Senior Civil Engineer

Important Recruitment Information:

The City is offering a hiring incentive of $11,000 for this position! Apply now and join a great team!

Open Until Filled – Applications will be initially reviewed on a weekly basis

1st Round Interviews - TBD

About the Position
The Engineering Division provides project and program support of activities primarily in the public right-of-way. The projects generally include public infrastructure such as roads, streets, bridges, signals and lighting, and stormwater facilities.

The Senior Civil Engineer performs a variety of difficult and complex professional engineering work related to assigned areas of responsibility, including but not limited to, development and review of complex transportation planning, traffic engineering, land development, capital improvement, drainage and special projects; and to provide professional engineering support relative to assigned area of responsibility; to develop and implement long range planning;

and works on a variety of state and federally funded projects.

The Senior Civil Engineer will have the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation related projects and programs. You can learn more about the exciting capital projects happening currently in the City by clicking here.

About the City
The City of Citrus Heights, located 15 miles northeast of California’s capitol, is home to 90,000 residents and employs over 200 employees. The City boasts a generous and robust benefits package including:

• Employer medical contributions of up to $2,375 for family coverage
• Generous leave packages
• Cash in-lieu of medical insurance of $700/month ($600 in taxable wages and $100 to either deferred compensation or to a Health Retirement Account.)
• Work/life balance including a hybrid work schedules or a 9/80 schedule
• One of the more affordable home-buying metropolitan areas in the state, and has a skilled workforce, high graduation rates and college-educated residents.

About the Region
Located in beautiful northern California, the City is part of the greater Sacramento region. The region has a variety of recreational, dining and entertainment options to choose from. Residents of the region enjoy farm-fresh restaurants, plentiful farmers markets, home-grown breweries, colorful street murals, museums, and Gold Rush-era family attractions. We enjoy more than 250 days of sunshine every year meaning it's the perfect place to explore and have fun in the outdoors, including more than 15,000 acres of park and the nature-filled 23-mile American River Parkway.

Whether you want to visit the world-famous Golden Gate bridge or the beauty of Lake Tahoe, you are less than two hours away from several amazing locations.

• Perform complex specialized technical duties and difficult program and/or project management related to area of assignment.
• Develop and implement goals, objectives, policies and procedures for work unit as required; determine priorities of projects and work assignments; assist supervisor in the development of goals, objectives, policies and procedures of the assigned functional area.
• Participate in budget preparation and administration; prepare cost estimates for budget recommendations; submit justifications for projects, equipment and staff; and, monitor and control expenditures.
• Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise and review the work of staff involved in assigned operations, participate in the selection of staff; provide or coordinate staff training; may supervise and conduct performance evaluations as assigned; work with employees to correct deficiencies; and, implement discipline procedures as needed.
• Assist in the administration of the City’s capital improvement program; assist in the creation of “shelf” projects; assist in the prioritization of needs and funding opportunities; assist in preparation and coordination of the five-year capital improvement budget.
• Review and prepare land development plans, construction documents, encroachment permit applications, Landscape Assessment District and transportation project designs as assigned; check plans for accuracy, suitability, and completeness and make recommendations for revision and improvement.
• Develop…