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Senior Civil Engineer
The Senior Civil Engineer is responsible for managing the rail transit standards and criteria and reviewing corridor design and construction projects including evaluating scope, budget, and schedules. Typical duties include managing and coordinating engineering activities in support of transit capital improvements; reviewing designs and plans for compliance with Valley Metro standards and criteria; and providing highly responsible and complex technical support to the assigned Manager and capital projects teams. Minimum qualifications and requirements include a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a closely related field, and six years of increasingly responsible experience in the design and management of capital projects. Three of the six years must reflect experience in managing capital projects, particularly public-transit projects, at a supervisory-level. A minimum of two years of experience in light rail, streetcar, heavy rail, or freight rail design is highly preferred. Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Arizona is required. Minimum of two years experience as a professionally registered engineer is highly preferred. A valid Arizona Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation efficiently when required to complete essential job functions is also required. Employment is contingent upon the results of a background check. Examples of duties include reviewing contract documents, shop drawings, design plans, specifications, RFI (request for information), and other related design and construction documentation for compliance with codes, project specifications, and agency criteria. Provides continuous updates of the Agency's design criteria manuals, standard project specifications, and standard details for Valley Metro's light rail, streetcar, and bus programs through program status reporting to the assigned Manager. Reviews and approves Design Criteria Revisions/Deviations. Provides technical expertise and oversight of rail standards and issues for Valley Metro and interacts with design consultants, contractors, and the development community near and adjacent to Valley Metro's transit system. Knowledge and skills include theories, principles, and current practices of engineering analysis, design, and construction as it relates to light rail transit; fundamentals of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, vehicle, systems design, and environmental engineering; AREMA Manuals and Standard Detail Drawings; FTA Project and Construction Management Policies and Procedures including Management Plans and Risk Assessments; management principles and practices; transit operations; project budgets, estimating, and related documents; project scoping and contract administration; local, regional, state, and federal agencies, groups, and organizations involved in transit planning, development, and delivery; national, state, and local laws, codes, regulations, and legal requirements related to public transportation; Americans with Disabilities Act Accessible Guidelines including Public Right-of Way Accessible Guidelines. Skill in reading and understanding plans, specifications, design criteria, and details; performing complex engineering analysis and design work in assigned discipline; coordinating and enhancing the knowledge and efforts of Valley Metro staff; time management; using computers and related software applications; Bluebeam Revu; AutoCAD (Civil 3D); Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Aconex / Projectwise document inventory sites; delegating responsibility and authority to project staff; written communications such as preparing Board reports, technical reports, scopes of work, project management plans, interagency agreements, meeting summaries; representing Valley Metro to civic groups, regulatory agencies, and others in the community; preparing and delivering oral presentations; communicating in order to interact with co-workers, supervisor, and the general public at a level sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction. Physical demands include mobility to work in a typical office setting, use standard office equipment and to drive a motor vehicle in order to visit work sites; strength and stamina to inspect various construction projects and facilities; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone or radio. Work environment includes sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. At construction sites, work with exposure to potential hazards.
The Senior Civil Engineer is responsible for managing the rail transit standards and criteria and reviewing corridor design and construction projects including evaluating scope, budget, and schedules. Typical duties include managing and coordinating engineering activities in support of transit capital improvements; reviewing designs and plans for compliance with Valley Metro standards and criteria; and providing highly responsible and complex technical support to the assigned Manager and capital projects teams. Minimum qualifications and requirements include a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a closely related field, and six years of increasingly responsible experience in the design and management of capital projects. Three of the six years must reflect experience in managing capital projects, particularly public-transit projects, at a supervisory-level. A minimum of two years of experience in light rail, streetcar, heavy rail, or freight rail design is highly preferred. Registration as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Arizona is required. Minimum of two years experience as a professionally registered engineer is highly preferred. A valid Arizona Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation efficiently when required to complete essential job functions is also required. Employment is contingent upon the results of a background check. Examples of duties include reviewing contract documents, shop drawings, design plans, specifications, RFI (request for information), and other related design and construction documentation for compliance with codes, project specifications, and agency criteria. Provides continuous updates of the Agency's design criteria manuals, standard project specifications, and standard details for Valley Metro's light rail, streetcar, and bus programs through program status reporting to the assigned Manager. Reviews and approves Design Criteria Revisions/Deviations. Provides technical expertise and oversight of rail standards and issues for Valley Metro and interacts with design consultants, contractors, and the development community near and adjacent to Valley Metro's transit system. Knowledge and skills include theories, principles, and current practices of engineering analysis, design, and construction as it relates to light rail transit; fundamentals of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, vehicle, systems design, and environmental engineering; AREMA Manuals and Standard Detail Drawings; FTA Project and Construction Management Policies and Procedures including Management Plans and Risk Assessments; management principles and practices; transit operations; project budgets, estimating, and related documents; project scoping and contract administration; local, regional, state, and federal agencies, groups, and organizations involved in transit planning, development, and delivery; national, state, and local laws, codes, regulations, and legal requirements related to public transportation; Americans with Disabilities Act Accessible Guidelines including Public Right-of Way Accessible Guidelines. Skill in reading and understanding plans, specifications, design criteria, and details; performing complex engineering analysis and design work in assigned discipline; coordinating and enhancing the knowledge and efforts of Valley Metro staff; time management; using computers and related software applications; Bluebeam Revu; AutoCAD (Civil 3D); Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Aconex / Projectwise document inventory sites; delegating responsibility and authority to project staff; written communications such as preparing Board reports, technical reports, scopes of work, project management plans, interagency agreements, meeting summaries; representing Valley Metro to civic groups, regulatory agencies, and others in the community; preparing and delivering oral presentations; communicating in order to interact with co-workers, supervisor, and the general public at a level sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction. Physical demands include mobility to work in a typical office setting, use standard office equipment and to drive a motor vehicle in order to visit work sites; strength and stamina to inspect various construction projects and facilities; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone or radio. Work environment includes sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. At construction sites, work with exposure to potential hazards.