Engineering Technician

The City of Glendora has an exciting new opportunity to join our engineering team as an Engineering Technician. This position will primarily assist the public with inquiries regarding permits, rules, policies and programs. The ideal candidate has excellent customer skills, can multitask, prioritize and thrives in a team environment.

This is a great opportunity to work on exciting new projects and learn from skilled engineering professionals. If you are looking to get hands on exposure to a variety of areas in a small agency this might be the perfect opportunity for you.

Under general supervision, the Engineering Technician performs technical and sub-professional engineering work related to the drafting of plans for public works facilities, reviews and issues permits, performs related duties as required.

The Engineering Technician works under general supervision and, within a framework of established procedures, is expected to perform a wide variety of sub-professional engineering duties with only occasional instruction or assistance. Adequate performance at this level requires a knowledge of departmental procedures and precedents, and the ability to choose among alternatives in solving problems. An Engineering Technician is expected to work productively even in the absence of a supervisor. Work is normally reviewed only on completion and for overall results.

Some of the typical duties of the Engineering Technician include but are not limited to, the following:

• Processes permit applications; reviews improvement plans; determines conditions for approval; calculates fees; completes necessary paperwork; issues permits for transportation, street, sewer and drainage projects.
• Responds to inquiries and provides information regarding property descriptions, location, and property surveys.
• Performs a variety of work involved in the preparation of construction drawings and related maps, reflecting topography, drainage, rights-of-way, structures, utility lines, roadways, construction symbols, and related information; tabulates and plots field data; uses a variety of drafting tools and equipment.
• Assists in the preparation of plans related to the construction and maintenance of a variety of projects in accordance with City, state, and federal guidelines; assists in the preparation of quantities calculations and materials costs.
• Keeps accurate records; prepares technical reports; makes presentations and/or represents the City in a variety of meetings with the public.

EDUCATION/AND OR EXPERIENCE

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be an Associate’s degree or equivalent with major work in drafting, civil engineering or a closely related field; and two years of progressively responsible sub-professional engineering experience. Two years of progressively responsible experience in municipal traffic engineering may be required for some assignments.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL LEVELS

Working knowledge of the fundamentals of civil engineering computations; nomenclature, symbols, methods, practices, techniques, and instruments used in engineering mapping; surveying equipment, principles, problems, techniques, and practices; mathematics as applied to the computation of distances, angles, areas, and traverses, including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Skill in the use of drafting tools and the operation of Computer Assisted Drafting computer programs.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS