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DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is moderately high level supervisory office engineering work involving assisting with technical and administrative management of facilities. Work requires application of mathematical and scientific principles to a variety of engineering and operations problems with regard maintenance of county facilities. Considerable use of independent judgment is required in devising new methods and adapting standard procedures to solve problems, meet unusual conditions, and manage the ongoing integration of human, physical, energy, communications, management, and information needs while ensuring environmental and fiscal efficiency and responsibility as well as meeting health and safety standards in accordance with applicable policies, laws and requirements. The incumbent oversees, manages and advises subordinate employees work on multiple projects as well as ongoing facilities maintenance. Additional responsibilities include advising public officials and/or individuals on problems requiring professional environmental engineering knowledge and judgment; promotion of sound environmental practices throughout county operations through innovations in practice and policy; and conducting investigations of conditions and problems requiring professional environmental engineering knowledge, skills and abilities. Work is performed under general direction of the Supervisor of Planning and Design. Supervision is exercised over the work of subordinate employees. Performs related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only)
Typical Work Activities are intended only as illustrations of possible types of work that might be appropriately assigned to an incumbent of this title. Work activities that do not appear above are not excluded as appropriate work assignments, as long as they can be reasonably understood to be within the logical limits of the job.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Thorough knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices as they relate to planning, design and construction of public works and facilities; good knowledge of engineering economics, budgeting, scheduling, cost analysis, and project administration; working knowledge of building maintenance trades and operations; working knowledge of construction drafting, blueprints and specifications; working knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations regarding civil and environmental engineering and safety; ability to understand activities and procedures, and remedy defects, in the maintenance and operation of buildings and equipment; ability to prepare preliminary budget and renovation estimates; ability to plan and supervise the work of others; ability to provide motivation, professional advice and guidance to subordinates, in accordance with good management practices; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; mechanical aptitude; dependability; resourcefulness; initiative; good judgment; tact and courtesy.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Either
NOTE: Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education.
9/08; 1/09
Competitive Class
Our mission is to administer, in a fair and equitable manner, the provisions of New York State Civil Service Law and Putnam County Civil Service Rules with respect to the offices and employments in the classified service of Putnam County and the civil divisions therein, which include the towns, villages, school districts, libraries and special districts.
It is Putnam County Personnel Department’s responsibility to ensure Putnam County taxpayers of a public workforce qualified for their jobs pursuant to the principles of selection according to merit and fitness as set forth in Article 5, §6 of the New York State Constitution.
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