Engineering Drafter Supervisor - City of Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE:

06/30/2025

PAY GRADE:

Grade 24

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

The City of Birmingham is seeking a highly qualified Engineering Drafter Supervisor. This role involves creating detailed technical drawings and plans for roads, bridges, utilities, and other public infrastructure projects. The Engineering Drafter Supervisor will oversee a team of drafters, assigning tasks, reviewing work for accuracy and compliance with engineering standards, and ensuring that deadlines and project specifications are met. Responsibilities also include conducting on-site inspections, reviewing the work of crews and contractors against established specifications, and interacting with various public entities. Additionally, the Engineering Drafter Supervisor will provide technical guidance, ensure adherence to local and federal regulations, and support the development of drafting standards and procedures to maintain quality and efficiency across all projects.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.

Birmingham $54,308 - $84,240

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Driver's license.

• Associates degree, or higher, from an accredited college or technical school in Drafting, Engineering, Architecture, or other closely related field.

• Extensive work experience using computer-aided design software (Carlson, Auto-CAD, Microstation, etc.) to produce drawings and/or specification for architectural or civil design projects and mapping.

• Work experience as a lead drafter, including mentoring, training, and reviewing the work of other less experience drafters.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the City of Birmingham. These qualifications may be considered by Birmingham when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.

• Experience using Carlson software to produce drawings/plans.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Produces plans, blueprints and drawings depicting infrastructure (e.g., sewers, roads, architecture, structural, etc.) using computer-assisted drafting systems (i.e., IntelliCAD, Auto-CAD), drafting machines, and/or by hand, to be used for civil engineering, construction projects, and/or public knowledge.

• Completes "as-built" drawings using engineering and/or architectural software.

• Maintains a hard-copy and digital filing system through manually organizing and scanning new and/or existing hard-copies of maps, blueprints and drawings and tracking computer-based files.

• Assists in managing civil engineering and/or construction projects by conducting on-site inspections, reviewing work of crews and contractors and interacting with the public.

• Researches and investigates existing structures, maps and documents in order to develop plans and communicate accurate information to colleagues including but not limited to drafters, engineers, architects, supervisors, consultants and the general public.

• Conducts site investigations to gain additional information and ensure accuracy of field and documented information.

• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.

• Reviews maps and drawings to ensure calculations are correct and that the appropriate information is listed.

• Reviews site plans for any site work being done in right-of-way.

• Reviews the work of contractors, making changes to civil engineering and/or construction plans, as necessary ((e.g., roads, bridges, sewer (sanitary and storm), etc.).

• Analyzes workload of staff by gathering relevant data (e.g., number of projects assigned, size and scope of projects, etc.) in order to make assignments and adjust responsibilities as needed.

• Assigns and distributes work to staff based upon departmental/division needs, deadlines and qualifications of personnel.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time. At times, job may require light to moderate physical exertion, including lifting, carrying, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or twisting. Job may also involve occasional lifting of items or objects weighing up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is conducted both indoors in an office setting as well as regular field visits to outdoor worksites. Incumbents may be required to enter properties, construction sites, residences, and buildings under various stages of construction and repair. Job may also require incumbents to be exposed to inclement weather when working outdoors (e.g., extreme heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, etc.).

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

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NOTE:

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DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.