Engineering Specialist

The City of El Paso Texas

El Paso (TX)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Basic Life Insurance

Employee Wellness Program

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

The City of El Paso is seeking a para‑professional engineer with a strong background in planning, coordination, and project execution. The role involves supporting capital projects across citywide divisions, coordinating schedules, budgets, and documentation.

Qualifications include an Associate’s Degree or 60 college credits plus six years of related experience. A Texas Class C driver’s license by appointment is required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Associate's Degree or higher in Engineering, Drafting Technology, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field, plus six (6) years of increasingly responsible para‑professional engineering, construction, or engineering project management experience; or 60 college credit hours in Engineering, Drafting Technology, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field plus six (6) years of increasingly responsible para‑professional engineering, construction, or engineering project management experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with project planning, coordination, inspection, communication, and execution.
Monitor and control start‑up project schedule, budget, and scope.
Coordinate the schedule of activities related to the project.
Engage in quality assurance and risk management to ensure deliverables.
Prepare and review project documents and reports.
Supervise assigned staff and ensure training and safety compliance.

Skills

Engineering

Drafting Technology

Project Management

Construction Management

Education

Associate's Degree in Engineering / related field

60 college credit hours in related fields

Job description

MOS Code(s): None Education and Experience: Associate's Degree or higher in Engineering, Drafting Technology, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field, plus six (6) years of increasingly responsible para‑professional engineering, construction, or engineering project management experience; or 60 college credit hours in Engineering, Drafting Technology, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field plus six (6) years of increasingly responsible para‑professional engineering, construction, or engineering project management experience.

Requirements Education and Experience: Associate's Degree or higher in Engineering, Drafting Technology, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field, plus six (6) years of increasingly responsible para‑professional engineering, construction, or engineering project management experience; or 60 college credit hours in Engineering, Drafting Technology, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field plus six (6) years of increasingly responsible para‑professional engineering, construction, or engineering project management experience. Licenses and Certificates Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the time of appointment. General Purpose Under direction, assists with various projects that may impact various divisions citywide, departments, stakeholders, or residents throughout the projects’ implementation and lifecycle. Typical Duties Assist with project planning, coordination, inspection, communication, and execution. Involves: Monitor and control start‑up project schedule, budget, and scope. Understand a project’s scope and create documents for project requirements. Conduct, compile, and summarize research, and provide oral and written reports related to project implementation. Coordinate the schedule of activities related to the project. Engage in both quality assurance and risk management activities to ensure project deliverables are met. Maintain the quality of all project documents and data to ensure the integrity of a project. Assist with developing additional tools and refine processes to help all projects run effectively. Provide technical advice and assistance to City management, field personnel, contractors, etc. Participate in public meetings. Review or prepare design plans in support of construction, site development, streets, drainage, water or sewer line, or storm drain, and vertical construction engineering projects as related to capital improvement projects according to specifications and in compliance with pertinent codes and ordinances. Involves: Check for adherence to technical procedures and engineering instructions. Verify survey measurements, and existing facility, utility, and structure data. Recommend alternatives regarding technical aspects of plans to meet planning, design, and cost problems encountered. Analyze plans for compliance with applicable ordinances, regulations, and specifications. Assist technicians in overcoming drafting and computational difficulties encountered, gathering inspection data, and resolving disputes. Coordinate site inspection and surveying projects Involves: Perform inspections of project construction to verify data and compliance with contract specifications. Measure, observe, and discuss the progress of work and related problems with colleagues, superintendents, and general contractor personnel. Ensuring compliance with professional and technical standards. Monitor work progress and verify that work conforms to the contract. Prepare completion certificate. Issue and track equipment. Perform special investigations Involves: Research controversial property line questions. Gather statistical and engineering data, and review sources such as records, files, and drawings. Confer with interested department personnel and other agencies. Develop alternatives and recommend technical corrective actions. Assist with public works and capital improvement projects and property assessment records management Involves: Ensure preparation of construction documents includes design data such as drawings, specifications, grading requirements, and legal descriptions of land for the City to acquire rights of way. Track project status. Conduct final reviews of contractor project bid proposals. Make final checks on pay estimates and contractor invoices. Direct information retrieval. Supervise assigned staff Involves: Schedule assign, instruct in, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates. Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, or other employee status changes. Enforce safety rules and regulations.

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Important Note The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.

Please note Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Benefits

The City of El Paso is a self‑insured entity with a third‑party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits.

Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees.

Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available.

Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage.

Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and/or dependent care for daycare expenses).

All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date.

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost.

A trained counselor are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life’s stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle.

The City’s Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more!

Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment.

ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE

All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part‑time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro‑rated amount of full‑time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement.

For 0 - 5 Years Of Service (12 Days): Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee: 40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period.

For >5 to 15 years of service (17 days): 40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period.

For >15 or more years of service (20 days): 40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period.

SICK LEAVE WITH PAY

Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission.

ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE

The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease.

PREGNANCY LEAVE

Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability.

An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave.

An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS