Senior Engineer

This is the second of five 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; developing and implementing computer models of public infrastructure utility systems; and supervising lower level engineering, engineering support, inspection, control, and construction staff.

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.

• Performs other related work as required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited engineering program.

• Three (3) years 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 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.

• MUTCd and 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.