Engineer I

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: 54,834.00 - 64,330.50

Work Day/Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00pm

About the City-County Planning Department

The City-County Planning Department helps plan and direct Durham’s vision for growth that supports a high quality of life, a robust economy and a sustainable, inclusive, equitable and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast-paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today’s land-use and community planning challenges. If you’re talented, creative and focused on customer service, join our team!

Your Responsibilities

Devoted to providing engineering support and professional civil engineering for a variety of public works utilities, storm water, and transportation facilities/projects as well as review of public and private development projects. Incumbents perform entry-level professional engineering work. Work requires independent evaluation and analysis of issues and the exercise of judgment, education and experience to select and apply criteria to resolve problems and make recommendations. Decision-making includes selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction. Incumbents may provide reviews of drawings and permits. Responsible for reviewing drawings; processing applications; responding to customer questions; providing quality control duties; verifying permits; performing related duties.

• Review and approve building permits requiring floodplain review.
• Ensures plans comply with applicable requirements, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Reviews construction and engineering documentation; and coordinates with senior management, developers, inspectors, and other staff to assess compliance with specifications. Provides customer service; coordinates with a variety of internal and external staff, departments, and agencies; and attends meetings, to provide professional and technical information; process and evaluate requests.
• Processes development and project-related applications; processes, issues, and/or approves assigned permits and certificates; maintains databases; prepares reports.
• Reviews and approves impacts or intrusions to environmentally sensitive lands during the development review process. These lands may be riparian stream buffers, floodplain, or other surface waters.
• Assists with development inquiries and the development review process as it relates to roads, water systems, sewer systems, stormwater conveyance systems, stormwater management systems, wastewater treatment systems, water treatment systems, reservoir and pumping systems. Develops entry level engineering skill sets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree: in engineering or a directly related field
• Experience: One year of engineering-related experience (which may include internship experience).
• Driver’s License: A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City.

Important Update on COVID-19 Process

for new hires and employees: All employees who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will pay a $100 surcharge each month for their health insurance benefit during the subsequent benefits year if they remain unvaccinated through 12/31/2022.

• At least one year of experience reviewing Floodplain submittals.
• North Carolina Certified Floodplain Managers Certification.
• One year of professional experience related to engineering, development review, regulatory, or building code compliance.
• Proficient in office applications, ArcGIS, and permit management software.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Customer service experience.
• Experience working with municipalities.