JOB SUMMARY
Coordinates and conducts a variety of professional engineering functions in support of the City's HUD CDBG-DR Program; plans, designs, and manages multiple flood and drainage infrastructure projects funded through federal, state and local funds; collaborates with other City departments in the identification, design and construction of projects; performs plan reviews; prepares various types of engineering/project records and documentation; supervises assigned personnel; and performs other duties relative to area of assignment.
 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DECISION MAKING

1. Plans, designs, implements, and oversees construction for assigned CDBG-DR projects:

• Reviews design plans, project specifications, and cost estimates.
• Develops and prepares construction specifications and bid documents for minor construction contracts.
• Requests and evaluates consultant scopes of service and fee proposals.
• Reviews and evaluates construction bids prepared by consultants; recommends the award of bids; attends pre-bid conferences.
• Manages construction and close-out phase of assigned projects.
• Provides engineering solutions during design and construction phases.
• Reviews and approves consultant/contractor pay requests.

• Serves as the CIP Department's primary contact regarding the pre-construction process.
• Meets and coordinates with consultants, contractors, City departments and utility agencies and other related professionals regarding the construction and process; provides solutions to construction challenges.

• Ensure standard engineering practices and inclusion of appropriate documentation on various reports and design projects.
• Evaluate alternatives, resolve technical issues and interface with other engineering disciplines.
• Perform engineering interpretation of specifications and drawings, recommending and documenting design modifications, and coordinating with the design team.
• Resolve questions, plan, coordinate, and execute work in a safe, timely, cost effective and compliant manner.

• Provides engineering support; directs the development and maintenance of standard construction details; develops/assists in maintaining technical specifications for CIP and Public Improvement Projects.
• Contributes to master planning for floodplain, drainage and stormwater services throughout the City.
• May hire, train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of assigned personnel.
• Performs other routine and/or specialized duties relative to area of assignment as required.

• Must be able to set goals and objectives with City clients and provide the client a can do approach.
• Must master the art of focused listening and allow the client the time to understand how the project will be managed as well as resolve any problems that may develop during the project.
• Ability to prioritize workload.
• Depending on area of assignment, may hire, train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of assigned personnel.
• Manages assigned engineering projects, consultants and/or programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (Salary is dependent upon qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field required.
• Professional Engineer License issued by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers required.
• Six (6) years progressive responsible experience in engineering/project management required.
• Must possess a valid Texas Driver's License with an acceptable driving record.

• Familiarity with CADD, ARCGIS, Microsoft Project and various modeling programs is desirable.
• Familiarity with state and federal funding programs for disaster recovery.
• Ability to review hydrologic and hydraulic studies and assess viability of proposed solutions.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must be able to read/comprehend regulations, municipal codes, technical specifications, reference manuals, budgets, contracts, and project/engineering documentation.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Must have the ability to build an effective project delivery team for the customer that is focused on treating people with dignity and respect and making each team member feel that they are included in the project. 
• Must provide the leadership to build an optimistic team that meets the needs of the customer. 
• Must be motivated, punctual and be able to communicate and proactively provide information effectively and listen to the other team members.