Senior Civil Engineer

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

CAL FIRE is seeking a senior engineering supervisor to lead a team of engineers in designing and preparing drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for a wide range of infrastructure projects in California.

You will direct work, evaluate proposals, and ensure technical quality across buildings, bridges, roads, and waterways while coordinating with stakeholders and delivering clear reports.

Qualifications

• Special Personal Characteristic: Demonstrated supervisory ability.

Responsibilities

• Plan work and direct a staff of engineers in the design and preparation of drawings, specifications, and estimates for construction or maintenance of infrastructure projects.
• Inspect existing water, sanitation, power, and telephone systems and decide what improvements or modifications are necessary; supervise the more difficult phases of the work.
• Supervise the preparation of maps, plans, charts, or diagrams and maintenance of engineering records; assist with budget preparation, purchases, cost analyses, and progress reports.
• Plan and direct field surveys and varied construction projects; inspect structures under construction or repair; prepare reports and provide recommendations on engineering problems.

Job description

Plans the work and directs a staff of engineers in the design and preparation of drawings, specifications, and estimates in connection with the construction or maintenance of a wide variety of engineering projects, including buildings, bridges, roads, wharves, piers, dams, levees, ditches, retaining walls, and similar structures; inspects existing water, sanitation, power, and telephone systems and decides what improvements or modifications are necessary; passes on difficult problems, determines the methods of procedure, and personally performs the more difficult phases of the work; supervises the preparation of maps, plans, charts, or diagrams; supervises the maintenance of various engineering records and performs difficult engineering office work in connection with budget preparation, purchases, cost analyses, and progress reports; plans and directs field surveys and varied construction projects; inspects or directs the inspection of structures under construction or repair; makes detailed analyses of proposed projects for the economic as well as the practical engineering phases; analyzes and prepares descriptions of property; makes specialized technical studies and investigations and performs difficult research work; prepares complete and comprehensive reports and makes recommendations on engineering problems.

Special Personal Characteristic

Demonstrated supervisory ability.

For information regarding position location(s), please refer to the Eligible List Information section.