Salary : $135,525.96 - $166,387.08 Annually
Location : Oakland, CA
Job Type: Full Time Civil Service
Job Number: 24-TR115-09
Department: Department of Transportation
Opening Date: 09/04/2024
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: UM2

The Position

***Continuous Recruitment***
Recruitment may close at any time, interested candidates are encouraged to apply immediately

What you will typically be responsible for:

• Collaborating with other city departments and divisions, such as City Engineering, Project Delivery, Sanitary Sewer, Planning, Building, and the City Attorney's Office.
• Preparing legal documents like descriptions and maps needed for property deals, public records, and legal cases.
• Communicating with property owners, developers, government officials, and the public to address inquiries, provide information, and resolve disputes related to land surveying matters.
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and standards governing land surveying activities.
• Accurately establishing and verifying property lines and boundaries within the city limits.
• Cultivating a growth mindset by fostering a culture of continuous learning, resilience, and adaptability, and encouraging mentees to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth.

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A few reasons you might love this job:

• Every day brings new challenges and projects, from boundary surveys to construction staking, ensuring that the job remains engaging and dynamic.
• You will collaborate with civil engineers, planners, developers, and other professionals, fostering teamwork and camaraderie in achieving project goals.
• You will be a part of preserving the City's history, in regards to surveying, which goes back 172 years.
• You will play a vital role in facilitating land development, infrastructure projects, and urban planning initiatives that benefit communities and improve quality of life.

A few challenges you might face in this job:

• You may face skepticism or mistrust from the public regarding property boundaries or survey results.
• You are faced with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as zoning ordinances and land use laws, which adds layers of complexity to surveying projects and requires meticulous attention to detail.
• You will be working with limited resources which may impact surveying equipment, training, and personnel.

Competencies Required:

• Fact Finding: Obtaining facts and data pertaining to an issue or question
• Industry Monitoring: Grasping the external political, economic, competitive, and social factors affecting the industry
• Legal & Regulatory Navigation: Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Professional & Technical Expertise: Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Using Technology: Working with electronic hardware and software applications
• Displaying Ownership and Accountability: Holding self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results
• Handling Stress: Maintaining emotional stability and self-control under pressure, challenge, or adversity
• Innovative Problem Solving: Identifying and analyzing problems in order to propose new and better ways of doing things
• Oral Communication: Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Writing: Communicating effectively in writing
• Professional Impact: Presenting self as a positive representative of the organization
• Delegating: Sharing responsibility, authority, and accountability
• Leading Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrating cooperation and teamwork while working within and across divisions, functions, or teams
• Project Management: Ensuring that projects are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
• Strategic Thinking & Perspective: Evaluating immediate actions in context of achieving long range objectives

Minimum Requirements for Application

This recruitment will produce two eligible lists. The restricted list will be for full-time, permanent part-time, or part-time City and Port of Oakland employees who meet the minimum qualifications. The open list will be for all other applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or surveying AND thirty (30) hours of course work in supervision.

Experience: Four years of surveying experience of which two years must be comparable to Chief of Party in the City of Oakland.

License or Certificate / Other Requirements: Possession of a State of California certificate of registration as a Professional Land Surveyor or as a Professional Civil Engineer authorized to practice land surveying (issued prior to 1982).
Supplemental Information

The Recruitment Process:

The City of Oakland works with a Civil Service system. Applicants apply online, and HR staff reviews their experience, education, and training listed on the application against the "minimum qualifications" listed for each position.
Candidates who demonstrate that they meet the minimum qualification requirements are then invited to participate in an assessment process (or testing) to measure their knowledge, skills, and abilities in job-related areas.

Candidates who do not demonstrate that they meet the minimum qualification requirements will have an opportunity to request a final review. Candidates must request a final review within 5 business days of being notified that they did not meet the minimum qualifications.

In the final review, candidates may clarify information already provided on their application. No additional work history, education, or certifications will be accepted. Any decisions made during this review process will be final.

For this recruitment, all qualified applicants will be sent a writing exercise, which will then be evaluated and rated by subject matter experts. The date that the writing exercise will be sent to you for completion is tentative.
Candidates requesting reasonable accommodations for the examination process must request accommodations no later than one week before they are scheduled to take the exam; otherwise, it may not be possible to arrange accommodations for the selection process. Please complete the Request for Reasonable Accommodation in Testing form by clicking on this link or by copying and pasting the link into your browser to open it:

https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Request-for-Reasonable-Accommodation-in-Testing-2.9.22-Fillable.pdf

Candidates who pass each stage in the process will be placed on an eligible list. Some candidates may receive extra points, for example, if you are a Veteran with an honorable discharge, or if you are a current City of Oakland resident. If you're applying to a "restricted" posting and you are eligible as a current City employee, you may also receive additional points for your City service. Extra points are only applied to passing scores, so if you do not pass every element of the testing process, you cannot use extra points to pass.

The City of Oakland reserves the right to modify the selection process and date of examination as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity. The information contained in this announcement is subject to change and does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.
For some recruitments, more than one type of assessment may be used. Depending on the number of candidates who pass the first assessment (multiple-choice test, structured interview, writing exercise, performance exam) you may be asked to complete a secondary assessment before the recruitment is finalized. If a secondary assessment is scheduled, you will be notified by email with specific details. If a secondary assessment is not scheduled, department hiring interviews will occur during this time frame.

Candidates who pass each stage in the process will be placed on an eligible list. Some candidates may receive extra points, for example, if you are a Veteran with an honorable discharge, or if you are a current City of Oakland resident. If you're applying to a "restricted" posting and you are eligible as a current City employee, you may also receive additional points for your City service. Extra points are only applied to passing scores, so if you do not pass every element of the testing process, you cannot use extra points to pass.

The City of Oakland reserves the right to modify the selection process and date of examination as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity. The information contained in this announcement is subject to change and does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.

What’s in it for you?

• 15 paid holidays
• Vacation: 2 weeks per year minimum with the ability to accrue more depending on public sector years of service
• Retirement: CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) with a pension formula of 2.5% @ 55 (for Classic CalPERS members) and 2% @ 62 for new CalPERS members. Classic Employees contribute 8% of pre-tax wages. The City of Oakland does not participate in Social Security
• Health: The City of Oakland pays the full cost of employee and eligible dependent coverage at the Kaiser rate. Other plans include Anthem, Blue Shield, United Health Care, and other HMO and PPO plans
• Dental: Delta Dental full premium for employees and eligible dependents
• Vision: VSP full premium for employees and eligible dependents
• Sick leave: Employees accrue 12 days per year
• Deferred Compensation: 457(b) pre-tax plan and an after-tax ROTH 401(k)plan
• Other benefits include a Flexible Spending Account, Wellness Program, Employee Assistance