Engineering Aide (#RE0100)
$22.46-$27.30 Hourly / $3,893.43-$4,732.49 Monthly / $46,721.25-$56,789.97 Yearly

Under immediate supervision, performs varied routine field and office engineering duties; and does related or other work as required in accordance with Rule 3, Section 3 of the Civil Service Rules.

This is the entry-level class in the engineering assistant series. An employee in this class is responsible for assisting technical and professional staff in a variety of engineering assignments by performing the less difficult technical aspects of the work. Work is initially subject to close supervision, but as experience is gained supervision becomes more general.

• Performs rod and chain functions on survey crews; cuts and clears brush and uses manual and electronic equipment to locate survey monuments; drives stakes and pins; may keep and check survey party field notes; may use theadolite, electronic distance measuring equipment and level.
• Assists in preparing drawings from field notes; performs routine drafting work; draws, plots, traces and colors maps and other drawings using drafting machine and other tools and equipment; operates reproduction machine; assists in reducing field notes; assists in checking center lines and cross sections; uses calculator to make routine engineering and survey computation; tabulates field data; assists in maintaining records and preparing reports; and may use basic computers.
• Assists in the checking of private land surveys; may draw topographic and other maps; may check and revise existing maps showing boundaries and districts; may search titles and documents; may assist in the preparation of legal deeds and property descriptions.
• May assist in the issuance of permits; gives information in person and by telephone regarding permit applications and ordinance requirements.
• Takes soil, aggregate, and concrete test samples for laboratory analysis; assists in conducting routine soil and materials tests.
• Assists in road, bridge and other construction inspection; may check grading for proper slopes; checks quantities of materials delivered to the construction site; participates in maintaining records of labor and equipment used on construction projects; assists in preparing reports of project progress.
• Sets traffic counters and conducts manual traffic counts; compiles traffic data; repairs and maintains equipment used in traffic engineering division; assists in drafting and drawing maps; prepares charts, graphs, and diagrams related to engineering studies.

License:  Possession of a valid California driver’s license.

The principles of geometry, algebra, trigonometry end elementary drafting.

Use a measuring tape and rod as instructed; make simple drawings and copy or trace from completed survey drawings; file plans and other materials by predetermined classifications; prepare and compile data, maps and charts for traffic or other special studies; maintain records; learn and use computer applications as required; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.