Assistant Engineer

Position and project focus

Pay and compensation

• The posting states a starting salary up to $67.64 per hour ($141,172 per year) and a competitive total compensation package.

Required qualification

• An Engineer-in-Training Certificate issued by the State of California is required for the Assistant Engineer level.
• Candidates with a valid California Professional Engineer license are directed to apply to the separate Engineer recruitment.
• The ideal candidate has one or more years of engineering experience.

Engineering and project delivery

• Manage construction projects involving transportation facilities, traffic improvements, slope stabilization, infrastructure repairs, and community improvements.
• Review plans, specifications, cost estimates, schedules, constructability, and proposed field changes.
• Administer construction contracts, including contractor coordination, meetings, submittals, information requests, change orders, payments, claims, and documentation.
• Monitor budgets, schedules, risks, and delays; coordinate corrective actions to keep projects within approved scope, cost, and schedule.
• Inspect construction sites for conformance with plans, specifications, permit requirements, safety expectations, and standards.
• Coordinate with consultants, contractors, utilities, agencies, and County departments to resolve technical and construction issues.
• Support planning, design, permitting, procurement, and delivery of transportation improvements.
• Support stormwater, drainage, erosion-control, and flood-mitigation projects; coordinate environmental reviews and permitting.

Ideal candidate qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering for public infrastructure planning, design, construction, inspection, and maintenance.
• Experience managing public works or civil construction projects from design through closeout.
• Knowledge of construction management, cost estimating, scheduling, contract administration, quality assurance, and risk management.
• Ability to interpret engineering plans, technical specifications, contracts, reports, codes, and standards.
• Experience coordinating consultants, contractors, inspectors, utility providers, agencies, and internal departments.
• Knowledge of public infrastructure requirements for permitting, procurement, documentation, reimbursement, and regulatory compliance.
• FEMA-related infrastructure repairs and hazard-mitigation experience is highly desirable.
• Strong collaboration, negotiation, conflict-resolution, problem-solving, and communication skills; ability to lead meetings and hold project partners accountable.

Schedule

• Assistant Engineers occasionally work evenings and weekends and rarely work holidays.