Engineering Technician IV - Construction Coordinator

City of Minnetonka, MN; Hall (NY); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Minnetonka, MN is seeking an Engineering Technician III to perform intermediate technical work including construction inspection, design support, CAD drafting, plan preparation and permit review under the Engineering Project Manager.

Responsibilities include verifying conditions before construction, coordinating with property owners, managing on-site inspections for public facilities, and assisting in design and cost estimation for projects.

Qualifications

• Associates/Technical degree with civil engineering, survey-related coursework and 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Level 2 MnDOT certification in bituminous street, concrete field and grading/base within one year.
• Valid Minnesota driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Verifies and documents existing conditions prior to commencement of construction.
• Contacts property owners to notify them of imminent construction activities and coordinates access.
• Performs on-site inspections to verify compliance with approved plans and specs.
• Assists in design, plan preparation, and preliminary cost estimates for public improvements.
• Maintains project diaries and records; coordinates with testing consultants and contractors.

Skills

Arithmetic

Cost estimation

Construction supervision

Civil engineering knowledge

Blueprint reading

Education

Associates/Technical degree with civil engineering/survey coursework

Tools

MnDOT Level 2 certifications

MnDOT grading and base certification

MnDOT concrete field certification

Driver's license (MN)

Job description

Performs intermediate technical work involving construction inspection, technical investigation, engineering design, CAD drafting, plan and specification preparation, permit review and compliance verification and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the supervision of the Engineering Project Manager.

1. Performs all duties of the Engineering Technician III position. See the Engineering Technician III Job Description for additional responsibilities.
2. Verifies and documents existing conditions prior to commencement of construction activities.
3. Contacts property owners to notify them of imminent construction activities, to confirm utility service locations, and to coordinate ingress/egress constraints.
4. Performs monitoring and confirmation of adequate on-site inspection of developer/privately installed public facilities.
5. Performs direct on-site inspections and verifies compliance with approved plans and specifications for developer/privately installed public facilities when the developer has not provided adequate inspection or when the City has agreed to provide inspection services.
6. Inspects work performed within public rights-of-way, public easements, and other public property to verify compliance with permit requirements.
7. Performs on-site inspection and verification of compliance with grading permit requirements, standards, and stipulations.
8. Maintains daily diary of project and inspection related activities; provides detailed notations of all elements of a project constructed in variance with the approved plans.
9. Coordinates the activities of the city's material testing consultants with the contractors' operations.
10. Assists in investigative and survey activities.
11. Assists in design and plan preparation; plots existing condition planimetry, profiles, and cross section; prepares and checks design computations; prepares preliminary layouts and designs for public improvement projects under consideration; prepares quantity takeoffs and preliminary cost estimates; assists the project engineers in developing the contract specifications and final cost estimates for proposed public improvement projects.
12. Assists in construction staking activities as needed.
13. Records maintenance; transfers as‑built information from field plans to permanent office original drawings.
14. Assists with annual bridge inspection program within the city.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associates/Technical degree with coursework in Civil Engineering, survey-related, or related field and AT LEAST 2 years of practical experience in construction, engineering, survey work, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Level 2 certification by MnDOT in bituminous street, concrete field and grading and base within one year
• Valid driver's license in the State of Minnesota.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification by MnDOT in bituminous plant, bridge construction, or signals & lighting
• Certified landscape specialist
• Certification by the University of MN in erosion & sediment control

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Construction techniques and materials used in construction projects
• Sound engineering and construction techniques and practices
• Terminology, methods, practices and techniques of civil engineering;

Ability to:

• Make arithmetic calculations
• Accurately estimate project costs
• Plan and supervise the work of construction crews and inspect their work
• Detect inferior work and enforce construction standards and specifications
• Understand and work from oral and written instructions and sketches
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with contractors and associates

Skilled in:

• The use of construction and engineering equipment;

Physical Requirements:

This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires walking and pushing or pulling and occasionally requires sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, lifting and repetitive motions; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception and color perception; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities;