REPORT TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Abolish the Eligible List for Senior Civil Engineer (Job Code 322)
Report
ACTION AND AUTHORITY
Eligible lists generally shall remain in force for a period of one year (if not extended) for non-sworn positions, pursuant to Civil Service Rules, Sec. 4.3. The Water & Sewer Utilities Department and Department of Public Works is requesting to abolish the Senior Civil Engineer (Job Code 322) eligible list based on the authority of Civil Service Rules, Sec. 4.8, "Eligible lists may be abolished by the Director of Human Resources under the following conditions: a) If the list contains fewer than five (5) names." If the eligible list contains more than five names, and the list is proposed to be established, the action is brought to the Civil Service Commission for approval.
Under direct supervision, the Senior Civil Engineer performs difficult professional civil engineering field and office work in the planning, designing, constructions and/or maintenance of programs; may work with the public and consultants to provide professional direction and information on specific programs and projects, performs engineering assignments on a wide range of municipal projects of moderate to high complexity and provides leadership and supervision to professional and paraprofessional engineering staff.
DISCUSSION
The Senior Civil Engineer (Job Code 322) classification is used in the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Water & Sewer Utilities Department (Water & Sewer). Both departments conducted a continuous recruitment in March 2024 to fill two (2) vacancies; one (1) in DPW (Traffic Division) and one (1) in Water & Sewer.
An eligible list comprised of eight (8) candidates was created in May 2024. One (1) candidate was selected for the DPW (Traffic Division) vacancy, and a verbal offer was issued, but the candidate did not accept due to a misalignment in salary expectations. Another candidate was selected to fill thi...
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