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About the Role

This is an Exempt to Permanent position for current exempt employees in the 5241 Engineer classification. The role involves difficult and responsible professional engineering work, including supervising and managing engineering staff and projects.

Responsibilities

Supervises professional and technical engineering personnel, including consultants, in the preparation of engineering studies, reports, designs, calculations, cost estimates, specifications, and contract documents.
Reviews federal, regional and local legislation affecting engineering work.
Interviews, selects, trains, monitors, evaluates and counsels staff.
Prepares and supervises the preparation of documents, including advertisement for bids, instructions to bidders, detailed specifications, and contract bonds.
Reviews and analyzes bids for conformance with specifications and for approval of final awarding of bids.
Negotiates contracts and contract modifications.
Resolves claims and disputes.
Supervises and monitors the inspection of a wide variety of major and complex engineering projects.
Organizes and supervises the activities of field inspection staff.
Prepares engineering designs, drawings and specifications to ensure compliance with requirements and project objectives.
Prepares cost estimates of labor, equipment, and materials.
Performs difficult engineering calculations.
Reviews requests for proposals and bids to ensure that the work is accurate and completed timely and efficiently.
Analyzes work load and budgets.
Assigns work for a group of engineers and technicians to meet project demands on specific engineering projects.
Analyzes and solves complex engineering and process related problems, which may include, water/wastewater treatment, traffic systems, civil, chemical (environmental/sanitary), structural, electrical, and mechanical.
May direct and/or participate in scientific research projects relating to the study of water and/or wastewater treatments and their effects on the environment or other engineering functions.
Writes, reviews, and/or approves departmental correspondence, legislation, reports and other related documents.
Conducts meetings and makes presentations to staff, committees, boards, commissions, approval agencies, and the general public.
Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

Current Category 16, 17, or 18 Exempt Employee in Class 5241 who has worked at least 2,080 hours in class 5241 with no break in service.
Five (5) years verifiable professional engineering (civil, chemical, sanitary, environmental, mechanical, electrical, or transportation (traffic)) work experience.
Two (2) years’ experience equivalent to the 5207 Associate Engineer level or higher.
Possession of a Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of California in one of the following disciplines: civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical (environmental/sanitary), or transportation (traffic).
Candidates licensed in other states, who otherwise meet the minimum requirements of this announcement but do not possess the required California License, may file for this examination, and if successful, will be placed under waiver on the resulting eligible list until the required California License is presented.
City and County of San Francisco employees having six (6) months experience as a 5207 Associate Engineer or higher will be admitted to the exam process.
Successful candidates will be placed under waiver on the resulting eligible list until the two-year requirement is met in full.
All positions require possession of a Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of California in one of the following disciplines: Civil, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Environmental, or Transportation (Traffic).
Some positions may require additional special engineering licensing and/or work experience in areas such as Construction Management, Structural, Corrosion, Fire Protection, Geo-technical, Environmental, Control Systems or Industrial Engineering.
Most positions require a valid driver license.
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.
Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.
Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to a lower score.

Skills

Engineering studies
Report preparation
Design
Calculations
Cost estimation
Specification writing
Contract document preparation
Legislation review
Staff interviewing
Staff selection
Staff training
Staff monitoring
Staff evaluation
Staff counseling
Bid preparation
Bid instruction writing
Contract bond preparation
Bid analysis
Contract negotiation
Contract modification negotiation
Claim resolution
Dispute resolution
Project inspection
Field inspection supervision
Engineering design
Drawing preparation
Request for proposal review
Workload analysis
Budget analysis
Work assignment
Problem-solving
Water/wastewater treatment
Traffic systems
Civil engineering
Chemical engineering
Sanitary engineering
Environmental engineering
Structural engineering
Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Scientific research
Correspondence writing
Legislation writing
Report writing
Meeting facilitation
Presentation delivery

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Permanent Civil Service
Full-time

Experience Level

5 years of professional engineering experience
2 years of experience equivalent to the 5207 Associate Engineer level or higher

Education Level

Master's degree in Chemical, Sanitary, Transportation (Traffic), or Environmental Engineering (may substitute for one year work experience in specific specialties)
Ph.D. in Chemical, Sanitary, Transportation (Traffic), or Environmental Engineering (may substitute for two years work experience in specific specialties)

Benefits

Employee Benefits Overview

About the Company

San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change.
Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.

Equal Opportunity

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply.
Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.