Senior Civil Engineer

Full Job Description

The County of Riverside's TLMA Transportation Department is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer. This role will support the Development Review Division located in Riverside, CA.

The Senior Engineer will supervise and direct the review of development projects including tracts, parcel maps, conditional use permits, plot plans, specific plans, and other land use application types ensuring compliance with local ordinances and state regulatory standards. This position will coordinate and interact with other engineers, technical staff, planners, government agencies, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure development projects meet design, planning, and environmental requirements. This role also includes communicating with local government officials, community members, and the public regarding development projects, addressing concerns raised at public hearings and community meetings.

The Department desires candidates with knowledge of local, State, and Federal standards in public work's planning projects including the principles and practices of engineering as they apply to traffic and highway safety, transportation planning, highway design, flood control, construction and maintenance and environmental monitoring programs. Candidates with traffic analysis experience are highly preferred.

This position currently offers a flexible schedule, including the opportunity for hybrid remote work. Participation in telework is offered at the department's discretion and subject to change at any time. The selected candidate must be able to report to the office as required.

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

Typical duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
• Plan, organize, direct, and review the work of a unit engaged in the review of development projects; determine priorities for assigned projects.

• Supervise engineers and technicians or directly undertake the review of land development projects.

• Make decisions independently on technical problems and methods related to the work being performed.

• Direct and supervise the research, development and preparation of long-range plans; direct, coordinate and supervise a variety of engineering services; represent the department before other agencies and the public.

• Generate and/or evaluate cost assessments, design and/or analyze street and highway planning projects, perform fundamental civil engineering evaluations, and carry out hydraulic studies.

Qualifications

Experience: Four years of professional civil engineering experience, including two years in either
1) traffic engineering;
2) the planning, design and construction of highways; or
3) the review and approval of civil engineering plans.

Other Requirements
License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver’s License may be required.

Possession of a valid certificate of registration as a Civil Engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers is required.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Technical Proficiency: Extensive experience in managing roadway improvement projects, including design, construction, and compliance with State and County standards.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead and supervise a team of engineers or technical staff, manage assignments, and resolve conflicts effectively.
• Project Management: Strong skills in managing budgets, schedules, and resources while ensuring quality assurance and environmental compliance.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Experience coordinating with multiple agencies, functional units, and contractors to ensure project success.
• Adaptability and Problem-Solving: Ability to resolve disputes and manage complex engineering challenges, such as contract change orders and compliance issues.
• Communication Skills: Clear and effective communication for preparing reports, coordinating across teams, and engaging with external stakeholders.

Knowledge of: The principals and practices of engineering especially as they apply to traffic, transportation planning, sanitary landfill, highway, flood control, or water conservation construction and maintenance; engineering mathematics; the characteristics and behavior of various construction materials; environmental monitoring and installation of gas extraction systems at sanitary landfills; state and federal standards concerning public works design and construction; engineering economics; the principles and techniques of engineering administration, personnel management and budgeting.

Ability to: Plan, organize and direct the work of an engineering unit; lay out and supervise the work of professional engineers; perform or review difficult engineering calculations; prepare or direct the preparation of complex plans and specifications, and comprehensive technical reports; perform difficult technical research to analyze situations accurately, and adopt effective courses of action; review, evaluate, recommend, and/or approve proposals and plans of public works projects; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.

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