The City of Helena is an equal opportunity employer. The City shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities.
Job Purpose:
Under supervision of a professional engineer, the purpose of this position is to perform a variety of technical engineering and design work, including review of development infrastructure designs and surveys; recording and inspection or work involved with private development and public works construction projects; computer aided drafting and design; and provide assistance to professional level engineering staff.
Essential Duties: These job functions are the essential duties of the position and are not all-inclusive of all the duties the incumbent may be assigned.
Civil Engineering
This position will review private and city project plans, project cost estimates, and specifications for the sidewalk, curb, gutter, streets, parking, storm sewers, sanitary sewer, and water mains for compliance with city ordinances, policies and standards; coordinate development review with Public Works Divisions to assure that the interests and concerns of Operations & Maintenance divisions are addressed; track compliance with development review conditions of approval; perform inspections of materials and construction for projects; and provide technical assistance on construction methods, project schedules, and inspection policies. Incumbents will also assist with field surveying for construction control and boundary lines; review and respond to traffic problems and complaints; complete field surveys and operate electronic total station and data collectors, survey levels and GPS units; assume responsibility for the inspection and compliance of the Federal ADA Act for construction within Public Rights-of-Way; and review of building civil site plans and inspection of the construction.
GIS and Computer
This position will update City of Helena utility maps; organize and systemize plats and plans to assure permanent and reliable City of Helena records; utilize and manipulate computer generated maps and drawings for preparing public information; maintain accurate files, GIS information and records of all engineering data cataloged by the Department; prepare technical engineering analysis, reports, studies, maps and cost estimates following accepted engineering practices and standards; research records, maps and other data to obtain engineering data pertaining to Maintain accurate files and records of all engineering data cataloged by the Department; under the supervision of a professional engineer, provide computer aided drafting and design of water, sewer, streets and drainage.
General
The position participates in operational activities of the Engineering Division as needed or as assigned; prepares and provides verbal, written and graphical information to the general public, outside agencies, developers, contractors and others as required; performs a variety of office and field tasks to gather, analyze and record data to assist engineers; prints plats, plans and base maps for staff, contractors and the public; and performs other duties as assigned.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Related to this Position:
Knowledge of:
- Basic principles and practices of civil engineering as applied to municipal public works.
- Terminology, methods, and techniques used in the construction of public works engineering projects.
- Engineering design and construction standards including engineering maps and records.
- Principles of mathematics as applied to engineering work, record keeping, data collection and report preparation.
- Techniques and methods of drafting and used in inspections and surveying.
- Modern office practices, methods and computer equipment.
- Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations.
- Safe driving principles and practices.
Skill or ability to:
- Operate Autocad, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, modeling software and other software utilized by the Engineering Department.
- Operate surveying equipment and map reproduction equipment.
- Make complex engineering computations.
- Prepare, read and interpret engineering plans and specifications.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
- Establish, maintain and foster positive working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Physical Demands:
Ability to work in a standard office environment with ability to sit, stand, walk, crouch, stoop, squat, climb, and lift 20 lbs.; exposure to outdoors; ability to travel to different sites and locations.
Minimum Qualifications (Education, Experience and Training):
License or Certificate: This position requires a minimum of an Associate Degree with major course work in civil engineering technology or a related field. This position requires one year of responsible technical engineering design and construction experience. Other relevant combinations of education and work experience may be evaluated on an individual basis
Must possess a valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record at the time of hire and have the ability to obtain a valid MT driver’s license within six months of hire.
Supervision Received:
Supervised by the City Engineer.
