Engineering Aide/Technician I/II

The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has multiple openings for Engineering Aide, Technician I, or Technician II at the Badlands Sanitary Landfill.

The Engineering Aide or Technician will support landfill operations by performing field inspections at active and closed landfill sites to ensure compliance with state, local, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include construction inspection of public works projects for adherence to plans, specifications, and County standards, and assisting engineering staff with preparing plans and cost estimates.

The role requires performing calculations for soil volumes, disposal capacity, and site life using CADD mapping software (MicroStation, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, GIS).

Candidates will be required to use Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Projects.

Additional field work includes sub-professional land surveying, setting construction stakes with Trimble GPS equipment, inspecting drainage systems for compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) requirements, and preparing daily construction reports.

Office duties involve drafting maps and drawings for topography, alignments, and cross-sections using CADD programs.

Competitive candidates will have experience drafting with MicroStation/Inroads, AutoCAD/AutoDesk, and/or Civil 3D.

Candidates with Public Works working experience with International Conference of Building codes (ICBO), State water quality requirements, and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) are highly encouraged to apply.

Meet the Team!
The Department of Waste Resources serves the County's solid waste disposal needs by providing for efficient and effective landfilling of County non-hazardous waste, protecting the environment, and promoting recycling in order to ensure a safe and healthy community for current and future generations.

jfc: 13104101 Engineering Aide:

• Learn to perform subprofessional land surveying using GPS and setting grade stakes.

• Learn to assist with public works construction inspection including taking photographs, creating daily reports of the day's activities, obtaining and documenting wind speeds using an approved anemometer (Wind meter), collection of truck delivery tickets and material shipping manifests.

• Learn to assist with performing Closed Site Inspections (CSI's) at various closed sites throughout the county.

Learn to document current site conditions making sure to be detailed and objective.

Stating all findings and recommendations in a clear and factual manner.

Provide photo evidence to support findings.

• Learn to tabulate and plot field survey data and to read, interpret and prepare contour and land maps; index and file records.

• Learn to assist with landfill tarp tracking and inspection at the open sites within the county.

• Provide routine information to the public.

Engineering Technician I/II:

ENGINEERING:

• Make topographic, cross-sectional and pr...