Engineering Services Director​/City Engineer

The City of Millersburg is seeking a professional, experienced, and hard-working individual to fill the position of Engineering Services Director/City Engineer. Millersburg sits along I-5 just north of Albany. Incorporated in June of 1974, Millersburg is a small city of 3,214 residents and one of the fastest growing cities in Oregon. We are part of the greater Albany metropolitan area with all modern and convenient services.

Millersburg has joint ownership of water and wastewater treatment facilities with the City of Albany and has full ownership of our water distribution and wastewater collection systems. Our strong industrial base provided the funding to establish the infrastructure needed to support our residential development, and it continues to allow us to provide many services to our residents and businesses. Through intergovernmental agreements, we provide robust fire, emergency services, and law enforcement.

We have new park and path projects in progress, and our residential properties represent one of the highest median home prices in the valley, surpassing that of surrounding metropolitan communities.

Because Millersburg is growing, we have many exciting and challenging projects underway and in the pipeline. With competitive pay, outstanding benefits, and a collaborative environment, the City of Millersburg is a great place to work.

This position plans, manages, and oversees the activities of public works and engineering services, including water, wastewater, stormwater, streets, public facilities, and parks. The position manages capital improvement project delivery; reviews development work for compliance with public standards and requirements; directs creation of plans and documents for city sponsored projects, including oversight of bidding and construction; works with outside consultants employed to perform city work by providing technical assistance;

and oversees construction inspections to ensure compliance with city requirements. This position serves as a city liaison to the community at large and is a part of the city’s management team.

Oversees and administers engineering activities (design and construction of public improvements, permitting, regulatory affairs, and master planning) determines needs, sets goals and objectives. Serves as the primary contact with City of Albany staff for management of jointly owned facilities and coordination of maintenance of water and wastewater systems.

Knowledge of:

• Engineering principles and practices; design construction, sewer, water, storm drain, or street design, and/or traffic engineering.
• Legal issues, statutes, regulations, and codes related to specific projects or programs within the city.
• Survey practices, development land use processes and land divisions.
• The environmental regulatory process.
• Public procurement processes, rules, and laws.

Skills in:

• Personnel management, including ability to supervise, train, and evaluate personnel; productively utilize goal setting and progress monitoring to promote accomplishment of tasks.

Ability to:

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals, co-workers, the public, other agencies, interest groups, and supply vendors.
• Actively listen, analyze problems, and identify alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and implementing recommendations in support of goals.
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing to a wide range of individuals; provide leadership skills necessary to resolve conflicts.
• Develop capital plans and budgets.
• Consult on construction business fundamentals.
• Use computers, systems, and various software.

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