ASSISTANT ENGINEER (PUBLIC WORKS) - City of Torrance

Torrance, CA

About the Job

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The City of Torrance is recruiting for an Assistant Engineer to be part of the Public Works Department's Engineering Division Team!

The Department
The Public Works Department is a dynamic organization that readily adapts to the needs of the Torrance Community in providing quality and reliable service to the public. The Department is made up of over 200 employees within five distinct divisions who provide service to residents, businesses, and other City departments to improve and maintain the City's streets, sidewalks, landscaping, traffic signals, sewers, waste collection, and water systems.

The Division
The Engineering Division is responsible for the development and implementation of several and various infrastructure projects included in the City's multi-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The Division's duties include: planning and budgeting for new projects; securing outside (i.e. federal, state, grant) funding; engineering design, administration of public bidding; and construction management of each project. The Division also provides traffic engineering services for the City including traffic studies, traffic signal system management, responding to citizen traffic requests and making traffic striping and signage improvements citywide in compliance with state standards.

The Position
The Assistant Engineer applies civil engineering principles and practices in support of the Public Works Department's mission to provide a superior level of public service and interdepartmental support in the most practical and competent manner possible.

The following duties represent the principal job duties; however, they are not all-inclusive.

Designs and develops engineering plans, drawings and specifications, cost estimates, contract provisions, legal descriptions, and maps, ensuring compliance with subdivision policies and local and state codes, ordinances and regulations;
Maintains accurate and up-to-date project files;
Prepares general correspondence, reports, newsletters, etc. as required;
Investigates public complaints and problems and takes appropriate action to resolve complaints and problems;
Prepares and presents reports and agenda items to the City Council, and City Commissions;
Coordinates projects with other City departments, agencies and utilities as required;
Assigns, reviews and coordinates the work of subordinate technical engineering personnel; assists in training lower-level employees;
Keeps abreast of current engineering principles and practices, technology, regulations and literature that apply to City engineering projects.

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Job Type: Permanent Full-time

Location: Torrance, California

Agency: Public Works

Source : City of Torrance