Engineer Assistant I (Dallas Water Utilities) (Civil Service)

Overview

Engineer Assistant I (Dallas Water Utilities) (Civil Service) – City of Dallas. Applies entry and intermediate-level engineering principles and practices in planning, designing, preparing and testing various construction, traffic, communication, and maintenance projects to develop or maintain the public infrastructure of the City of Dallas.

Essential Functions

• Inspects and monitors construction or maintenance projects to ensure compliance with design specifications and contractual agreements. Coordination, technical support and management for construction-related activities including; street and alley construction; street resurfacing; water / wastewater utility lines; storm drainage systems and erosion control improvements.
• Provide assistance and guidance to inspectors and supervisors to facilitate their job duties. Provide construction management tools to the supervisors and inspectors to help the City manage projects more quickly and effectively. Develops project improvement techniques using feedback from supervisors.
• Analyze engineering project problems in assigned inspection areas for the City of Dallas Capital Projects. Recommend solutions and monitors implementation to ensure projects conform to departmental requirements and city, state and federal regulations. Under the supervision of a registered Professional Engineer or other project manager, modifies and develops engineering plans and finds engineering solutions for problems in paving, drainage, water, wastewater, erosion control, or other improvements.
• Revises work performed by contractor, quantity verification and bid items quantity calculations of assigned City of Dallas capital projects. Performs preliminary and final inspections and recommends acceptance of developments. Responsible for assuring that the monthly construction invoices of the assigned projects are accurate, well documented and processed in a timely manner to meet City, State and Federal requirements as applicable based on the Contract documents for each project and environmental and safety requirements.
• Oversee all aspects of the building process, working closely with supervisors and project managers to develop plans, manage documentation, establish timetables, change orders and resolve issues during construction. Uses improved techniques for reporting requirements including, but not limited to schedules, cost, earned value, and analytics.
• Monitors and reviews project controls data (schedule and cost) for capital projects. Produces and maintains project records for use by Public Works department. Monitor, coordinate and review plans and specifications for construction work in the Right-of-Way. Works with department project managers and program managers to evaluate schedule status and provide recommendations to address schedule deficiencies or expedite schedules. communicate well with citizens, consultants, contractors and other city departments.
• Participate and make recommendations to the City of Dallas construction standards and specifications 2019 Updates. Develops and Track Constructability review checklist for under design projects.
• Prepares and develops customized reports for program managers / project managers. Prepares detailed data of construction progress and inspection. Prepares various reports on daily, weekly & monthly operations and activities. Prepares various inspection reports as required. Maintains files and reports regarding inspection and plans check activities and findings.
• Under the supervision of a registered Professional Engineer or other project manager, modifies and develops engineering plans and finds engineering solutions for problems in paving, drainage, water, wastewater, erosion control, traffic, communications, landfills, transfer stations, plant improvements, and other projects.
• Assists, supports, and participates in developing scopes of work, tasks, milestones, and project budgets to forecast construction schedules and establish project objectives or process operation, optimization, and enhancements; prepares design agenda packages for council resolution.
• Communicates, engages, and interacts with other departments, citizens, consultants, contractors, and other government agencies to coordinate activities and provide information about projects.
• Reviews, evaluates, and provides feedback on design plans from consultants; negotiates design contracts, develops a cost estimates, and assists with projects from initiation to completion; supports finding solutions for engineering problems and prepares specifications, addendums, and change orders.
• Visits project sites in the field; ensures managers are up to date on project status and reports on project implementation and specifications; compiles construction analytics and prepares documents and reports regarding general activities, inspections, plans check activities, and other findings.
• Checks, tracks, and monitors invoices; coordinates meetings with consultants and utility companies for invoice review and approval.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Equivalencies

License and Certifications

Other Requirements

Salary Range

$60,564.09 - $73,523.75. The salary listed on this job posting is the starting salary range; amount offered will depend upon qualifications.

City of Dallas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Details

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