Civil Engineer - Public Works - R19666

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Sarasota County plans, maintains, and operates a comprehensive multimodal transportation system that includes a variety of spaces for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians sometimes all at once.

Were committed to the communitys safe passage over and through 137 bridges, 2,328 lane miles of roads, 237 signalized intersections, and 32 miles of shared-use paths.

Spend your days analyzing, designing, permitting, and project management. Apply today and join the Public Works team as a transportation engineer and oversee high-level projects from roadways to site developments in the beautiful Sarasota County.

Relocation is available for those moving 50+ miles to join the premier community where people choose to live, work, and play!

About This Role

As an Engineer you will...

• Oversee multiple high-level projects and assignments.
• Prepare CADD design plans, specifications and technical provisions for roadways, intersections, signals, site development development, trails, parking lots, retaining walls, non-complex structures, stormwater, utilities and related public works facilities and appurtenances.
• Utilize FDOT Green Book, Design Manual, Structures Manual, Drainage Manual, Plans Preparation Manual, MUTCD, AASHTO, Sarasota County Unified Development Code (UDC) and other technical standards needed to prepare design concepts and construction plan sets.
• Prepare cost estimates and summary of quantities utilizing Sarasota County data base, FDOT pay items, Long Range Estimating (LRE) and other Unit Price software as needed for budgeting and procurement of materials.
• Utilize design surveys, as-builts, topographic mapping, GIS, aerial photography, S.U.E., LIDAR and other data sources prepared by others as base maps for design development.
• Utilize traffic studies, technical reports, geotechnical information and other Traffic Engineering data including Sight Distance Investigations, Traffic Control Devices, Speed limit, Parking Prohibition and other data as inputs for design.
• Review and develop construction plans of projects impacting traffic operations or traffic control devices referred by Transportation Planning, Land Development Services, Traffic Engineering and Capital Projects.
• Final roadway field inspection for project acceptance and turnover by/to Public Works for operations & maintenance.
• Support Field Services with design support and engineering judgement on various maintenance and repair needs.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in Civil Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Four (4) years of related Engineering project experience.
• -OR- Masters degree in a related field AND three (3) years of related Engineering project experience.
• EIT certification is required at the time of hire.
• Ability to obtain P.E. license from the State of Florida is required within one (1) year from the time of hire.
• Valid Florida driver's license at the time of hire.

Preferred (Bonus) Qualifications

• Experience in construction and maintenance of traffic.
• Advanced Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) certification.
• PMP Certification.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $78,000.00 - $87,000.00/ annually , based on experience.

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, . You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: 2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above List C Documents.)