Assistant Public Works Engineer

Assistant Public Works Engineer and Assistant Civil Engineer (Registered) are the journey level in this series. Under supervision, incumbents perform a variety of difficult engineering work and exercise a greater latitude of independent judgment. This class is distinguished from Associate Civil Engineer which functions as a project leader with supervisory responsibilities, whereas this class may have limited lead responsibility over professional or technical staff.

This class is required to exercise a considerable amount of independent judgment in designing plans and making general engineering and plan checking calculations for projects, also acts as a resident Civil Engineer in checking for contract compliance with engineering standards and specifications. With California Registration, incumbent may sign off on engineering specifications and plans.