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Personnel Commission approves three-tier engineering job series and reclassifications
Summary
The commission approved a new junior–assistant–associate engineering job series, associated salary ranges and specific employee reclassifications intended to improve recruitment and create a career ladder across public works and utilities.
The Gilroy Personnel Commission voted Aug. 3 to approve a new three-tier engineering job series (junior, assistant and associate), adopt salary ranges tied to the levels, and reclassify several existing staff into the new structure.
Staff told the commission the changes were negotiated with the bargaining group to address recruitment and retention challenges in a tight labor market for civil engineers. "We were trying to address some challenges that we had in recruiting and filling vacant positions," staff said, noting the goal is to make entry easier and create a clear career ladder that delays the professional-engineer (PE) license requirement until the associate level.
As described by staff, the reclassifications place Jose Sedano at assistant engineer, Julie Oates at associate engineer (she holds a PE), Susana Ramirez to assistant engineer, Sebastian Butron to junior engineer and Victor Romo to junior engineer while on probation. Staff said the public works engineering team is fully staffed and the new structure will primarily be used to fill two engineering positions in utilities.
A commissioner moved to approve the engineering series, the motion was seconded and the commission recorded vocal ayes with no opposition; staff indicated the motion carried. The decision included authorization to place affected employees into the appropriate steps in the newly adopted ranges so that reclassifications that result in pay increases would be implemented.
