County Highway Engineer

Job Description

a. Prepare or cause to be prepared, plans, specifications, and estimates for all bridges and culverts to be built by the County, and to supervise the construction of all bridges and culverts.

b. Act for the County in all matters relating to the supervision of the construction or maintenance of any highway constructed or maintained in who or in part at the expense of the County.

c. Advise and direct the Union County Board of Commissioners, when requested in writing, as to the best methods of construction, repair or maintenance of township and district roads.

d. Prepare or cause to be prepared all maps, plans, specifications and estimates of costs needed in order to comply with the provisions of Section 6-701.1 of the Illinois Complied Statutes.

e. Supervise the construction and maintenance of all county highways within the county.

f. Keep and maintain adequate records and books of all recipients, contracts, purchases of materials, machinery or apparatus to be used in road construction to verify disbursements of funds and make available to Auditors.

g. Act for the County in all matters relating to the construction and maintenance of county unit district roads.

h.  Perform other lawful duties as may be prescribed by law or as may be required or directed by a majority of the Union County Board of Commissioners (Fuel System, Building Permits, Flood Plain Manager, etc).

i.  Maintain any all qualifications, certificates and/or licenses as are necessary to fulfill duties and receive any all additional training or education as is required by law.

j. Engineer will have authority, subject to compliance with any collective bargaining agreements, and County directives, to determine overtime for employees, purchase parts for Highway repairs, and attend to the ministerial function approving progress payments on contracts which are approved by the County Board.

 

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