the assignment of project staff.  

Assigns engineering personnel to specific phases of projects such as technical studies, project design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and testing and inspections.

Reviews project designs for compliance with engineering principles, plans, specifications, and provisions of contract.

Assists in coordinating engineering activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving of engineering design problems.

Assists in evaluating and approving design changes, plans, specifications, and sketches.

Assists in controlling expenditures.

Assumes the duties of the Municipal Engineer in his/her absence.

Supervises field parties conducting surveys for municipal improvements, lots, pavements, sewers, curbs, sidewalks, lines, and grades.

Checks to ensure that proper field notes are taken and plotted on graphs.

Supervises the preparation of maps and charts from field notes and observations.

Makes varied and difficult calculations.

Prepares reports of construction expense, time spent, and materials used.

Supervises staff engaged in the drafting of drawings and provides instructions regarding information to be shown, scales and sizes.

Consults with general contractors on construction projects.

Advises inspectors as to quality and quantity of work desired.  Oversees the work of inspectors.

Provides advice to subordinates in the handling of unusual situations.

Prepares specifications for concrete ingredients and proportions.

Prepares and supervises the preparation of specifications and construction plans.

Prepares designs for sewer extensions, pavements, and structural work of varied types.

Analyzes municipal construction needs and makes appropriate recommendations and reports.

Cooperates with municipal officials and civic groups in preparing specifications and plans for long range municipal improvements.

Establishes and maintains essential records and files.

Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a

Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical

Engineering.

NOTE: Possession of a Professional Engineers license issued

by the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land

Surveyors may be required by same jurisdiction.

NOTE: Possession of a Professional Engineers license issued

by the New Jersey State Board of Professional Engineers and Land

Surveyors may be substituted for the college degree.

EXPERIENCE:

Two (2) years of supervisory engineering experience in the

design, maintenance, and construction of projects including the

preparation and review of construction plans and specifications.

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 the essential

duties of the position.

• Authorization to Work: US citizenship is not required. Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US according to Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations.

• Residency Law: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:14-7 (L. 2011, Chapter 70), also known as the “New Jersey First Act,” all persons newly hired must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey.