Engineering Technician

Are you ready to make a lasting impact on your community through Engineering?Join our dedicated Engineering team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our City. As an Engineering Technician with the City of Martinez, you'll have the unique opportunity to apply your technical expertise to improve infrastructure, enhance public services, and create a better quality of life for our residents. 

If you're passionate about civic progress, thrive in a collaborative municipal environment, and are eager to contribute your skills to the betterment of our city, we want to hear from you!

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

Under administrative direction incumbents at are expected to perform a wide variety of routine and moderately difficult engineering technician functions in construction inspection,
engineering permitting, design and construction, transportation engineering, records management support divisions.

Work direction is typically received from City Engineering staff, supervision may be received from Senior Civil Engineer.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Engineering Technician is distinguished from the professional Engineer by its absence of requirement of formal education as a civil engineer and by generally narrower specialization in any engineering activity.

SAVE THE DATE:
Tentative Assessment Test: June 6-10, 2024
Tentative Departmental Hiring Interviews: June 20, 2024
 

Representative Duties

This section contains a list of duties that are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties
from those set forth to address business needs and changing business practices.
 

• Perform engineering drafting and mathematical calculations for   public works projects.

• Assists with permit processing and issuance for land use, encroachment, transportation and/or other permits.

• Assists in the planning of assigned division engineering projects and grants.

• Coordinates work with outside agencies and organizations

• Writes receipts and logs entries into databases.

• Assists in monitoring and tracking streetlight repair and replacement.

• Composes correspondence and other written materials

• Assists in the construction inspection of roads and road-related structures for compliance with applicable regulations and ordinances.

• Conducts background research and compiles support documents for meetings and presentations.

•  Assist the public in the office and in the field by answering questions regarding City regulations, ordinances, public records, rules, maps, and the status of projects.

• Prepare and keep up-to-date maps, documents and records.

• Calculates areas, volumes, construction quantities and prepares pay estimates.

• Maintains engineering documents and records on traffic collisions, street lighting areas, striping, traffic signs and signals.

• Performs basic to intermediate level computer aided drafting, design work, map checking and geographic information systems applications to collect and analyze data.

• Completes speed and delay studies and computes signal warrant and priorities.

• Performs map review on subdivisions of property to verify property line and related calculations and completion of requirements.

• Makes preliminary inspections on projects and assists in inspection road, road-structure, drainage and flood control construction and drainage projects.

• Conducts studies and prepares reports on specific problems concerning such items as road location, drainage and storm sewers.

• Gathers information relating to high collision locations, assists with traffic estimates and forecasts, intersections channelization and signal installation and timing.

• Analyzes and generates reports related to tests, inspections, and studies.

Qualifications/Education/Experience

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Education: Possession of a high school diploma, G.E.D. equivalency or high school proficiency certificate and completion of at least 15 semester or 20 quarter units from an accredited college or university which includes coursework in the following subject areas: math, science, computer science and/or other related technical engineering curriculum. 

Substitution for Education (All levels): One (1) year of work experience comparable to work of the Engineering Technician may be substituted for the required college units.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Must possess a valid California driver’s license; ability to pass a pre-employment physical examination, including drug screen, and a background check through livescan.

QUALIFICATIONS:
The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Knowledge of:

•  Mathematics including algebra, geometry and trigonometry, general science

•  Common scales of weight and measurement

•  Safe working methods

•  Manual and/or computer aided drafting methods.

•  The physical properties of construction materials and soils

•  Fundamental surveying procedures

•  Approved practices used in the construction.

Ability to:

•  Print legibly and trace neatly.

•  Apply safe work practices.

•  Apply the elementary principles of algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

•  Maintain and prepare accurate reports, logs and records.

•  Read and understand technical descriptions.

•  Follow oral and written instructions.

•  Analyze situations accurately and take effective action.

•  Work harmoniously with others

•  Work in inclement weather and traverse uneven/rough terrain

•  Learn computer related engineering software.

•  Apply basic engineering principles and critical thinking skills to resolve technical questions.

•  Read and interpret plans and prepare maps, blueprints and sketches.

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Supplemental Information

SELECTION PROCESS

1. Application Filing and Evaluation: All applicants must apply online and submit all information as indicated on the job announcement by the final filing date. 

2. Supplemental Questionnaire: Applicants will be required to complete a supplemental questionnaire at the time of application filing. Applications will be evaluated to determine which candidates will move forward in the next phase of the recruitment process.

3. Written Assessment: Candidates who clearly demonstrate that they possess the minimum qualifications will be invited to take a computer based test designed to evaluate applicants knowledge and abilities outlined in the Qualifications section of the job announcement.  (Weighted 100%)   

SAVE THE DATE:
Tentative Assessment Test: June 6-10, 2024
Tentative Departmental Hiring Interviews: June 20, 2024