Engineering Technician I

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The mission of Yakima County Government is to provide accessible, responsive and responsible public service through leadership and teamwork committed to understanding and meeting public needs.

Our Values:

Integrity

Common Sense

Innovation

Accountability

Position Data:Engineering Technician I-J23-U30-H

Extra Help Short Term

Non-Exempt (eligible for overtime)

Overview:Pay Range: $23.52 per hour (Engineering Pay Plan, ENG22 Step 1)

Hiring Range: $23.52 per hour (Engineering Pay Plan, ENG22 Step 1)

Job Closing Date: May 17, 2024

There is one Extra Help Engineering Technician I opening with the Yakima County Public Services, Water Resources Division. This position is responsible for collecting field data, creating and maintaining databases and geographic files using GIS (Geographic Information System), GPS software/hardware, and Excel, water sampling, construction site field documentation, inspecting stormwater BMPs, and other duties as assigned.

Benefits included in position:

-Washington Paid Sick Leave

Note: This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.

This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies that occur within 90 days of the closing of this position. (This excludes Yakima County Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections)

Responsibilities:

Essential Duties:

Collecting stormwater field data with GPS hardware and software, creating and maintaining data spreadsheets or databases, creating reports based on those data.

Collecting water samples at stormwater outfalls. Maintaining logs and chains of custody for each sample taken. Delivering those samples to the selected lab.

Documenting field outcomes of construction projects, including photo documentation of post-construction observations.

Performs water resources fieldwork: Collects, compiles, reviews, and analyze data for surface/ground water quality and quantity, hydrologic, engineering, and other related studies and investigations using appropriate sampling, measurement, and field equipment, methodologies, and techniques. Operates field, laboratory, and survey equipment for various parameters. Performs field sampling and testing of water, soils, and other materials for water quality and quantity studies, flow investigations, research, and other projects as needed. Maintains an awareness and understanding of the latest state-of-the-art techniques, instrumentation, and technology applicable to the conduct of water resource and engineering studies and data collection/analysis activities.

Sets up GPS data bases and features and instructs others in the use of GPS. Uses GPS to collect and verify field data for inclusion in the GIS.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience:

High School Diploma or G.E.D. AND four (4) years of related experience; OR any combination of experience or training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Required:

valid WA State Driver’s License and proof of insurance, if requested;

successful completion of a general employment verification;

experience with Arc/Info and Arc/Edit; and,

geographic mapping and cartography, use of GPS receivers, statistical analysis, mathematics related to surveying.

Preferred:

Associate degree or two-year technical certificate in: GIS, Cartography, Mapping, Geology, Hydrology, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Science, Construction Management.

Equipment Used: telephone, personal computer, plotter, printer, GPS, copy machine, office equipment, passenger vehicle, and camera.

Working Conditions: This position is rated as Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.

Environment: exposure to weather, travel, multiple work locations, field work, and may be exposed to hostile/angry individuals.

Physical Demands: bending, carrying, lifting, sitting, standing, walking, fingering, kneeling, hearing, talking, and visual acuity.

Intellectual Demands: ability to work under pressure, ability to articulate and communicate information in conversations, ability to follow written instruction, and ability to follow verbal instruction.

Knowledge:

principles, practices, concepts and techniques of geographic mapping and cartography;

statistical analysis, spatial data analysis and methods and techniques used to collect data and create geographic data bases;

methods used to analyze and display data geographically;

legal descriptions;

basic mathematics related to geometry and trigonometry; and,

customer service techniques.

Skills (and abilities):

using personal computers, plotters, printers and related software applications including Windows operating systems;

writing and modifying AMLs, avenue and visual basic scripts;

writing SAS programs to manipulate, format data and produce report;

using coordinate geometry to verify, maintain and create mapping layers;

creating, reviewing and cross-checking spatial attribute relationships in digital map data;

designing and producing maps using Arcview and Arc/Info;

establishing and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships with County and other officials, at all organizational levels and with the public; and,

communications, oral and written, sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

“AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER”

Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and the Disabled are encouraged to apply.

Yakima County ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of a person’s age, color, creed, sensory, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and military status, or any other protected status under federal or state statute.

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish the information.

Disabled applicants may request accommodation to participate in the job application and/or selection process for employment. Please contact Human Resources for further information.

Yakima County is a qualified Public Service entity for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to or contact your federal loan servicer.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Yakima County will hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

Yakima County is an E-Verify Employer.

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