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The City of Carlsbad is currently seeking an engineering professional to fill the role of a Junior, Assistant, or Associate Engineer within the Land Development Engineering division. The City of Carlsbad will make the selection of Junior, Assistant, or Associate Engineer based on the qualifications of applicants. This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Community and Economic Development, helping the city through its continued growth.

This job structure includes employees who perform professional engineering work independently or under direction of a registered professional engineer on a variety of projects and on-going programs in support of the land development projects in the City of Carlsbad.  Engineering professionals are individual contributors who may work independently or under the direction of a registered professional engineer or engineering supervisor and who use their underlying knowledge, skills and abilities in the fields of civil, construction, land-use, land surveying, utilities, and transportation/traffic engineering, along with skills and abilities in research, design, analysis, project management, program management and personnel management to perform their duties.

Junior Engineer:
-A bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, with no significant related work experience.

-Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid California Driver's License

-Engineer-In-Training Certificate preferred, but not required.
 
Assistant Engineer:
An equivalent combination of the education and experience listed below:

-A bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, plus a minimum of two years of related work experience. A master's degree in engineering or a related field may be substituted for work experience.

-License or Certificate: Engineer-In-Training Certificate and Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid California Driver's License
 
Associate Engineer:
An equivalent combination of the education and experience listed below:

-A bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, plus a minimum of five years of related experience. A master's degree in engineering or a related field may be substituted for work experience.

-License or Certificate: Engineer-In-Training Certificate and Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate valid California driver's license.
Preferred: Registration as a professional civil engineer or depending on assignment a licensed traffic engineer.