Engineering Technician
Salary
$50,107.20 Annually
Location
5620 NW 120th Lane, Gainesville, FL, FL
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
FY26-17132
Department
Public Works
Division
Development Services (Development Review)
Opening Date
06/26/2026
Closing Date
7/17/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from high school or equivalent, and two years of any/or a combination of civil engineering, development review, geographic information system, environmental engineering and management, road design, computer operations, drafting, survey, and/or road construction inspection experience; or any equivalent combination of related training and experience.
Candidates with either a bachelors degree or an associate degree in an appropriate field will be considered without prior experience
Applicants within six months of meeting the minimum education/experience requirement may be considered for trainee status.
Successful completion of all applicable background checks pre-hire and ongoing are required.
Position Summary
This is experienced technical work in the areas of floodplain management, roadway engineering, design and construction.
An employee assigned to this classification performs complex technical assignments in field surveying and construction layout, including developing and checking engineering computations. Work may involve supervising and assisting in compiling, analyzing and summarizing in report form of basic traffic, roadway, crash and/or maintenance inventory data.
Work is performed under the direction of a higher-level supervisor and is reviewed through conferences, reports, and observation of results obtained.
Examples of Duties
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
This is an emergency essential classification. Upon declaration of a disaster and/or emergency, all employees in this classification are required to work. Exudes a positive customer service focus.
Advocates building organizational culture through aligning decisions with the Countys core values.
Tests and assists in recording and processing research engineering data, preparing and fabricating test specimens, components, and test apparatus.
Serves as crew member on location surveys and performs some instrument work and complex computations.
Makes earthwork computations and computes grades and curves.
Maintains roadway inventory and assigns new segment numbers.
Maintains traffic count data for preparation of annual report.
Gathers basic traffic and roadway sufficiency data; verifies report data prior to submission.
Maintains traffic crash reporting system for preparation of annual report.
Serves as technician in roadway construction plans preparation.
Maintains right-of-way and tax maps, plat books, and as-built drawing files.
Performs design drawing reproductions.
Performs the duties listed, as well as those assigned, with professionalism and a sense of urgency.
NOTE: These examples are intended only as illustrations of the various kinds of work performed in positions allocated to this class. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of Floodplain management, or roadway and drainage construction.
Skill in learning and using computers.
Ability to calculate areas, volumes, and vertical curves.
Ability to use trigonometry tables and solve triangles.
Ability to apply complicated mathematical formulas to work problems.
Ability to apply methods and practices of survey.
Ability to understand standard specifications as they apply to work being done.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
An organization is only as good as the people it employs. To attract and retain the best team possible, the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners offers a competitive benefit program. We believe that if we expect our employees to support the County, we must first support the health and financial well-being of our employees and their families, now and as they plan for their future. BoCC-Contributed Benefits
Optional Benefits
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Vacation Leave - Generous vacation accrual rates with payout of unused accrued leave, with some restrictions. For more detailed information regarding vacation leave refer to Employee Policy Manual, Section 7-2.
Sick leave is earned at a rate of 4 hours per pay period by all permanent, full-time employees. At the end of each fiscal year, eligible employees can convert up to 10 days of accrued sick leave to vacation leave on a 2:1 basis. For more detailed information regarding sick leave refer to Employee Policy Manual, Section 7-3 Accruals slightly different for IAFF employee.
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I understand that once my application has been submitted for this specific position that I will NOT be able to make any changes to it. Any changes to my master application will only be reflected in any future positions for which I may apply.
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If an applicant meets all minimum qualifications as posted he/she is referred to the appropriate hiring manager. The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for the ones with the specific experience he/she is seeking. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.
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I understand that if I earned a bachelors or masters degree outside the United States, I must submit a foreign credential evaluation with my application or email it to achr@alachuacounty.us. International degrees without an evaluation will not be considered toward minimum qualifications.
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Employer Alachua County
Address 12 S.E. 1st Street, 1st Floor
Gainesville, Florida, 32602-2877
Phone (352) 374-5219
Website https://www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/HR/Pages/HumanResources.aspx