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Engineering Technician II
County of Riverside
TLMA Transportation
Location
Riverside, California, 92502-1569
Salary
$32.07 - $45
per hour
Type
Full Time
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January 20, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves inspecting construction sites to ensure they follow safety rules and project plans, reviewing permit applications, and helping with traffic studies and designs in the county's transportation department.
It's a hands-on role that mixes fieldwork like checking roads and signs with office tasks like drawing maps and preparing reports.
A good fit would be someone with practical experience in civil engineering or traffic work, comfortable using design software, and interested in public infrastructure projects.
Key Requirements
- Experience in field inspections for construction compliance, including grading, paving, traffic control, and utility installation
- Proficiency in reviewing encroachment permits, project plans, and making corrections
- Knowledge of traffic engineering, including accident investigations, traffic censuses, and sign/striping operations
- Skills in using ArcGIS and MicroStation for mapping and design
- Ability to perform calculations for materials, costs, and property descriptions
- Experience in civil, transportation, or traffic engineering environments, preferably in the public sector
- Capability to draft drawings, prepare reports, and maintain engineering records
Full Job Description
The County of Riverside's Transportation Department has an opportunity for a Engineering Technician II supporting the Traffic Engineering division in Riverside.
The Engineering Technician II will perform field inspections to ensure compliance with permit conditions, project documents, County standards, and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities also include reviewing encroachment permit applications, project plans, conducting cursory traffic control reviews, and making redline corrections to project plans.
Field inspections may include, but are not limited to, grading, paving, form inspections and concrete placement, traffic control, utility installation, and overall public safety
Competitive candidates will possess experience using ArcGIS and MicroStation, as well as experience working in civil, transportation, or traffic engineering environments.
Additionally, public sector field experience, knowledge of traffic control, and experience with signing and striping operations are highly desired.
Meet the Team!
The Transportation Department is responsible for planning, designing, funding, building, operating and maintaining all roads, bridges, and transportation facilities within the unincorporated County territory.
Requirements
TRANSPORTATION:
• Investigate and make diagrams, reports, and recommendations on high accident locations and other sites; coordinate traffic census programs; collect, interpret, record, and make graphical presentations from information gathered in traffic, transportation and other studies and surveys.
• Perform limited design of roadways and appurtenant structures; revise elements of simple engineering designs within established limits.
• Calculate and compute quantity and cost of materials for a variety of construction projects; prepare maps using manual or computer aided techniques.
• Enter appropriate computer commands into system for mapping processes; digitize maps for data entry; operate plotter for computerized map preparation.
• Investigate and make diagrams, reports, and recommendations on high accident locations and other sites; coordinate traffic census programs; collect, interpret, record, and make graphical presentations from information gathered in traffic, transportation and other studies and surveys.
• Perform moderately difficult sub-professional field and office Engineering work.
• Set up and maintain filing and indexing systems for road record documents, survey records, maps, transportation data, and other engineering record materials.
• Inspect the construction of less complex public works projects and subdivision tracts to assure compliance with plans and specifications.
• Field duties: transport and set mobile radar feedback trailer; investigate traffic concerns from the public, measure and determine placement of traffic control signs and markings, conduct sight distance measurements,
• Make computations and record readings; check and prepare field notes.
• Office Duties: Draft geometric alignment, cross-sectional, and profile drawings and maps using manual or computer aided techniques.
• Conduct title and property owner research; prepare legal descriptions and various legal documents relating to real property; calculate bearings, distances, areas, and perform other calculations.
• Under direct supervision, preform responsible sub-professional civil engineering work of a technically specialized nature in connection with traffic engineering. Complete traffic related investigations and provide reports and recommendations; collects, interprets, records, and makes graphical presentations of information gathered. Be able to conduct field reviews when necessary, throughout Riverside County. Provide thoughtful responses to the general public by letter, email, phone.
Qualifications
OPTION I
Experience: Three years of sub-professional civil engineering experience. (Completion of college level courses from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or closely related subjects to the assignment such as land surveying, soils erosion, soils testing, blueprint reading, mathematics, computer graphics, or hydrology may substitute for up to two years of the required experience on the basis of 12 semester or 18 quarter units equaling one year of the required full-time experience.)
OPTION II
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in surveying engineering or civil engineering.
OPTION III
Experience: Three years of sub-professional civil engineering experience. (A valid Certificate of Registration as an Engineer-in-Training or Surveyor-in-Training issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers may substitute for two years of the required sub-professional engineering experience.)
ALL OPTIONS
Knowledge of: Mathematics including algebra, geometry and trigonometry; the basic practices of engineering design and construction, traffic control and land surveying; manual and automated drafting techniques; field and office procedures relating to hydrography; procedures related to construction inspection.
Ability to: Read and interpret legal descriptions, engineering drawings, survey notes, and tract descriptions; assist in the preparation of designs, plans, estimates, reports, and specifications; collect and analyze traffic, transportation, hydrologic, and other data and prepare reports, interpretations and recommendations; compile and enter data into computer system for computer aided mapping; perform survey field work, inspect public works projects and subdivision tracts; maintain effective relations with others.
Additional Information
Other Requirements
License: Possession of a valid Class C California Driver's License is required for traveling to various inspection sites.
Physical environment
The Engineering Technician I/II will perform physical work outdoors throughout the year in Riverside County and be exposed to inclement weather.
Some duties will be performed on construction sites on uneven/sloped surfaces. Inspections may involve getting close to the ground and ascending to inspect work or materials at higher elevations.
This recruitment is open to all applicants.
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.
***PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE, upload a copy of your official/unofficial transcripts. ***
For specific questions regarding this position, contact Alex Jones at Aljones@rivco.org
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