Description
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Sarasota County plans, maintains, and operates a comprehensive multimodal transportation system that includes a variety of spaces for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians — sometimes all at once.
We’re committed to the community’s safe passage over and through 137 bridges, 2,328 lane miles of roads, 237 signalized intersections, and 32 miles of shared-use paths.
Spend your days analyzing, designing, permitting, and project management. Apply today and join the Transportation team as a Technical Specialist and oversee high-level projects from roadways to site developments in the beautiful Sarasota County.
About This Role
As a Technical Specialist I, you will perform:
Perform AutoCAD design and computer drafting and computational assignments.
Analyze and design repairs, replacements, and construction of facilities/projects including roads and bridges and miscellaneous structures.
Identify existing field conditions, grades, water lines, utilities, relevant features including the mechanical and electrical aspects of projects.
Utilize design surveys, as-builts, topographic mapping, GIS, aerial photography, S.U.E, LIDAR and other data sources prepared by others as basemaps for design development.
Develop and prepare plans, schematics, maps, drawings and graphic presentations.
Prepare quantity takeoffs, cost estimates and assists with project schedules.
Assist and provide support with programs and projects assigned to Professional Engineers requiring ingenuity and originality.
Review and distribute engineering plans for compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
Conduct field inspections and prepare punchlists for compliance with project design plans and specifications.
Acquire field test reports and results of final roadway and bridge inspections for project acceptance by Transportation for maintenance and Operations.
As a Technical Specialist II, you will perform:
Prepare CADD design plans, specifications and technical provisions for roadways, intersections, signals, site development, trails, parking lots, retaining walls, non-complex structures, stormwater, utilities and related public works facilities and appurtenances.
Evaluate civil engineering related problems for roadways, bridges, structures, stormwater, bike/ped facilities, water, sewer and other utilities and develops creative design solutions.
Utilize FDOT Green Book, Design Manual, Structures Manual, Drainage Manual, Plans Preparation Manual, MUTCD, AASHTO, Sarasota County Unified Development Code (UDC) and other technical standards needed to prepare design concepts and construction plan sets.
Prepare cost estimates and summary of quantities utilizing Sarasota County data base, FDOT pay items, Long Range Estimating (LRE) and other Unit Price software as needed for budgeting and procurement of materials.
Utilize design surveys, as-builts, topographic mapping, GIS, aerial photography, S.U.E, LIDAR and other data sources prepared by others as basemaps for design development.
Utilize traffic studies, technical reports, geotechnical information and other Traffic Engineering data including Sight Distance Investigations, Traffic Control Devices, Speed limit, Parking Prohibition and other data as inputs for design.
Review and develop construction plans of projects impacting traffic operations or traffic control devices referred by Transportation Planning, Land Development Services, Traffic Enginering and Capital Projects.
Final roadway field inspection for project acceptance and turnover by/to Public Works for operations & maintenance.
Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) Plans, design and review for public events, road closures, and for road projects referred by Land Development Services, Capital Projects and Utilities.
Prepare conceptual and/or final stormwater pond, piping and drainage design in conjunction with Public Works Stormwater Engineers and staff.
Utilize ICPR software outputs, prepared by others, as a basis for stormwater design.
Coordinate and confer with other departments, technical specialists and engineers as required.
Requirements
About You
To thrive in this position, you must have-
Technical Specialist I: Starting Pay Range: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00/ annually, based on experience.
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil Engineering, construction, or related engineering field.
-OR- An equivalent combination of education and experience or technical, engineering-related project experience may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the degree.
A valid Florida driver's license at the time of hire.
Technical Specialist II: Starting Pay Range: $61,734.40 - $73,000.00/ annually, based on experience.
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil Engineering OR related engineering field AND two (2) years of professional civil engineering experience.
-OR- a master’s degree in civil engineering OR related engineering field AND one (1) year of professional civil engineering experience.
-OR- An equivalent combination of education and experience or technical, engineering-related project experience may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the degree.
A valid Florida drivers license at the time of hire.
Preferred "BONUS" Qualifications:
CAD Civil 3D software, FDOT design criteria and Plans Preparation.
AutoCADD, Microsoft Office Suite; MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and Outlook. Familiarity with Microsoft Project (scheduling) and/or Project Management software is desired.
Advanced Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) certification.
Experience with Asset management software.
Professional Engineer (P.E.) Certificate or Engineer in Training (EIT) certificate from the State of Florida.
Familiarity with Cartegraph.
Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.
Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).
If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:
1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents
If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)
2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)
Benefits:
Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.
Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.
Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)
A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.
We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.
Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.
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