Wanted: Technical Experts to Review Enforcement Cases

The Board's Enforcement Unit is recruiting professional engineers and professional land surveyors who have been licensed for five or more years to serve as technical experts in the following disciplines and areas of expertise:

Civil Engineers with expertise in subdivision planning and development, grading and drainage of residential and small business projects, home inspections for resale and for national disaster evaluation, water intrusion issues, and septic system design. (A special need exists for civil engineers with experience working in Northern and Central California, including the San Francisco/Oakland Bay areas.)

Civil and/or Structural Engineers with expertise in structural design for residential houses and commercial projects.

Civil and/or Geotechnical Engineers with expertise in providing geotechnical evaluations for new construction and to mitigate soil and compaction failures.

Land Surveyors with expertise in boundary surveying, property line disputes, subdivision map processing, and title descriptions (in all areas of the state).

Technical experts review enforcement complaint investigation cases to determine if the standards of the profession are being met and/or the Board's laws and rules violated. Technical experts are required to provide a written report of their expert opinion and may be asked to testify at a hearing. Expertise in the area of engineering or land surveying which is the subject of a given complaint is essential. The majority of the Board's cases involve residential projects and small business projects. No one who has had his or her engineering or land surveying license disciplined by the Board can serve as a technical expert. Technical experts must also be California residents.

Board experts are paid $75 an hour for case review, report preparation, and actual time spent testifying at administrative hearings. Travel costs associated with attending a hearing to provide expert testimony are reimbursed.

If you would like more information about being a technical expert, you may contact the Enforcement Unit at (916) 263-2251 or BPELS_Enforcement_Information@dca.ca.gov. If you are interested, please complete the Areas of Expertise form for Civil (including Structural and Geotechnical) Engineers and Land Surveyors or the Areas of Expertise form for Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and send it with your most current resume/curriculum vitae to the following address:

Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Attention: Enforcement Unit
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95833