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  • Licensed Civil Engineer

    Grand Prairie, Texas United States City of Grand Prairie, TX Full Time $76,603.00 - $119,141.00 Annually Jun 10, 2025
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    City of Grand Prairie, TX

      Welcome 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 toRaise 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 ourteam!

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    Job Description

    Job Summary

    The purpose of this position is to manage projects for public improvements from private development. This is accomplished by reviewing civil engineering plans for public infrastructure ensuring all design criteria, specifications, and requirements are met. This position coordinates with developers, contractors, and consultants and requires knowledge of water, wastewater, and storm drain design. Basic functions described below are intended to demonstrate key responsibilities but are not all inclusive and are subject to change. The purpose of this position is to perform engineering, design, and construction of public and private City projects to ensure accurate and timely completion. This is accomplished by ensuring all specifications and requirements have been met; reviewing plans and specifications; and coordinating activities between the contractor, other City departments, and other agencies. Other duties include serving as a primary source of contact between the City and the contractor, citizens, and other agencies; maintaining daily reports; and interacting with other City employees and citizens.

    As a Licensed Civil Engineer in CIP, you will be responsible for managing city-wide infrastructure projects pertaining to roadways, storm drainage, water, and wastewater systems including elevated and ground storage tanks, pump stations, and lift stations. You will serve as the Project Manager responsible for the development and implementation of CIP Projects and the selection and management of consultants and consultant contracts.

    The Licensed Civil Engineer is expected to display sound decision-making capabilities and must have the ability to communicate courteously and effectively with officials, contractors, engineers, developers, the public, and other city employees. This position may require outdoor and indoor work, walking, standing, and sitting for extended periods of time while performing routine office and administrative duties.

    Essential Job Functions

    • Assesses engineering plans by reviewing plans to verify if they meet City standards, specifications, and policies; and coordinating the review of the plans with other City departments for their input in the review.
    • Attends meetings with consultants and contractors by setting up meetings, preparing agendas, and identifying development requirements, specifications, policies, and ordinances that apply to the various projects.
    • Coordinates acquisition of right-of-way deeds and easements by securing field data from survey crew; identifying the right- of-way needed; reviewing metes and bounds descriptions; and submitting documents to the right-of-way agent to be acquired.
    • Manages project coordination for capital improvement projects including design, scope of work, cost estimating, contract administration, franchise utility coordination, budgets, and schedules. Analyzes and interacts with various City departments on the intent of the capital improvement project and project scope.
    • Reviews, develops, and writes scopes of work for design and construction contracts between the City, consultants, and contractors.
    • Manages the work of consultants and contractors through the development of project requirements including project strategies, budget, schedule, franchise utility coordination, land acquisitions, permitting requirements and compliance with City policies, procedures, design and construction standards, regulations, and codes.
    • Requests, evaluates, negotiates, and manages consultant proposals, sets project schedules, design review elements, agency coordination, owner reviews, regulatory agency compliance, budgeting considerations in accordance with appropriate engineering standards.
    • Design and sign and seal Civil Engineering documents.
    • Provides technical advice and assistance to other City departments, engineers, architects, and contractors for conformance with City policies and guidelines.
    • Analyzes and makes reports and recommendations concerning CIP and other projects as assigned.
    • Prepares staff reports and makes presentations to various to Management, Commissions, and City Council
    • Facilitates complaint and problem resolution.
    • Administers project management by providing design input; reviewing plans; working with developers/consultants.
    • Coordinates engineering design on paving, drainage, water, and sewer by reviewing existing project conditions, ROW, and utilities; evaluating calculations for storm drainage and sanitary sewer capacities.
    • Attends meetings with consultants, contractors, and developers by setting up meetings, preparing agendas, and identifying development requirements, specifications, policies, and ordinances that apply to the various projects.
    • Provides citizen assistance by answering citizen questions by phone or in person; and performing occasional site visits.
    • All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
    • Regular and dependable attendance is required.


    Minimum Qualifications

    • Education: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering required from a university with an engineering program accredited by the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology.
    • Experience: Five (5) years of experience required in the practice of Civil Engineering, preferably with a governmental agency.


    Licenses and Certification:
    • Must be a Professional Engineer registered in Texas or another state. If not registered in Texas must obtain Texas registration within six months of hire.
    • Texas driver's License, Class C, required.
    • Certified Floodplain Manager or ability to obtain within one year of hire is preferred.


    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: 7/7/2025 5:00 PM Central

    Special Instructions

    7/7/2025 5:00 PM Central
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