Senior Engineer

Position Description

Anne Arundel County Government is currently hiring for a full-time, permanent Senior Engineer position within the Engineering Division of the Office of Inspections and Permits. The Engineering Division is responsible for the review and approval of commercial and residential subdivisions, Preliminary Plans, Site Development Plans, grading permits, building permits, and major projects that support economic development.

The Senior Engineer position involves advanced or lead-level engineering work responsible for providing efficient, timely, and realistic solutions to complex engineering issues related to water and sewer, stormwater runoff, drainage, stormwater management, site infrastructure, and roads in a fast‑paced environment. The employee is expected to perform a variety of civil engineering tasks independently and with minimal supervision, providing technical engineering assistance to professional, technical, and office support staff engaged in the review of development plans and permit applications.

Excellent customer service skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills, are required for routine communication with citizens, local organizations, staff, and internal and external customers.

Work involves responsibility for performing increasingly more difficult engineering duties associated with managing staff in the review of projects related to development applications of commercial and residential subdivisions, Preliminary Plans, Site Development Plans, grading permits, building permits, and infrastructure (water, sewer, roads, storm drainage, and stormwater management). The application of thorough engineering knowledge ensures assigned projects are in compliance with applicable building and construction industry standards, Federal, State, and County codes.

Work requires considerable contact with county agencies, officials, engineering consultants, community representatives, developers, contractors, and representatives for regulatory agencies to present, explain, and implement various work projects. The employee provides information and recommended courses of action on potential impacts to the supervisory chain and makes quality written or oral presentations of project status to higher management as required. Technical engineering assistance is provided to supervisors and other project managers, and the employee serves on ad hoc technical review committees, offering well‑thought‑out recommendations.

The scope of work impacts the quality of life in the county through planning, designing, and constructing public infrastructure, influencing the County's growth and expansion of the tax base. Work is performed within established policies and professional standards and is reviewed through conferences and reports for adherence to schedules and standards applicable to the assignment.

• Manages the work of engineers in the review of utility, infrastructure, storm drainage plans, and water and sewer plans for permits and subdivisions.
• Reviews stormwater management, storm drainage, and road plans for conformance to County, State, and Federal codes, standards, and regulations.
• Reviews and manages the work of engineers involved in the review/approval of Preliminary and Site Development Plans.
• Performs special duties associated with complex civil engineering/utilities issues, restoration projects, and coordinates with county and state agencies as needed.
• Attends meetings, on‑site field reviews, coordinates with inspectors, and makes recommendations to the Engineer Manager on engineering, stormwater, and storm drainage issues and plans as necessary.
• Coordinates with the Engineer Manager to develop and implement various automated information applications to track work activity.
• Coordinates with the Engineer Manager in overseeing the work performed by reviewers in the Division.
• Reviews subdivision plans and record plats.
• Reviews grading and building permits.
• Reviews cost estimates associated with Public Works Agreements and grading bonds.
• Coordinates reviews with the Office of Planning and Zoning…