Salary : $82,515.60 - $100,298.28 Annually
Location : City of Brentwood, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: Department: Engineering
Opening Date: 08/29/2025
Closing Date: 9/19/ :00 AM Pacific
Position Information Join Our Team as an Administrative Technician! The City of Brentwood is now accepting applications for the position of
Administrative Technician in the
Engineering Department . This is a key role that provides critical administrative and technical support, ensuring smooth operations and excellent service to both the community and internal staff.
What We're Looking For The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of technical skills, attention to detail, and a passion for public service. Success in this role requires:
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to assist customers in person, over the phone, and electronically.
- Accuracy and consistency with a sharp eye for detail.
- Technical aptitude with the ability to read maps and plans, process plan routing, and manage permits.
- Eagerness to learn about the City's Engineering Department and its wide range of services.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Ability to understand and explain public agency rules, policies, and procedures in a clear and helpful way.
- Strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and initiative within established guidelines.
- Flexibility to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Resilience to manage frequent interruptions and a high level of public contact.
Desirable Skills (Not Required) - Knowledge of records management.
- Experience with budgets, invoices, and purchasing requisitions.
- Familiarity with permit issuance.
- Exposure to specialized software such as CDS (permitting software), Bluebeam, Laserfiche, OneSolution (financial software), ArcGIS, Microsoft Visio, and OneNote.
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What We Offer: The City of Brentwood provides an engaging, collaborative, and cooperative work environment where you can team up with your peers and with the community toto maintain Brentwood's high quality of life. The City is an employer that emphasizes work-life balance, supports employee wellness, and offers a wide range of benefits and retirement alternatives, while also investing in its employees' professional and personal growth. We offer: - Competitive salary
- Alternative work schedule (AWS) option, with Director approval
- Telework option (up to 2 days a week), with Director approval
- 15 paid holidays (13 City observed holidays, 2 floating holidays)
- Generous leave accruals (Vacation - 11 days per year; Sick Leave - 12 days per year)
- Selection of health care plans with City paid contributions; cash-in-lieu offered if waiving coverage
- City-paid dental and vision insurance
- CalPERS pension participation
- Deferred compensation (457 plan) options
- City paid contributions to Retiree Health Savings account
- Employee Engagement Program (includes recognition for service, safety, peer nominations, and more)
To review more of what the City of Brentwood offers, please check out our and visit our .
Qualifications Education and Experience Guidelines - Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
- Equivalent to the completion of twelfth (12th) grade.
- Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience performing technical, clerical and administrative support.
Licenses and Certifications: - Depending on assignment, possession of a valid California Driver's License and a satisfactory driving record must be maintained throughout employment.
Application Process Applicants must submit the following: - A completed City of Brentwood Employment Application
- Cover Letter
- Resume
Postmarks, faxes and incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Your application must be filled out completely online. Resumes must also be submitted but it is
not a substitute for a completed application.
The examination process will consist of: - Application Review - Review of applications for minimum qualifications for the position and to ensure all materials have been submitted.
- Written Exam - Applicants possessing these requirements will be invited to take a written test. The examination will cover elements of the knowledge and abilities identified in the job description and is tentatively scheduled for the week of October 6, 2025.
- Eligible List - All applicants that pass the examination process will be placed on the eligible list which is good for at least 6 months and may be extended up to an additional 18 months. This eligible list will be used by the City of Brentwood to fill all current and future openings in this classification as long as the list is active.
DISCLAIMER: The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute a contract, expressed or implied, and any provisions contained in this bulletin may be modified or revoked without notice. Tests may consist of any combination of written, oral or other exercises or assessment procedures that test content. Components may include, but are not necessarily limited to, typing, math, reading, writing and analytical skills; problem solving ability; computer and software proficiency, or any other job-related knowledge, skill, ability or qualification. The City may, without notice, change or eliminate any particular assessment component or combination of components as needs dictate.
All correspondence regarding application status, test and/or interview dates, etc. will be sent by email and will be available on your GovernmentJobs account. Please check your email folders, including your junk/spam folders and accept emails from the domain governmentjobs.com, neogov.com, or brentwoodca.gov. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure a correct email address is provided and that all correspondence is received.
The City of Brentwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants requesting special accommodations during the examination process may contact the Human Resources Department at .
The City of Brentwood provides a wide range of competitive benefits which can be viewed on our City Benefits page:
01
What type of documents have you been responsible for drafting, editing and proofreading? What process do you follow to ensure accuracy when editing and proofreading documents?If you do not have experience in this area, please indicate "N/A".
02
Describe a situation where you were given a challenging or complicated task and your approach to completing the task. What strategies and/or technologies did you use to complete the task? What was the outcome?If you do not have experience in this area, please indicate "N/A".
03
A frustrated customer calls and says that their workstation "isn't working". What steps would you take to respond to the customer?If you do not have experience in this area, please indicate "N/A".
04
Describe your experience in the following subject matter areas. Include the name of where you worked and the extent of you involvement and knowledge in the subject matters.Codes (State/Local), Maps/Plans, Standard Plans and Specifications, Subdivision Map Act, Permits (encroachment, grading, transportation), Maps/Plans (Final Maps, grading plans, improvement plans), Conditions of Approval, Right-of-way (grant deeds, easements, legal descriptions).If you do not have experience in any of these areas, please indicate "N/A".
05
Mark all software/technology that you are proficient in.
- Windows (desktop operating systems)
- macOS (desktop operating systems)
- Linux (desktop operating systems)
- iOS (mobile operating systems)
- Android (mobile operating systems)
- Microsoft Word (word processing)
- Microsoft Excel (spreadsheets)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (presentations)
- Microsoft Visio (flowcharting)
- Microsoft OneNote (digitized reference manual)
- TRAKiT (permitting)
- Bluebeam (plan routing)
- Laserfiche (records management)
- OneSolution (financial)
- ArcGIS (geographic information system)
- Crystal Reports (report writing)
- No experience in these software/technology platforms
06
For each box marked in Question #5, please describe how you used this software in previous jobs. If you have used similar software, please list the type of software and how you used it.If you have never used these softwares or any similar softwares, please indicate "N/A".
07
How many years of experience performing technical, clerical and administrative support do you possess?
- 0 to less than 3 years
- 3 years or more
08
Please indicate your highest level of education completed.
- Equivalent to completion of the 12th grade
- Some College
- Associate's Degree (AA/AS)
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
09
I acknowledge that I must submit a resume and a cover letter. If I do not submit a resume and cover letter I will be automatically disqualified.
Required Question
