Engineer III (Limited Term)

The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) is a comprehensive organization working to improve and enhance the lives of the county’s 1.1 million residents. The DPWES working environment fosters innovative thinking, collaboration between agencies and the public, and cultivates employee’s skills through training, education, and mentoring. DPWES designs, implements, and maintains capital projects, while protecting our natural resources.  The Fairfax County Streetlight Engineering Team of DPWES is seeking an individual to meet the description below.

As a member of the streetlight engineering team, provides streetlight review of development plans, administration, coordination, and implementation of the Capital Facilities portion of the Fairfax County Streetlight Program to include: serving as a point of contact for daily coordination with Land Development Services (LDS), developers, and electric utility companies on the installation of streetlights.  Participates in the reviews and preparation of streetlight designs to ensure most cost effective layout is provided with Board approved criteria, Fairfax County Public Facilities Manual (PFM) regulations, and standards and engineering practices.  Assists the Senior Engineer and Branch Chief in providing technical expertise on streetlight issues and on new lighting technologies.  Utilizes the Streetlights GIS layer using ArcGIS to edit and view data.  Maintains and updates streetlight computer information to track encumbrances, expenditures, payments and to provide current project status.  Prepares correspondence, addresses citizen issues and concerns, reviews and provides input on requests to waive PFM Streetlight requirements.  Arranges and conducts citizen meetings and participates in public hearings related to streetlight issues.  Conducts field work as necessary to coordinate development streetlight projects with utility companies and to verify plan information.  Assists the Senior Engineer on other administration duties and performs other duties as assigned.