Posted: 19-Aug-24
Location: Everett, Washington
Type: Full Time
Salary: $75,973.32 - $92,430.12
Years of Experience:
Preferred Education:
Additional Information:
Internal Number: 2024-PWK8163R-AUG
Are you interested in job stability, competitive pay, and work-life balance? Snohomish County Public Works is hiring a talented individual to fill a key Engineer I position in the Traffic Operations section of the Transportation and Environmental Services (TES) Division. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who wants to learn, grow, and contribute to the safe and efficient operation of the county’s extensive public road network. Start your path towards a bright future as an Engineer I and enjoy great benefits!
As the Engineer I, you will assist experienced transportation engineers and planners to study traffic signals, intersections, and roadways, identify congestion and safety issues affecting motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists and plan, develop, and implement solutions to fix them.
Assignments will include, but are not limited to:
- Compiling traffic data and assisting in the preparation of traffic studies.
- Preparing and supporting the development of traffic simulation models to evaluate intersections and arterial performance using Synchro, SimTraffic, HCS, Sidra, TEAPAC, or similar software.
- Assisting in the preparation of warrants for traffic signals, roadway illumination, stop controlled intersections, and turn lanes.
- Helping conduct road safety assessments and audits, and applying the Safe System approach to reduce or eliminate serious injury and fatality collisions on county roads.
- Assisting in the preparation of benefit-cost analyses and cost estimates for small capital traffic projects.
- Assisting in the review of plans, specifications, and estimates for small and large capital transportation projects.
- Providing grant funding support for small and large capital transportation projects.
- Providing construction engineering and inspection support for small capital transportation projects.
- Conducting annual timing updates to flashing beacons in school zones.
Qualified Candidates:
Join our team if you have passion for, and experience and knowledge of, transportation engineering and planning principles and are familiar with current road safety, active transportation, and traffic management trends and developments. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organizational skills, will demonstrate the ability to work well with staff and stakeholders with a variety of backgrounds, and will be able to positively contribute to the Traffic Operations team as well as the other divisions in Public Works.
Selection Process:
Please attach a resume and cover letter specifically highlighting your education, training, and experience with traffic data collection, traffic data analyses, and interacting with consultants/project managers regarding traffic safety studies/projects.
Join Snohomish County Public Works and enjoy these perks:
- Make a contribution in shaping one of Washington’s fastest growing counties
- Join an award-winning organization well known for excellence and commitment to high-quality public service
- Advancement opportunities
- Employee development and training opportunities
- Excellent medical, dental, and other benefits
- Earn a Pension! Start vesting for a Washington Department of Retirement System (DRS) PERS pension.
- Security, stability, and a lifelong career!
About the Traffic Operations Section
The Traffic Operations section is responsible for traffic data collection and management, traffic analysis and design, traffic investigations, road safety, and timing, maintaining, and operating traffic signals. Traffic Operations team members collaborate with staff from multiple county departments and divisions including Planning and Development Services, Program Planning, Engineering Services, and Parks to provide transportation data, information, insight, and expertise to ensure that the county’s roads operate in as safe and efficient manner as possible. Other divisional responsibilities include planning and prioritizing county road activities, performing environmental reviews of projects and keeping the public informed of Public Works’ projects.
Visit the Transportation and Environmental Services webpage to learn more about our division.
About Snohomish County Public Works Department
Snohomish County Public Works is responsible for more than 1,650 miles of county roads, 201 bridges and 202 traffic control signals, as well as processing nearly 600,000 tons of garbage per year. Its mission is to focus on safety and mobility while practicing fiscal responsibility and preserving the environment. Public Works has won numerous state and national honors for its work and is the largest department within Snohomish County government with approximately 500 employees plus seasonal staff. Its main office is located at 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA 98201.
Visit www.snohomishcountywa.gov/PublicWorks for more information about Snohomish County Public Works.
When joining Public Works, you will work in an environment where innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement is highly encouraged and supported. We strive to not only provide a meaningful job, but a lifelong career at Snohomish County.
Benefits
Snohomish County is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family and will be invested in your success and growth. We are proud to offer an outstanding benefit package to employees and their dependents. We offer competitive wages; job flexibility and stability; pension opportunities; and employer paid ORCA cards. Snohomish County will be invested in your success and growth and offers the following benefits to our employees. Your salary is only part of your Total Compensation Package:
- Retirement: County employees participate in the Washington State Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) administered by the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS).
- Medical benefits: The County offers a choice of three comprehensive medical insurance plans with low deductibles. The county’s contribution to this benefit is significant.
- Flexible work schedules for some positions.
- Career development training
- Sick leave: You will accrue 8 hours of sick leave per month.
- Vacation Leave: You will start out accruing 8 hours of vacation leave per month totaling 2.4 weeks of vacation in your first year. Your leave accruals increase based on your years of employment with the County.
- Holiday Pay: The County observes 11 paid legal holidays per year and provides employees with two floating holidays annually.
- Benefits: The County offers a wide range of benefits including, medical, and dental, vision, life insurance, LTD, deferred compensation and more.
- Deferred Compensation: If you choose to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP), the County will match your contributions up to 1 percent of your base monthly salary.
- Pay Increases: Each year you will be eligible for a step increase until you reach the top step.
- Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA): County employees typically receive yearly cost of living adjustments.
Teleworking Options
The work associated with this position can be performed with a hybrid of remote work and in-office work as needed and assigned. For employees who prefer to work in the office full time, that option is also available.
Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop and must maintain a home workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours. Snohomish County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. A Snohomish County Telework agreement is required for employees assigned to telework.
Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their Snohomish County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.
About Snohomish County
Snohomish County, north of Seattle, is located in northwest Washington between the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains. The county has rich scenery, numerous activities, and a thriving economy. Snohomish County is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family.
Job Duties
To perform entry-level professional engineering assignments in design, traffic, construction, land development or program development which requires the application of basic engineering principles and methods. Assists Engineers II, III or IV, or manages smaller projects or project components.
STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Conducts, reviews, or directs the preparation of studies and preliminary field surveys in preparation for design and construction of public works projects such as surface water, roadways, bridges, solid waste sites, signals, county parks or community facilities.
- Coordinates design, inspection, and maintenance criteria on construction or maintenance projects with other divisions of Public Works other county departments or outside agencies.
- Provides project management of public works maintenance or construction projects, including preparing, overseeing, or reviewing specifications, cost and quantity estimates, design of drainage and road improvements, and the oversight of the construction process.
- Performs site inspections of construction work to verify quality of installations and coordinate timely and quality completion for acceptance; monitors contractor progress and schedules quality assurance tests and materials approvals.
- Conducts periodic inspections of existing bridge structures for condition; prepares appropriate inspection and documentation reports; prepares load rating calculations from this inspection data and makes recommendations to superiors for bridge maintenance or new construction techniques; may also assist in preparation of Annual Bridge Report.
- Reviews land development applications for residential and commercial projects to insure that they comply with county regulations and design standards; performs site inspections and reviews technical requirements of project; recommends the approval or denial of projects and prepares supporting documentation for hearings or meetings.
- Serves as office engineer responsible for project administration, preparation of plans, specifications and estimates, field engineering design changes, and document review.
- Insures that projects built by contractors are performed in accordance with approved construction plans and/or contractual documents; performs computations and drafting to translate contract plan information into construction requirements; prepares records and reports to document and track project activities and costs.
- Prepares pay estimates for contractors; prepares change orders, revisions; project related data; maintains records of daily quantities and measurements taken from inspection reports.
- Reviews studies and environmental impact statements submitted by private engineers for impact on community and compliance with local ordinances; notifies the public and appropriate agencies of findings.
- Develops and maintains database of engineering information related to transportation, land development or conditions of the road system in order to coordinate county improvements and local development.
- Meets with county staff, developers, engineers, and community members and outside agencies to provide information and resolve concerns regarding county engineering requirements for land development.
- Assists other engineers in researching, analyzing and resolving engineering problems on county construction projects or land development projects.
- Attends public meetings and formal public hearings on proposed county construction or land development projects; prepares or supervises the preparation of maps, exhibits, drawings, charts and graphs and provides technical testimony as required.
- Coordinates and reviews the work of other engineering staff as it relates to assigned construction projects; provides training in related work as required.
- Prepares and reviews technical reports related to engineering assignments.
- Organizes, coordinates and conducts pre-construction conferences of contractors, utilities and county staff to plan project schedules.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- principles, practices and techniques of engineering related to area of assignment
- engineering mathematics as applied to area of assignment
- surveying principles and practices
- engineering plans, specifications and drafting procedures, standards and regulations applied to area of assignment
- word processing, electronic scheduling, spreadsheets, databases, GIS, computer-aided design
- interpret and assess field data used for the maintenance and design of construction projects
- prepare engineering plans, specifications and estimates
- inspect and appraise the condition of public works structures
- use and care for instruments and equipment employed in the area of assignment
- understand and execute oral and written instructions
- establish and maintain effective working relations as necessitated by work assignments
- plan, schedule and coordinate work assignments
- communicate well both verbally and in writing
- use personal computer applications effectively
- perform AutoCAD and Land Desktop assignments