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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY Memorandum | |
| | | | | | | | | To: | Board of Directors | | From: | Rita Goel, Director of Finance & Administration | | Meeting Date: | May 24, 2017 | | Subject: | Principal Engineer Job Classification |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | | APPROVE a new job classification of Principal Engineer to the Engineering series of job titles effective July 1, 2017. |
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| | | | | | | | | SUMMARY: | | The Engineer series of job classification includes 4 job classifications: Assistant, Junior, Associate and Senior. The Principal Engineer will add a 5th level, similar to the five Transportation Planner levels. |
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| | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT: | | As of July 1, 2017, the salary level of this job classification, as proposed, ranges from $109,596 to $146,886, depending on experience. Staff has conservatively budgeted the position at the highest step in series (Step 7), for a total annual cost of $196,827, including salary and fringe benefits. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION: | A new job classification of Principal Engineer is being recommended to be added to the Engineer series of job titles. Currently the Engineer series of job classification includes a Junior Transportation Engineer, Assistant Transportation Engineer, Associate Transportation Engineer and Senior Transportation Engineer. Adding this new position will bring it in line with the Transportation Planner series, which already has a Principal Planner level. The Principal Engineer would be the next higher step after the Senior Transportation Engineer. Adding this new level would allow employees to either advance one additional step within this series of job titles or allow the Agency to hire a more experienced and qualified individual to manage the delivery of complex transportation projects related to the Measure X program, as well as the delivery of other priority regional projects.
The fiscal year 2017-2018 proposed budget has sufficient funds to hire one Principal Engineer.
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