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Job Description
Job Summary
The purpose of this position is to assist the City's Engineering Department. This is accomplished by managing the Development Civil Plan Review Team by reviewing the public works section of the development civil plans including water, sewer, paving and drainage and coordinating with the construction management of the projects. Other duties include supervising the Civil Engineering Plan review staff (Development Coordinators) and interacting with other City employees, developers, contractors, and the public.
Essential Job Functions- Supervises personnel by observing and monitoring work tasks; scheduling work assignments; evaluating work performance; providing input on performance evaluation and providing input on hire and disciplinary actions.
- Reviews public works aspects of development plans including grading, paving, water, wastewater, drainage, and detention design.
- Supports Development Coordinators by attending meetings with them, as requested, to answer questions from a development team. Provides help to Coordinators with reviews that may be late or that need extra attention.
- Reviews comments from the various department representatives prior to the comments being sent to the applicant. Coordinates with the assigned Development Coordinator to ensure that all comments are clear, founded on city standards or accepted engineering principles, and to resolve any comments that may conflict with each other.
- Performs site visits together with assigned Development Coordinator to better understand projects being reviewed.
- Participates as a reviewer for commercial and multi-family building permits and Certificates of Occupancy to ensure that the appropriate standards for public works construction have been met.
- All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
- Regular and consistent attendance and punctuality for the assigned work hours is essential.
Minimum Qualifications- Education: Work requires a professional level of knowledge of a discipline equivalent to that which is acquired in a bachelor’s degree-level of study, preferably Civil Engineering.
- Experience: Over 5 years
- Licenses: Valid Texas Class C Driver's License
- Certifications Required: Professional Engineer's License from the State of Texas
The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide. Summary of Benefits
Closing Date/Time: 11/11/2024 5:00 PM Central -
Special Instructions
11/11/2024 5:00 PM Central -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Grand Prairie
Show moreWelcome to the City of Grand Prairie! We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing. Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values. We are rated the #1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
Raise a Family!We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to:
- Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
- The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
- PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
- Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
- Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
- The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
- Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
- IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
- Traders Village
- Lake Joe Pool
- Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
- Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
- Chicken N’ Pickle
- Bolder Adventure Park
- The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more
Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161, and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.
City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates Raving Fans by delivering world-class service. Our employee family and elected officials constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of all our city employees all play a key role in our success. We look forward to you joining our
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