Department:

Public Works

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Sarasota County Stormwater is growing and expanding. We are looking for motivated people with a passion for water resources, flood protection, clean water, and the environment. In your role, you help manage flooding, improve water quality, and maintain stormwater infrastructure through planning, design, and monitoring to ensure wildlife, the environment, and citizens have resilient and sustainable communities. Come and apply today to join this dynamic team!Coordinate watershed model updates, planning activities, and ensuring compliance.Incorporate recent development projects into the County’s Record Watershed Model.Coordinate with GIS Staff to maintain the County’s GIS database to be consistent with the Record Model.Provide support for stormwater operations and maintenance projects activities.Maintain floodplain delineations, level of service, and assess alternatives to address problem areas.Review site development permit applications for Land Development Services (LDS) and County capital improvement projects for consistency with the Unified Development Code (UDC) and Watershed model(s).Provide written comments to LDS (using LIMS) or to the County project manager relative to any inconsistencies.

Work Hours:  Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

Technical Specialist I:  

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil Engineering or related engineering field. An equivalent combination of education and experience or technical, engineering-related project experience may substitute on a year for year basis for the degree, if candidates are not available that fully meet the minimum requirements of the position.Valid Florida driver's license at the time of hire.

Technical Specialist II:  

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil Engineering or related engineering field.Two (2) years of professional civil engineering experience.Must be able to obtain a valid EIT (Engineer in Training) certification granted by the Florida Board of Engineers within twelve (12) months of hire. OR- a Master’s Degree in a related field and one (1) year of professional civil engineering experience.If there are no qualified candidates, we may consider allowing technical engineering-related experience to substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.Valid Florida driver's license at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Experience or certified training with hydrodynamic modeling such as ICPR and ArcGIS (ArcMap).Knowledge of Hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, and AutoCAD.Prior related engineering work experience, engineering internship, or Engineer-in-Training certificate granted by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

About Everything Else

Technical Specialist I:  

Starting Pay Range: $55,577.60 - $65,000.00, based on experience

Technical Specialist II: 

Starting Pay Range: $61,131.20 - $75,004.80, based on experience

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, you will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

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We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.