Civil Engineer II
The City of Norfolk
- Norfolk, VA
- $62,122-71,440 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinating with VDOT Urban Program staff to meet project scoping, documentation, and oversight requirements.
- Creating and maintaining projects in the City's project management software.
- Participating in consultant procurement, including development of RFP and contract provisions in accordance with federal and state procurement and civil rights requirements, consultant selection, and coordinating VDOT Pre-Award Audits.
- Reviewing fee proposals and issuing and administering consultant task orders
- Managing of project design budget and schedule.
- Coordinating transportation design studies and development of construction plans.
- Performing technical and constructability reviews of construction design calculations, plans, specifications, construction cost estimates and schedules.
- Investigating design challenges and developing engineering solutions.
- Overseeing and ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental requirements, including documentation, environmental agency coordination and permitting.
- Coordinating federal and state public involvement and right-of-way acquisition requirements as applicable for transportation projects.
- Preparing public informational materials.
- Contractor procurements, in accordance with federal and state procurement and civil rights requirements, including:
- Preparation of contract documents for bid advertisements, including obtaining required VDOT review and approval.
- Coordination of construction contract award, including VDOT award recommendation package (recommendation letter, bid analysis, and other required documentation).
- Coordinating with VDOT Urban Program and Construction Administration staff to meet project documentation, civil rights/disadvantaged business enterprises, quality assurance/quality control and oversight requirements.
- Administrating construction contracts and consultant task orders for inspections and construction engineering services.
- Scheduling and chairing pre-construction conferences and construction progress meetings.
- Managing construction budget and schedule.
- Assigning tasks to construction inspectors and reviewing construction project activities and documentation.
- Processing construction invoices.
- Reviewing and/or coordinating review of construction submittals and requests for information.
- Negotiating and preparing change orders, including submittal of VDOT Conceptual Approval Requests.
- Overseeing and ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental monitoring and permitting requirements.
- Overseeing and ensuring compliance with federal and state materials requirements.
- Performing site visits and construction inspections.
- Informing the public, stakeholders and other agencies of construction impacts and progress.
- Participating in VDOT LAP reviews and VDOT/FHWA audits.
- Understanding and educating others on requirements, deadlines, limits, local matches, and changes to the various VDOT funding programs.
- Coordination within the Transportation Division and in other divisions, departments, and stakeholders within the City of Norfolk.
- Review and/or preparation of transportation capacity and safety needs studies to identify potential transportation projects for state and federal funding applications.
- Preparation of funding applications, including data collection and analysis.
- Preparation of conceptual designs for transportation, traffic signal, and complete streets improvements.
- Preparation of pre-scoping cost estimates and schedules as necessary for funding applications.
- Coordination and preparation of materials to meet public involvement requirements for funding applications.
- Two years of experience.
- Bachelor's Degree and/or master's degree- Area of concentration preferred Civil Engineering.
- Virginia Department of Transportation experience is preferred with certifications in work zone and construction management.
- Valid Driver's License may be required depending on assignment.
- Engineer In Training (EIT) Certification or equivalent required.
- Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.
- Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.
- Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.
- Retirement
- The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant's school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.
The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.Non-City
Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.