Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

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Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

• Recruitment Presentation

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Los Angeles County is Large and Diverse

• Los Angeles County has the largest population
  (9,802,800 as of January, 2001) of any county in
  the nation, and is exceeded by only eight states
• 15th largest economy in the world
• Entertainment capitol of the world
• Two largest ports on the West Coast, Port of Los
  Angeles and the Port of Long Beach
• In addition to mountains, deserts, and 76 miles
  of beaches, some of the worlds finest urban
  recreational attractions are within an hours drive

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Diverse Organization CoveringEvery Branch of
Civil Engineering

• Building Safety
• Construction
• Design
• Environmental Programs
• Flood Maintenance
• Geotechnical and Materials Engineering
• Information Technology
• Land Development
• Mapping Property Management

• Project Management I
• Project Management II
• Road Maintenance
• Traffic Lighting
• Survey
• Water Resources
• Watershed Management
• Water Works Sewer Maintenance

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LACDPW is one of the largest Public Works
Agencies in the Nation!

• Over 3,500 employees
• Adopted budget of over 1.2 billion
• 77 manned field facilities
• Bridges
• Own, inspect and maintain 460 bridges
• Inspect 1,100 bridges in 67 cities and maintain
  400 bridges through service contracts
• Building Safety - Issues approximately 53,000
  permits covering construction valued at 1.65
  billion annually

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Capital Projects
• Project Managers for over 200 Capitol Improvement
  Projects with construction costs in excess of 2
  billion
• Managing the repair and replacement of over 1,000
  earthquake recovery projects at an estimated cost
  in excess of 600 million. Approximately 915
  facilities repaired, 23 demolished and the rest
  are in design or construction phases.

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Construction Projects
• Awarded 163 road construction contracts valued
  over 111 million
• Awarded 56 flood control construction contracts
  valued over 55 million
• Emergency Operations
• Dedicated 24 hour Department Operations Center
  ready to respond to any emergency within Los
  Angeles County

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Environmental Programs
• Solid Waste - Approximately 40,000 tons/day of
  solid waste is disposed of by the 89
  jurisdictions in LA County
• Responsible for 6 Garbage Disposal Districts
  serving 350,000 constituents. This service is
  provided via 6 contracts totaling 10 million in
  expenditures per year
• Hazardous Waste - 9.4 million tons/year with
  616,000 tons/year shipped off-site

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Environmental Programs (continued)
• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program
• Conducted 57 County and 19 City collection events
• Collected 785,598 gallons of HHW
• Industrial Waste - 5,224 operating permits
• Underground Tanks
• 2,488 active sites permitted (7,200 USTs)
• 15,220 site closure permits (45,660 USTs)
• 2,200 sites investigated reviled leaks
• 625 sites showed ground water contamination

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Environmental Programs (continued)
• Water Quality - Up to 220 storm water samples are
  collected annually from 14 monitoring stations
  throughout the storm drain system for extensive
  baseline analysis
• Flood Control - Operate and/or maintain
• 15 major dams
• 460 miles of open channels
• 2,600 miles of underground storm drains
• 74,000 catch basins
• 43 storm water pumping stations

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Road Maintenance
• Over 3,100 miles of County roads and 1,700 miles
  of Contract City roads
• 3,300 miles of curb gutter
• 2,200 miles of sidewalk
• 93 miles of bicycle trails
• 160,000 parkway trees
• 1,485 signalized intersections
• 171,000 traffic signs
• 40,000 street name signs
• 3,260 illuminated street name signs

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Water Resources
• Operate and maintain 27 groundwater recharging
  facilities
• 172,000 to 316,000 acre-feet of local storm water
  runoff is recharged into the groundwater
  annually
• Imported 29,000 acre-feet of water annually
• Conserved 48,000 acre-feet of reclaimed water
• Operate and maintain 3 sea water barrier projects
  which includes
• 229 injection wells
• 682 observation wells
• 4 extraction wells

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LACDPW Overview (continued)

• Water Works Sewer Maintenance
• Administer 6 water works districts
• Provide and maintain service for
• 118 water storage reservoirs (86 million gallons)
• 50 water wells
• 150 booster pumps
• 1,106 miles of water mains
• Maintain 4 sewage treatment plants
• Administer 2 sewer maintenance districts
• 4,900 miles of main line sewer
• 140 sewage pump stations

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Benefits

• A two year, three assignment rotation program
• Lateral movement opportunities
• Engineering Career Development Program including
  training and mentoring.
• Large Peer Network for Young Engineers
• Engineering tuition and book reimbursement
  program
• Reimbursable onsite MBA and MPA programs
• Reimbursable PE review course
• Forty hour, four day work week (most locations)

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Benefits

• 80 to 160 hours vacation/year depending on length
  of service. Vacation time can accumulate
• Approximately 11 paid holidays every year
• 80 hours of sick leave per year of which 48 hours
  can be used for personal leave. 48 hours may be
  reimbursed for cash if no sick leave is used
  during the year. Sick time can accumulate
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty leave
• Military leave

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Benefits

• Health, Dental Life Insurance
• The County offers a flexible benefits program
  which allows you to choose between nontaxable
  benefits and taxable cash. Benefits include
  health, dental and life insurance at a low cost
  for you, your spouse and your children. Medical
  and dental benefits can be waived (if you have
  insurance for yourself through another source)
  and the remainder of your contribution will be
  added to your paycheck as taxable cash.

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Benefits

• Two retirement plans to choose from
• Deferred compensation with County matching
  contribution of up to 4 of your salary
• Pre-tax medical and dependent care spending
  accounts
• On site employee credit unions with checking,
  savings and low interest loan privileges
• Payroll direct deposit

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Benefits

• Relocation Reimbursement for entry level
  engineers for cost incurred as a result of
  relocating to Los Angeles County (for out of
  state recruitment only)
• Reimbursable relocation allowance includes the
  actual costs for moving household goods to a
  maximum of 500 and for the mileage at a rate of
  ten cents per mile to a maximum of 300
• Low interest relocation loans offered through the
  onsite Public Works credit union

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Southern California Living

• Is rich in cultural diversity and home to a
  variety of
• major universities
• UCLA, USC, Cal Tech/JPL, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal
  State LA, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State
  Northridge, etc.
• concerts
• operas/musicals/plays
• amusement parks
• (Disneyland, 6 Flags Magic Mountain)
• professional athletic teams
• (Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Mighty
  Ducks, Galaxy)
• Fine restaurants, night clubs night life!

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Southern California Living

• Alhambra headquarters location
• 5 miles from Pasadena
• 7 miles from downtown Los Angeles Hollywood
• 1 hr drive to most local beaches
• 1-2 hr drive to various ski slopes
• 2 hr drive to San Diego
• 1-2 hr drive to Palm Springs

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Southern California Living

• Weather