Engineering Technician I/II

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

Engineering Technician I

Completion of high school, trade school, or equivalent (General Education Development [GED] Test or California Proficiency Certificate).

Engineering Technician II

Completion of high school, trade school, or equivalent (General Education Development [GED] Test or California Proficiency Certificate) AND two (2) years of increasingly responsible sub-professional engineering work performing materials sampling and testing, reviewing plans and specifications, construction or infrastructure inspections, traffic engineering, or working on a field survey crew.

Acceptable Substitution

Engineering Technician II - Successful completion of two (2) academic years or sixty (60) semester units of college level engineering technology courses or related field from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the required experience in sub-professional engineering work performing materials sampling and testing, reviewing plans and specifications, construction or infrastructure inspections, traffic engineering, or working on a field survey crew.

Required Licensing: Possession of a valid State of California driver’s license may be required.

ABOUT

The Department of Public Works is currently seeking to fill one (1) full-time Engineering Technician I/II position, within the Development Services (DS) Division. DS provides permitting services for development projects and reviews plans and issuance of permits for the construction of utility infrastructure and encroachment on City streets. This division is also responsible for programs including storm water control, flood hazard zones, geologic hazard zones, grading and erosion control, mapping, street and easement vacation, special assessment districts, and transportation and traffic analysis. 

Key Responsibilities

Reviewing street improvement, grading, drainage, and landscape plans for conformance with standards.

Evaluating projects for potential inclusion in, or consistency with Special Districts as a tool to provide maintenance for non-standard public improvements.

Assisting the project teams by performing plan review, data gathering, analysis, and site research related to development applications.

Maintaining key project information in the AMANDA permitting system.

Reviewing weekly development project submittals and identifying comments for inclusion in initial project review memorandums. 

Assist in preparation of annual budget, district maps and tax rolls for the cities Special District Program.

Respond to developers, engineers, property owners, real estate professionals, lending institutions, title companies, other jurisdictions, and assessment district professionals for development projects or special districts. 

If you have questions about the duties of these positions, the selection or hiring processes, please contact Diana Gonzalez at diana.gonzalez@sanjoseca.gov.