City of Grants Pass
Public Works Department
Open until filled
Are you Looking for a career with purpose? A career where your efforts benefit and make a lasting impact on your community and neighbors? The City of Grants Pass has a great opportunity as an Engineering Technician. This job gives you the opportunity to take a project from inception through design, plan review, inspection and completion. The Engineering Division oversees capital projects that build and repair the roads and utility infrastructure that you use every day. This is not a job where you will be sitting behind a desk all day, in addition to several large City capital projects you will be inspecting in the field, the public infrastructure for private developments.
The Engineering Technicians inspect and monitor construction of public works and private development to ensure compliance with approved plans and construction standards. The position also reads and interprets construction plans in conjunction with actual construction, monitors construction milestone testing, and advises developers, contractors and engineers of requirements needed to pass inspection. These important tasks help ensure that infrastructure installed today will continue to serve our community for decades to come.
We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits, generous paid vacation, sick and holidays, and a great work environment with wonderful people.
An example of tasks performed by the Engineering Technician:
- Conducting field inspections
- Construction plan review
- Facilitating community meetings, pre-construction and pre-bid meetings
- Basic contract administration for construction projects
- Preparing capital budgets
- Work with consultants
Minimum Qualifications:
An Associate’s Degree and two years of construction and/or public works field inspection and/or civil engineering design experience are required; or a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related field and one year of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed in the job description.
Licensing Requirements(positions in this class require):
- Oregon Driver’s License – Class C
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Toni Martin, Human Resources
tmartin@grantspassoregon.gov
541-450-6055