Description
The City of Saint Paul Public Works Department is hiring multiple individuals to perform responsible engineering technician work inspecting, investigating, drafting, administering, and designing public works projects. Positions are open in the two divisions listed below:
•Right of Way Division: Located at 899 Dale Street and will work 7:30am to 4:00pm Monday - Friday
•Survey Division: Located at 1000 City Hall Annex and will work 6:30am to 3:00pm Monday - Friday.
Responsibilities
Right of Way Division: Located at 899 Dale Street and will work 7:30am to 4:00pm Monday - Friday
- Create and maintain excavation and obstruction permits, organize and coordinate permits in their assigned permitting areas of the city.
- Collect payment for permit related billings and daily cash book summary records.
- Prepare obstruction permit costs for permittees.
- Work with all permitting needs which may include special events, no parking signs, field response to complaints and customer lobby interactions and other duties as assigned.
- Enter updates and maintain permittee insurance records and contact info.
- Perform field visits for permit compliance and proper traffic control measures.
- Attend pertinent construction project meetings and provide input for plan reviews and permit applications as requested.
Survey Division: Located at 1000 City Hall Annex and will work 6:30am to 3:00pm Monday - Friday.
- Set up and operate advanced surveying instruments such as total stations, GNSS/GPS receivers, data collectors, and digital levels with precision.
- Ensure equipment is calibrated and maintained regularly.
- Conduct topographic, boundary, construction layout, and as-built surveys for various public infrastructure projects (roads, utilities, sidewalks, drainage systems, etc.).
- Accurately stake out features for construction crews using engineering plans and design drawings.
- Assist in establishing control networks and verifying existing benchmarks.
- Work closely with licensed land surveyors, engineers, and project managers to interpret design plans and translate them into accurate fieldwork.
- Understand and apply local government standards, CAD drawings, and legal descriptions.
- Lead or guide junior crew members in the field, ensuring proper setup, data collection methods, and safety procedures. Train new hires or interns on equipment usage and field protocols.
- Collect precise field data and ensure its accuracy before submitting it for processing.
- Perform field calculations (e.g., inverses, offsets, elevations) as needed to support real-time decisions.
- Coordinate survey efforts with engineering, construction inspection, GIS, and utility maintenance divisions within Public Works.
- Respond to requests for locating public infrastructure, property lines, easements, or rights-of-way.
- Experience in utilizing software such as Trimble, TBC, AutoCAD, SCENE, GIS, and SharePoint.
Qualifications
Twenty semester credits in courses acceptable toward an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering as offered by the U of M or equivalent; and two years of experience as a PW Technician I or equivalent.
Additional years of qualifying experience may be substituted for up to ten education credits. One year of experience equals 3 1/3 education credits.
City of Saint Paul
Suite 200 City Hall Annex
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota 55102
US
