Principal Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$85.7K - $132.8K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Engineer
City of Durham
Role Description Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham. Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve. This position is eligible for a one-time $5,000 sign-on bonus that will be paid upon successful completion of the new hire’s six-month probationary period. Internal promotional/transfer hires are not eligible for bonus. 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. - Perform fully proficient advanced engineering work in planning, design, construction, contract development, and coordination of projects requiring independent evaluation and analysis of issues and the exercise of judgment. - Decision-making includes selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction. - Work may include providing professional engineering work in the management and coordination of public works and infrastructure projects and development review processes for multi-modal transportation solutions (streets, bike lanes, and sidewalks), storm-water projects, GIS mapping systems, grading and erosion control projects, transportation planning, traffic control systems, and renovation of City buildings. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a directly related field. - Five years of professional engineering experience in the area of assignment. - A NC PE or registration as a PE in another state with the ability to obtain a NC PE within 6 months of hire. - Valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City. Requirements - Manages projects, programs, and assigned department operations. - Develops and administers contracts; develops operational policies and procedures. - Establishes project and unit goals; develops project scope, budgets, and schedules. - Trains staff; improves safety and operational processes. - Assists with preparing applications for and managing grants. - Oversees data collection and analysis; conducts engineering studies. - Creates work plans and processes, identifying locations/areas requiring improvement. - Recommends and implements engineering and safety solutions; tracks post-implementation project progress and requirements. - Performs field inspections and monitors operations to ensure compliance with safety and other applicable regulations, policies, and procedures. - Prepares, reviews, and analyzes engineering plans and bids, drawings, reports, contracts, agreements, presentations, specifications, request for proposals/qualifications, and other documentation. - Coordinates the review of and/or reviews design submittals from internal and external staff. - Assists with the coordination of and/or attends public meetings; provides technical expertise and consultation to City departments and external agencies. - Designs, implements, and evaluates special projects; may create drawings and plans as required. - May serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion, or supervise paraprofessional and support staff. - Review development projects for the Infrastructure Review Group in relation to water, sanitary sewer, storm and street systems.
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