Engineering Assistant I - City
$58,406–$89,170 year
On-site · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Job Summary
Engineering Assistant I is a para-professional role in the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department (City of Oklahoma City). Responsibilities include gathering data for use in project designs or reports, reviewing construction plans and making recommended revisions based on technical merit, responding to information requests, writing work orders and construction specifications, and supervising technical support staff by delegating, prioritizing, and reviewing their work. The role focuses on paving, drainage, sanitary sewer, water lines, and airport construction, with emphasis on producing plans for proposed construction projects and ensuring contract compliance. Essential functions require knowledge of design standards, ability to review drawings for accuracy, perform mathematical computations, prepare cost estimates, and travel as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of one (1) year experience in civil engineering, storm sewer, or technical review and regulations field.
- Knowledge of standards and design alternatives in paving, drainage, sanitary sewer, water lines, or airport construction.
- Knowledge of FEMA rules and regulations.
- Skill in assessing salient technical information.
- Skill in efficient, accurate, and complete disposition of projects.
- Skill in conveying technical information both verbally and in writing.
- Skill in critically reviewing drawings for design, accuracy, and neatness.
- Skill in relating written technical information to drawings.
- Skill in performing mathematical computations following standard formulas.
- Skill in determining the most appropriate designs to meet field conditions and applicable standards.
- Skill in preparing cost estimates.
- Skill in supervising.
- Ability to travel.
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