Engineering Technician
Description:
Salary: $67,080.00 - $82,388.80 Annually
Location : County of San Diego, CA
Job Type: Regular - Full time
Job Number: 25381303
Department: Public Works, Dept of, Road
Division: Engineering Services-Rf
Opening Date: 04/15/2025
Closing Date: 5/6/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Job Summary
Excellent Career Opportunity
County of San Diego-Department of Public Works!
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN II
Interviews will take place the week of June 2, 2025. Job offers for selected candidates will be made the week of June 9, 2025
***This hard to recruit position qualifies for the Employee Referral Reward Program. If a current County of San Diego employee referred you to apply for this position, please indicate the employee's name on your job application in the space provided. ***
Are you passionate about providing exceptional service? interested in working on projects that have great impact? If so, the County of San Diego is currently accepting applications for Engineering Technician II in order to establish a six-month eligible list. This list may be used to fill vacancies in all divisions or assignments within Public Works and the Department of Planning & Development Services. The list will be used to fill current vacancies in the Capital Improvement Program and Construction Engineering teams within Public Works.
Capital Improvement Program Position
The Capital Improvement Program is responsible for overall management and coordination of planning, budget, design, environmental clearance and permitting, right-of-way acquisition and utility coordination for a wide variety of capital projects, including road, bridge, flood control, drainage, airport, and wastewater projects. Some of the duties and responsibilities for this position include:
Preparing civil engineering design drawing with guidance from staff engineers
Utilize Civil 3D for infrastructure site plans to prepare plan and profile sheets
Prepare diagrams and exhibits using Civil 3D for design projects Construction Engineering Position
Construction Engineering provides administrative, technical, fiscal, and scheduling controls for capital improvement construction contracts. The Engineering Technician II performs technical and engineering work required for the enforcement, investigation, inspection, design, construction, and maintenance of engineering projects and records. Some of the duties and responsibilities for this position include:
Assist in engineering surveys
Prepare field notes, plots, sketches, maps, plans, legal descriptions and street light layouts
Perform engineering calculations.
Provide para-professional engineering support to engineers, surveyors, or program managers. Click for additional information on the job class such as essential functions and working conditions.
Hiring Timeline & Dates
Job Offer and Background Process begins the week of June 9, 2025. Note: Current County employees may be excluded from additional background screening.
Pre-employment Medical Screening: Approximately 3 days following successful background investigation results.
Anticipated Start Date: Start date will be based upon successful completion of medical screening or other mutually agreed upon date. If you are not selected for this interview process, you may have the opportunity to compete for future vacancies.
Minimum Qualifications
Three (3) years paraprofessional engineering or surveying experience performing one or more of the following: construction inspection; materials testing; field surveying; traffic data collection and analysis; drafting and statistical computations for design and public works projects; subdivision, parcel map and records of survey checking; and/or real property engineering involving legal descriptions, drafting and research; OR,
Three (3) years of college level course work in engineering or surveying; OR,
Any combination of education and experience described above which equals three (3) years; OR,
One (1) year as an Engineering Technician I in the County of San Diego.
Note: Thirty (30) college semester units in engineering is considered equivalent to one (1) year of work experience.
The Department of Human Resources removes personally identifiable information from all recruitments. This practice, called Blind Applicant Screening, hides a candidate's personal information that could influence or bias a hiring decision. Personal information includes name, phone number, address, gender, age and race. This process helps contribute to a fair and equitable selection process leading to a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
The most highly qualified candidates, based on the evaluation results, will be referred for an interview. Be sure to include your experience in meeting the minimum requirements in both the Work Experience section and the Supplemental Questionnaire section of the Application.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application Work History and/or supplemental questionnaire.
Condition of Employment
As part of the County of San Diego's pre-employment process, prospective candidates will undergo a background check (including fingerprinting) and a pre-employment medical screening prior to beginning County employment. Current County employees may be excluded from this process.
Evaluation
The names of qualified applicants will be placed on a six (6) month employment list based on scores received during the evaluation of information provided on the employment and supplemental applications.
Please ensure all information is complete and accurate, as the responses you provide on the supplemental application questionnaire will be reviewed using an automated evaluation system. If you are successful in the initial screening process, your application will be reviewed individually to confirm that the information you provided is accurate and qualifying.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of a job, on a case-by-case basis.
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Please be sure to answer the following questions in a thorough and complete manner, as your responses may be used to determine your overall score. Please do NOT indicate "See Resume," or "See Application," as these are not acceptable answers. Please note that if you are invited to a selection interview(s) by a department, your responses to the following questions may be verified. Do you understand this information?
Yes
No
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Please check the box that most accurately describes how you qualify for this position: NOTES: • Your degree or related coursework in engineering or surveying must be from an accredited U.S. college, university or possession of a certified foreign studies equivalency; • In order for your education to be considered, you must submit a copy of your degree(s), complete transcripts, and/or foreign studies equivalency report with your application. Please note that your degree verification must be in an unalterable format.
Three (3) years paraprofessional engineering or surveying experience performing one or more of the following: construction inspection; materials testing; field surveying; traffic data collection and analysis; drafting and statistical computations for design and public works projects; subdivision, parcel map and records of survey checking; and/or real property engineering involving legal descriptions, drafting and research.
Three (3) years of college level course work in engineering or surveying,
Any combination of education and experience described above which equals three (3) years.
One (1) year as an Engineering Technician I in the County of San Diego.
None of the above
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Do you possess MORE than 3 years paid work experience in any of the areas below? Select the area or areas below that accurately reflects your work experience.
Construction inspection
Materials laboratory testing
Field materials testing
Traffic data collection and analysis
Drafting, mapping, researching, and engineering computations for design of public works projects
Subdivision, parcel map, and record of survey checking
Real property engineering involving legal descriptions, drafting, and researching
Fieldwork inspection
I do not possess MORE than 3 years of experience in one of the areas above.
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If you selected any of the experience areas above, please describe your experience and include 1. Employer name 2. Your job title 3. Length of employment including month/year to month/year, 4. hours worked per week 5. A description of your duties/experience. If you do not possess the experience or do not possess more than 3 years of the experience, please indicate N/A.
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Do you possess testing certifications by the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and/or Caltrans? If you replied Yes, please attach a copy of the certification with your application.
Yes
No
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Where did you first hear about this job opportunity?
San Diego County website
Governmentjobs.com
Veteran Outreach / FFSC
Mana de San Diego
Family, Neighbors, Friends
County Employee Resources Group
College/University Career Site
County Social Media
Voice and Viewpoint
Other
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Which position(s) are you interested in?
Capital Improvement Program
Construction Engineering
Both
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For candidates interested in the Capital Improvement Program position, please describe your level of experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D, including training and education, how long you have used the program, and examples of projects or tasks you have completed using the program.If selected in the question above, that you are only interested in the Construction Engineering position, please write "N/A."
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