Fire Facility Project Specialist

The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package that includes:

• General Salary Increase 3.5% effective December 20 2026 and 3.5% effective December 19 2027.
• Educational Incentive An educational incentive of 2.5% for completion of an associates degree 3.5% for completion of a bachelors degree OR 5% for completion of a graduate degree.
• Bilingual Incentive Depending upon operational necessity and certification of skill.
• Annual Leave 20 working days increasing to 25 working days after 5 years of service.
• Deferred Compensation Eligible to participate in the Countys 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or the Section 457 Plan. This position is eligible for up to a 3% match on your 401(k) contributions.
• Health PlansFull time employees are afforded a flexible credit allowance for purchasing medical dental and/or vision insurance from a group of authorized plans: Tier one for employee only is $667 per biweekly pay period.
• Flexible Spending Accounts Choice of participation in the Flexible Spending Accounts which increase spending power through reimbursement of pre-tax dollars for IRS approved dependent care and health care expenses.
• Pension Plan Both the County and employees contribute to the Countys Retirement Plan and to Social Security. If eligible reciprocity may be established with other public retirement systems such as PERS.
• Holidays 12 paid days per year.

• Conceptual project responsibilities include working with Fire personnel to define a scope of work preparing cost and timeline estimations preparing project exhibits and requests for proposals (RFP).
• Project design and permitting responsibilities include assisting Fire administration staff for architect/engineer contract establishment oversight of work and invoicing ensuring deadlines are adhered to and working with County and City agencies for planning and construction submittals and addition working with Fire purchasing staff to solicit quotes for equipment and establishing purchase orders.
• Construction responsibilities include the public bidding process contractor selection oversight of on-site activities contractor and sub-contractor communication reviewing and approving in coordination with project architects/engineer requests for information (RFIs) material submittals contract change orders and schedules completing as-needed general site inspections approving pay estimates documenting progress and keeping department heads apprised of changes.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer.
• Five (5) years of construction contract management experience (institutional commercial or industrial.
• Experience managing projects with construction values up to $200000.
• Experience overseeing multiple contracts concurrently.

Application Review:Tentatively scheduled for the week of July 13th

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Plan organize coordinate and administer facilities design and complex construction engineering projects with various entities;
• Secure necessary permits which may include conditional use permits environmental impact statements and building permits;
• Communicate with customers consultants regulatory agencies and presentations at Board meetings and/or Commission hearings;
• Obtain and evaluate proposal from contractors and other vendors on construction projects;
• Use Fire standards for job contracting procedures including appropriate software to document activities and progress;
• Ensure vendor/contractor compliance with all safety and code regulations;
• Provide other customer service and coordination as required;
• Arrange for contractors access and on-site coordination to minimize disruptive impact while working at County/Fire facilities;
• Performs other related duties as required.

These are entrance requirements to the examination process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.

EDUCATION TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Considerable experience performing construction project management which has led to the acquisition of the required knowledge skills and abilities. The required knowledge skills and abilities can also be obtained by completion of a Bachelors degree in engineering or a related field and two (2) years project management experience of construction projects with construction values over $25000.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• The position is required to participate in after hours on-call services on a rotating basis with other staff dedicated to fire facilities and will be compensated accordingly at union negotiated rates.
• Must possess and maintain a current valid California drivers license.

FINAL FILING DATE:Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resourcesno later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday July 10 2026.

To apply online please refer to our website at you prefer to fill out a paper application form please call for application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Human Resources 800 South Victoria Avenue L-1970 Ventura CA 93009.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another merit or civil service public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a merit or civil service style examination then appointment by Lateral Transfer may be possible. If interested please click here (Download PDF reader) for additional information.

Note to Applicants:It is essential that you complete all sections of your application and supplemental questionnaire thoroughly and accurately to demonstrate your qualifications. A resume and/or other related documents may be attached to supplement the information in your application and supplemental questionnaire; however it/they may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE qualifying
All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this examination AT THE TIME OF FILING. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the exam process to assist in determining each applicants qualifications and acceptability for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in the application being removed from consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION qualifying
All applications will be reviewed to determine whether or not the stated requirements are met. Those individuals meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the screening and selection process.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE EVALUATION

A Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire. The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather the T&E is one method for determining who is better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated a T&E applications are either scored or rank ordered according to criteria that most closely align with the departments business. Candidates are typically scored/ranked relative to one another; consequently when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong many qualified candidates may receive moderate or even low scores or ranks resulting in them not being advanced in the process.

NOTE: The selection process will likely include an Oral Exam which may be preceded or replaced by a score from a Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) depending on the size and quality of the candidate a typical T&E your training and experience are evaluated in relation to the background experience and factors identified for successful job performance during a job analysis. For this reason it is recommended that your application materials clearly show your relevant background and specialized knowledge skills and abilities. It is also highly recommended that the supplemental questions within the application are completed with care and diligence. Responses such as See Resume or Refer to Resume are not acceptable and may disqualify an applicant from further evaluation.