ENGINEERING AIDE I

Macomb County Government is seeking an Engineering Aide I for its Roads Department Engineering Division. The role supports surveying, drafting, CAD, construction and permit inspections, materials testing, traffic data collection, right-of-way documentation, record maintenance, and related engineering activities.

What you'll do:

• Performs inspection on routine permit projects or engineering projects (or may work as an assistant to a higher-level Engineering Aide) and on construction inspections involving utilities such as: watermain, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, gas main, electric, telephone and cable services being constructed within the road of right-of-way (to ensure proper location, depth and alignment)
• Inspections for construction and permit projects are required in order to ensure compliance to federal, state and local standards and specifications
• Inspects road construction materials such as concrete, bituminous mix manufactured aggregates. Conducts field and laboratory testing for gradation of particles, binder material condition, compaction, moisture and temperature as the situation demands
• Attends pre-construction meetings for proposed permit projects and/or residential, commercial, industrial and utility projects to address questions, comments and concerns of the Municipality, engineers, contractors, developers and residents of the community prior to project mobilization and start-up
• Acts as a survey assistant by performing such tasks as using a level, measuring distances with a tape, placing stakes or markers, locating points or markers and translating field notes
• Performs varied drafting assignments and computations
• Performs routine density tests and sieve analysis on sand and gravel samples and HMA pavements
• Performs clerical work including reproducing and scanning plans and data. Revises maps, updates certification maps, construction and maintenance records
• Maintains files of Department property, section corners, construction prints and plans, vehicular crash maps and other files
• Performs right-of-way drafting tasks, reviews and prepares right-of-way legal descriptions parcel drawings, serves legal notices, reviews on encroachments in field, keeps right-of-way records current and provides right-of-way information to the public
• Tabulates traffic counts and stores for further analysis and maintains traffic volume files
• Makes actual counts of traffic in the field and takes photographs of various locations as directed for further analysis

What they're looking for:

• Possession of a high school diploma or a certificate of successful completion of the General Educational Development Test (GED)
• Possession of a valid Michigan driver's license and an operable insured automobile for authorized travel
• MicroStation Connect
• M.D.O.T. procedures such as ProjectWise filing systems and computer formatting of Field Book
• Non-project related abilities such as troubleshooting, customization and installation of MicroStation related software
• Word, Excel, Internet, E-mail and other related software
• Setting up projects and plan sheets per MDOT standards
• Using MicroStation/Open Roads Designer efficiently as a drafting aid for engineers
• Update MicroStation/Open Roads Designer using MDOT standards and methods
• Effectively speak, write and understand the English language
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials, Administrators, Department Heads, staff, Union officials and the public
• Understand and carry out oral and/or written instructions

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with no monthly premium to employees for single, two (2) person or family coverage
• Health care, dental and vision benefits are effective the first day of employment.