Assistant Civil Engineer I - City of Downey

Effective the start of the pay period that includes April 1, 2025, employees will receive a four percent (4.0%) across the board pay range increase. 

Under general supervision, performs professional level office and field engineering work in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of streets, traffic signals and traffic control devices, other public works structures and projects, receive and respond to citizen requests, within the Capital Improvement Program, Construction, and Traffic operations.

The Assistant Civil Engineer I is the entry-level class in the Civil Engineer job series. An incumbent performs assignments in the design, review, and/or implementation of engineering plans, drawings, and designs requiring knowledge and ability to execute civil engineering principles and standards, construction cost analysis, and engineering field measurement and data collection practices. As experience is gained, assignments become more diversified and require the application of a growing body of technical engineering related knowledge.
 
The Engineering Division provides development engineering services, oversees the City's Capital Improvement Program by designing and managing the construction of various capital projects, provides public works construction management and inspection services, traffic engineering services, and manages the City's Lighting and Landscaping Assessment District, as well as various maintenance contracts such as street light and traffic signal maintenance and responds to requests for service from the community.

An Eligible List of qualified applicants will be established from this recruitment.  Eligible List may be utilized to fill other full and part -time vacancies as needed.  Generally, a valid Eligible List is in effect for up to one year.