Engineering Technician

Summary

• Engineering Technicians may plan, assign, direct, and review the work of Engineering Technicians and Aides/Traffic Engineering Aides and/or train staff in work procedures.
   
• Checks parcel and subdivision maps for compliance with codes, policies and procedures; calculates and collects various permit fees.
   
• Prepares preliminary and final plans for specific design and facility replacement projects.
   
• Performs complex drafting and mapping assignments using manual or computer-aided methods; prepares layouts, plans, profiles and other designs for various public works projects from engineer's instructions and notes; may prepare project specifications and estimates, graphic displays, graphic organization charts and similar materials. 
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• Reduces survey field notes, prepares quantity take-offs and materials lists as required.
   
• May produce technical support to traffic engineering staff by conducting field and office studies, setting traffic counters and varied electronic equipment and analyzing collected data.
   
• Makes basic vehicle and pedestrian counts and takes field measurements; may conduct parking surveys.
   
• Assists in laying out new striping, markings, and traffic signs.
   
• May research property descriptions, including easements and rights of way; maintains annexation and related real property books, files and maps throughout the City.
   
• Inspects permit work including utility, paving and sidewalk, curb, and gutter work; inspects subdivisions to ensure that infrastructure is installed according to City specifications.
   
• Answers questions and confers with contractors, engineers, developers, representatives of other government agencies and the public regarding questions, complaints and/or requests for service in assigned areas of expertise.
   
• Uses a computer and/or electronic calculator to solve a variety of engineering-related problems.
   
• Maintains accurate records, prepares correspondence and various technical, statistical or narrative reports; may use a personal or on-line computer in the work.
   
• Prepares and maintains master files of drawings and specifications; researches and updates as required.
   
• Inspects capital improvement projects to ensure that they are installed in accordance with plans and specifications.
   
• Performs materials tests for construction projects.
   
• Performs field surveying operations, setting up, cleaning, adjusting operating and maintaining survey instruments.

Qualifications

• Engineering Technician I: Possession of an Associate of Arts degree or completion of sixty semester units or equivalent quarter hours in an accredited college or university in a pre-engineering, or closely related, curriculum. Engineering technical support work at a level similar to the City's Engineering Aide class may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.
• The level and scope of the knowledge and skills listed below are related to job duties as defined under "Class Characteristics," above.
• Knowledge of:
• Basic supervisory principles and practices;
   
• Principles, practices and terminology of varied engineering technical support work including drafting, mapping, traffic control, field inspection, and materials testing;
   
• Common public works construction methods and materials;
   
• Engineering mathematics through trigonometry;
   
• Computer user applications related to the application of engineering mathematics and drafting problems;
   
• Standard office practices and procedures;
   
• Data collection and analyses methods.
• Skill in:
• Planning, assigning and reviewing the work of others;
   
• Training others in work procedures;
   
• Performing engineering technical support work in a variety of areas;
   
• Using drafting tools and equipment and preparing skilled layouts, maps, and graphic materials;
   
• Setting up, operating, cleaning, adjusting and maintaining a variety of survey instruments;
   
• Analyzing engineering technical and statistical information, evaluating alternatives and making sound recommendations;
   
• Making accurate records and notes and preparing clear and concise reports, correspondence and other written materials;
   
• Making accurate field inspections and material testing;
   
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work;
   
• Encouraging safety practices on various construction projects.