Civil Engineer - Road and Bridge

Job Description
General Summary:
Position performs engineering and project management functions for roadway, bridge, and drainage projects. Ensures compliance with applicable federal, state and county laws, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines. Position involves frequent contact with governmental officials and private entities.
Essential Duties:
Reports directly to the Brazos County Operations Manager; Provides technical design of civil engineering projects from planning through completion. Designs and oversees construction projects of county roads and bridges and County building projects; Reviews and performs hydrologic and hydraulic analysis. Writes reports and creates displays/exhibits, Review's subdivision plats, designs, and engineering reports. Develops and manages project schedules; Works on multiple roadway/drainage projects simultaneously and continuously, including short or long- term projects; Assists the County Engineer and Operations Manager with large to medium-scale roadway, drainage or public work project management. Frequently communicates and works effectively with various County staff to include external agencies and the general public; Performs other duties as required and/or requested; Regular attendance; the physical demands and the environmental factors listed below are also essential functions for this position. Understands and follows oral and written instruction
Other Duties as assigned.
Supervision
Received:
From Brazos County Operations Manager & County Engineer
Given:
Exhibits leadership skills and maintain relationships with Operations Manager, General Superintendent, GIS Manager, ROW Agent, Drainage Management Specialist, the Traffic Sign Coordinator, the Sign Installation Helper, and student interns including assigning and reviewing work as required.
Education
Required:
Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
Preferred:
Experience
Required:
Must have minimum of three (3) years experience in roadway planning, design or construction; Must have experience in roadway design and site development, the preparation of specifications, bidding documents and estimating roadway and vertical construction projects; Experience with roadway and site construction inspection and a demonstrated ability to work with government and agency staffs; Experience working with various computer applications like AutoCAD, e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets, etc. (e.g. Office Suite); Strong organizational skills and proven ability to maintain accurate, detailed records. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Preferred:
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Required:
Have and Maintain a Class C Driver's License.
Preferred:
Have a Professional Engineering License or ability to acquire one within 2 years of hire date.
Physical Demands
Typical :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; Requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee must frequently stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds, such as tools and equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Typical:
Strong organizational skills and proven ability to maintain accurate, detailed records; Mature, dependable, resourceful, able to work independently and to maintain strict confidentiality; Able to work under pressure in a high volume office, produce accurate work and meet established deadlines; Able to interact effectively with the general public, co-workers, supervisors, department heads, elected officials and others in a pleasant and professional manner; Ability to type and enter data with sufficient speed and accuracy; Able to see and hear; Able to write and read to a size 10 font; Ability to understand and follow instructions; Ability to maintain a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record; Knowledge of methods, practices, and equipment used to create computer cartography, to support local area networks, wide area networks and stand-alone personal computers, to develop plats, to manage floodplains, and to rate pavement conditions; Knowledge of The Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; personnel procedures and policies; supervisory management skills; standard office practices and procedures; purchasing policies and procedures; ability to read and interpret laws and guidelines; ability to assess plat development proposals; ability to apply flood plain management laws and guidelines; ability to evaluate computer network needs; ability to evaluate pavement condition information; ability to evaluate traffic control information; ability to estimate materials and labor costs for projects.
Work Environment
Typical:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is constantly required to work closely with others as a part of a team and to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. The employee is frequently required to perform tedious and exacting work and switch from one task to another. The employee is occasionally required to work under time pressures to meet deadlines.
About Us
Brazos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population as of the 2020 US Census was 233,849. The county seat is Bryan. Along with Brazoria County, the county is named for the Brazos River, which forms its western border.