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Committee approves restructured engineering‑technician role amid discussion of staff turnover and hiring practices
Summary
Committee approved amending the vacant utility‑technician job into an engineering‑construction oversight/CAD position and discussed recent staff departures, recruitment practices and in‑job shadowing to reduce early turnover.
The Finance & Human Resources Committee voted on July 21 to amend the utility‑technician job description to an engineering‑technician role focused on construction inspection, CAD work and GIS asset maintenance. Staff explained the change followed the May departure of the prior worker and the 2024 hiring of an in‑house staff engineer; the new role emphasizes construction observation, CAD skills and updating GIS asset maps. Staff said the position will be funded from capital and utility project budgets in proportion to the time the employee charges to those projects and that time will be tracked on timesheets. "So next year when we reconstruct Concord, we can either use borrowed funds to pay…
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