Engineer - Assistant - #2025 - 14202 - 01

Junior Engineer And Assistant Engineer Positions

Salary: $44.49 - $55.56/hour; $7,711.60 - $9,630.40/month; $92,539.20 - $115,564.80/year.

Department: Countywide

Job Type: Open

Date Opened: 5/7/2025 9:00:00 AM.

Filing Deadline: Continuous

Employment Type: Permanent/Full Time (40 hrs/week)

Work Location: Auburn, CA and surrounding areas

HR Analyst: Suzanne Messina

Position Information: The salary for this classification will be approximately $100,867.73 - $125,965.63/year, effective August 9, 2025.

Placer County is currently accepting applications for Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineer to fill vacancies in the Department of Public Works and the Community Development Resource Agency.

To participate at the Junior level, the Assistant level, or both levels, you must complete and submit separate applications for each recruitment:

• Engineer - Junior (Auburn)2025-14201-01
• Engineer - Assistant (Auburn) 2025-14202-01

Department of Public Works - Engineering Division: This division is responsible for the design and construction of capital improvement projects on the western slope of Placer County. Examples of projects include bridge replacement projects, roadway widening projects, bike facilities, pedestrian walkways, and more. Ideal candidates will possess excellent attention to detail and an interest in roadway design and construction.

Department of Public Works - Environmental Utilities Division: This division is responsible for managing sewer and solid waste infrastructure spanning the County through contracts and utility crews; performing land development plan review and construction inspections; completing capital improvement projects; overseeing closed landfill solid waste contract management; conducting legislative compliance and outreach; and building regional relationships for ground water management and regional sewer.

Department of Public Works - Transportation Planning Division: This division is responsible for long range transportation planning, traffic safety, transportation funding and fee programs, as well as regional coordination. This division also reviews land development projects for consistency with applicable transportation goals and policies, as well as compliance with CEQA. Ideal candidates will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with the motivation to improve the communities of Placer County.

Community Development Resource Agency - Engineering & Surveying Division: This Division provides review and oversight of grading, drainage, water quality, and site infrastructure improvements for private land development projects; issues Grading Permits; oversees permitted surface mining operations; assigns addresses; and reviews and records maps for the subdivision of land within the unincorporated areas of Placer County. This position is with the Entitlement and Environmental Review and/or the Improvement Plan Check team. The ideal candidate will possess the technical skills necessary to interpret and apply County standards to civil engineering plan sets, along with strong written and verbal skills to communicate with engineers and developers.

This continuous recruitment will remain open for the calendar year, or until the final filing date, whichever occurs first. The eligible list established from this continuous recruitment will expire by the end of the calendar year. Applicants will be eligible to reapply and take an examination if a new recruitment opens the following calendar year.

Applications will be screened on a bi-weekly basis.