Senior Engineer

City of Durham; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 79,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

State and City retirement plans

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Volunteer leave

Job summary

The City of Durham is seeking a qualified civil engineer to join the Planning & Development Department. This role focuses on land-use, infrastructure, and public works projects, providing technical reviews, project management, and regulatory coordination in a fast-moving, community-focused environment.

Responsibilities include preparing reports and plans, liaising with agencies and the public, and potentially leading a team on complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction project management, or a directly related field.
• Five years of related engineering and/or project management experience.
• Some assignments may require a North Carolina Engineer in Training (EIT) Registration
• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City

Responsibilities

• Prepares and/or reviews technical presentations, reports, land development applications, plats, agreements, engineering and construction drawings, contracts, plans (including development, zoning, and traffic and signal plans), and correspondence; drafts ordinances and resolutions; maintains records, logs, and databases; reviews and analyzes information; researches trends; makes recommendations; and ensures compliance with City requirements, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and the public, and attends meetings, to provide professional-level technical expertise; responds to and investigates questions, concerns, and requests; performs outreach activities; trains staff, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.

Skills

5 years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Access databases

ArcGIS

Excel

Job description

Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $79,058.00 - $122,536.00

Hours: 800am - 5:00pm

A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham’s growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast-paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today’s land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges. If you’re talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!

Devoted to providing engineering support, inspection and professional civil engineering for a variety of public works, utilities, storm water, and transportation facilities/projects as well as review of public and private development projects. Perform journey-level engineering work requiring independent evaluation and analysis of issues and the exercise of judgment, education and experience to select and apply criteria to resolve problems and make recommendations. Decision-making includes selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction. Incumbents provide technical engineering services for civil engineering projects, transportation systems/facilities, or serve as construction project managers for a large project or Citywide strategic initiative.

Responsible for reviewing project documents, plans and data; preparing technical presentations, reports, plans and correspondence; reviewing commercial and residential development plans for private land development and infrastructure improvements; drafting agreements and ordinances; responding to citizen questions; performing engineering and complex fee calculations; coordinating projects with stakeholders and/or regulatory agencies.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Prepares and/or reviews technical presentations, reports, land development applications, plats, agreements, engineering and construction drawings, contracts, plans (including development, zoning, and traffic and signal plans), and correspondence; drafts ordinances and resolutions; maintains records, logs, and databases; reviews and analyzes information; researches trends; makes recommendations; and ensures compliance with City requirements, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and the public, and attends meetings, to provide professional-level technical expertise; responds to and investigates questions, concerns, and requests; performs outreach activities; trains staff, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction project management, or a directly related field
• Five years of related engineering and/or project management experience.
• Some assignments may require a North Carolina Engineer in Training (EIT) Registration
• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City

Additional Preferred Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Access databases, ArcGIS, and Excel spreadsheets is preferred.
• Experience reviewing with reviewing land development related applications.
• Experience with municipal street, storm drainage, water, and sewer infrastructure.
• Experience using Bluebeam software to perform plan review.

Benefits – General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service