Engineer IV

Engineer IV

Employment Type: 0 - Full-time Regular

Pay Range: $102,362.00 - 157,382.00

Location: Castle Rock, CO

Overtime Exempt: Y

Elected Office / Department: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

This is complex Engineering work for the Department of Public Works. Candidates must be able to demonstrate engineering experience as it relates to water quality design, drainage improvements for development, regulatory permitting for stormwater discharge permits with the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and criteria review and revisions.

Generally, the hiring range is $102,362 - $127,953 annually. Qualifications, education, and experience as it relates to the position will be taken into consideration when determining hiring salary.

Douglas County offers an excellent comprehensive benefit package including but not limited to: Medical/Dental/Vision. For a more detailed overview please view the full Employee Benefit Guide.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following examples are illustrative only and are not intended to be all inclusive.)

Development Review Engineer IV

The following duties and responsibilities are with an emphasis on civil design practices and land development.

Stormwater Engineer IV

The following duties and responsibilities are with an emphasis on stormwater design, stormwater regulations and stormwater discharge permitting.

Traffic Engineer IV

The following duties and responsibilities are with an emphasis on traffic engineering and land development.

Capital Improvement Projects Engineer IV

The following duties and responsibilities are with an emphasis on construction practices and land development.

• Develops, analyzes and reviews Engineering and Survey Plans, Studies, Reports and Design Documents. Examples of those plans would include: subdivision plats, roadway plan and profiles, signage and striping, storm drainage improvements, water quality and detention improvements, grading, erosion and sediment control, traffic control, traffic signal plans and signal timing.
  
  Examples of those Studies, Reports and Design Documents would include drainage reports, storm water management report, pavement design report, traffic studies, alternative road standards, environmental impact statements, service plans, subdivision improvement agreements, intergovernmental agreements, improvement agreements, easement documents and right-of-way documents.
  
  All items listed, must be in conformance with County criteria.

• Manages in-house engineering projects from conceptual design to project completion. Coordinates and manages consultants and other engineering staff while managing projects.
  
  Studies, investigates, and conducts location analysis. Prepares designs, plans, and specifications. Authorizes appropriate plan deviations.

• Prepares referrals and referral responses for and to other County Departments and supporting agencies for all land development projects.

• Coordinates project design and construction with Douglas County Divisions and other governing agencies such as adjacent County Governments, Tri County Health Department, Urban Drainage Flood Control District, Army Corps. of Engineers and local Metropolitan Districts.

• Prepares written technical correspondence based on reviews of developer submitted legal and construction documents. The correspondence evaluates project conformance with County criteria and offers design solutions acceptable to County criteria.

• Meets and coordinates with individual developers, engineers, architects, contractors and other County staff to discuss project conflicts and agree on acceptable solutions in order to satisfy all entities involved, while meeting County criteria.

• Negotiates public improvements where criteria is subject to interpretation or is deficient.

• Prepares or directs the preparation of reports, studies, specifications, plans, construction schedules, traffic analysis, and project designs and construction details relative to individual projects.

• Coordinates changes to floodplain criteria to meet County, State, and Federal requirements. Participates in revision of Douglas County Flood Insurance Rate Maps with state and local officials.

• Analyzes existing storm sewers and drainage ways. Determines overload sections and required relief systems. Drafts preliminary design and recommends changes.

• Extensively utilizes computer assisted engineering programs and design software to prepare and evaluate engineering and design documents. Such programs and software include AutoCAD, Land Development CAD, StormCAD, CulvertMaster, FlowMaster, traffic analysis and traffic signal timing.

• Recommends approval or denial of appropriate plan deviations or variances to the County Engineer.

• Prepares, reviews and facilitates Intergovernmental Agreements and Subdivision Improvements Agreements in association with the County Attorneys office.

• Calculates quantities and estimates for engineering projects. Determines project feasibility based on analysis of collected data. Acquires and secures fair shares contributions based on improvements agreements for future public improvements.

• Attends Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners hearings and makes presentations to both when required. Attends neighborhood meetings to discuss projects with interested and affected property owners and homeowner groups.

• Recommends approval or denial to the Douglas County Building Division for issuance of Certificates of Occupancy for commercial and multi-family developments.

• Provides public assistance by evaluating existing problems and making recommendations for the appropriate corrective actions to property owners, homeowners and their consultants.

• Conducts site inspections. Inspects and reviews work of field inspectors.
  
  Monitors progress and ensures conformance to engineering plans, specifications, and construction and safety standards. Advises and provides supervision on surveying, construction staking, and other problems on complex project issues. Advises and assists on complex surveying and other difficult engineering problems.

• Manages and coordinates the preparation, development, and refinements to technical standards and County engineering criteria to meet state and federal standards.

OTHER DUTIES:

• Responsible for training new engineering employees in regards to County policy and criteria.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: The Engineer IV position involves project management and extensive coordination in order to complete a project. Some positions will directly supervise other engineers and/or labor/trades personnel.

CONSEQUENCE OF ERROR: This is complex professional Engineering work. Consequence of error may result in faulty design, inaccurate decision making, or incomplete analysis resulting in permanent or long-term problems and inadequate construction and create economic, operational, and health and safety hardships.

CONTACTS: This position has substantial contact with developers, contractors, consultants, other government agencies and jurisdictions, and the public.

INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT: Work involves a high degree of independent judgment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.

• Seven years of progressively responsible work experience in Civil Engineering or a related field.

• A combination of education and experience may be considered.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific journals, reports, and documents.

Ability to respond to inquiries and/or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or the public. Ability to effectively communicate in both oral and written form. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, or Boards of Directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to perform complex math calculations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Must be registered with the State of Colorado Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as a Professional Engineer.

Must possess a valid Colorado Driver's License upon hire, with complying insurance. Review of motor vehicle record is required at time of hire and periodically throughout employment.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Extensive knowledge of civil engineering principles, practices, techniques, and methodologies.

Considerable knowledge of Federal, State, and County regulations. Knowledge of engineering design related to Public Works projects. Knowledge of regionally accepted hydrology, hydraulics, drainage design, and analysis.

Knowledge of methods, techniques, and equipment used in design and improvements of Public Works related projects. Knowledge of surveying methods and tools. Ability to check and verify legal land boundary descriptions, easements and right-of-ways as well as compile field survey notes. Ability to plan, assign, and direct the work of technical team members.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is generally performed in a typical office environment and may work outside for site inspection work.

Other Necessary Requirements: This position requires the incumbent to remain available via mobile cellular device/email access during and after normally scheduled business hours.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Closing Date: 6/14/2024 5:59PM MST. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is selected.

The job details outlined in this posting may represent a modified summary of the full job description. For a full copy of the job description CLICK HERE to view our job classifications.

In the event of an emergency/disaster in or near the County, all County employees are expected to make every effort to be available to assist the County Manager, Elected/Appointed Officials and Department Directors to ensure the continued operation of any and all necessary County functions. This may mean being available to perform additional duties and hours beyond what is normally required. In the event that an exempt employee does work more than 40 hours a week in support of County operations during an emergency, such employee may receive overtime or other appropriate wage compensation in accordance with existing County policies or at the discretion of the County.