Engineer C (Capital Delivery Services)

City of Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Austin is seeking a highly skilled civil engineer to design, plan, and oversee construction, maintenance, and alteration of city structures and facilities. The role involves preparing cost estimates and coordinating with contractors, utilities, and public agencies to deliver compliant, safe, and efficient projects.

You will manage complex projects from design through completion, provide technical oversight, and communicate findings and recommendations through reports and presentations to

Qualifications

• Civil engineering knowledge across design, analysis, and construction oversight.
• Ability to prepare preliminary and final plans, specs, and cost estimates.
• Experience managing technically complex projects with contractor coordination.
• Familiarity with local and state regulatory requirements and permits.
• Strong written and verbal communication for reports and presentations.
• Leadership experience coordinating design teams.

Responsibilities

• Approves and seals plans and construction documents per standards.
• Leads design teams and oversees project progress from design to completion.
• Develops cost estimates and manages budgets.
• Coordinates with contractors, utilities, and public agencies.
• Performs field inspections to ensure compliance.
• Delivers presentations to public bodies or customers.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Project Management

Cost Estimation

Field Inspections

Permitting

Contract Coordination

Job description

About This Position

Job Description: Purpose: Under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment, this position performs highly complex engineering functions that include designing, planning, and overseeing work in support of construction, maintenance, and alteration of structures, facilities, processes, equipment, and systems.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

• Approves, processes, and seals plans, specifications, or construction documents by applying engineering standardization of practices and principles of highly technical and complex calculations for applied discipline within Local and State regulatory requirements.
• Manages engineering projects that are technically complex, highly visible, priority projects or programs. These projects require a high level of technical proficiency as well as coordinative and administrative responsibility.
• Identifies, evaluates, and provides improvement recommendations with preliminary and final designs and design criteria for assigned program or projects that may be complex and non-routine. Assists in the preparation of preliminary and long-range plans, schedules, estimates, budgets, detailed final plans, specifications, special conditions, and agreements. Provides technical oversight of project progress from design through completion.
• Develops cost estimates, tracks expenditures, and prepares cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports and studies for projects. Prepares and assists with preliminary contract documents, specifications, and plans. Prepares final plans, specifications, special conditions, and agreements and coordinates and oversees work of contractors, affected public agencies, and utilities. Writes complex technical specifications for construction contracts.
• Reviews plans and approves permits by applying complex engineering standardization of practices and principles for applied discipline within Local and State regulatory requirements.
• Inspects and monitors projects for legal compliance by reviewing work completed by contractors and ensuring compliance to specifications by completing complex calculations that are used to further provide analysis of preliminary results of a project.
• Develops cost estimates or tracks expenditures by reviewing and writing contract change orders in the area of technical expertise and negotiates and recommends financial arrangements for changes to contract.
• Leads, as necessary, activities of a design team in the preparation of preliminary and long-range plans, schedules, estimates, budgets, detail final construction plans, specifications, and agreements.
• Conducts field inspections of work done by contractors to ensure compliance with plans and specifications. Drafts and recommends approval of contract change orders.
• Researches and performs statistical analysis for validation of reports and publication of results in various communication formats.
• Develops standard operating procedures, policies, and ordinances for various contracts or projects. May provide analysis and recommendation of performance of various personnel assigned by contract or projects.
• Is responsible for designing and maintain database systems for project or program areas.
• Prepares and delivers presentations to public, City Council, or customers.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

• May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
• Knowledge of diversified, fundamental scientific and civil engineering concepts, phenomena, and relationships, and utilize such changes in solution of theoretical or practical civil engineering problems.
• Knowledge of advanced mathematical techniques such as trigonometry, calculus, and coordinate geometry.
• Knowledge of modern methods, materials, and techniques of assigned discipline.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following disciplines: Civil, Environmental, Structural, Architectural, Mechanical, and/or Electrical engineering terminology and techniques.
• Knowledge of City of Austin purchasing and contract policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of applicability of established engineering principles and methods.
• Knowledge of phases of the plans review and inspections processes.
• Knowledge of preparation of cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements within Local and State ordinances and laws.
• Skill in oral and written technical or general communication including preparation of written reports.
• Skill in negotiations and handling conflict resolution.
• Ability to perform more complex e