Plans Review Senior Engineer - Right-of-Way Services

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. The hiring range for this position is $109,134 - $144,603/annually, based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. In this position you can expect to work in a downtown Denver office and/ or site location at least 3 days per week. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure, and services. For more information, please visit the DOTI website. DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:

• DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets, and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.
• DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.

The Right-of-Way Services (ROWS) division within DOTI is seeking to fill a full‑time Senior Engineer position on our Engineering Plan Review (EPR) Transportation team. In this role, you will help ensure that private development, capital improvement, utility, and land use projects within the public right‑of‑way comply with City, State, and Federal transportation laws, regulations, policies, and standards.

As part of the EPR Transportation team, you will collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to promote coordination across multiple projects while supporting safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation infrastructure. Few DOTI divisions engage in such a broad range of complex and impactful projects, public space activities, and diverse stakeholder groups. As a result, our team is regularly called upon to solve unique and challenging transportation engineering issues.

• Perform professional engineering work on a variety of large, complex private development projects from inception to completion, including reviewing construction plans and designs for conformance with applicable requirements, providing technical engineering guidance, coordinating project phases, and recommending solutions to complex engineering issues.
• Apply City and DOTI rules, standards, and policies in the review of engineering and architectural plans, specifications, design calculations, and technical reports for City and outside agency capital improvement and utility projects, privately owned encroachment permits, right-of-way vacations, easement relinquishments, and wireless small-cell (5G) site applications. Ensure compliance and deconfliction of proposed work within the public right-of-way (ROW), including performing engineering calculations to verify compliance with applicable codes and standards.
• Provide technical engineering expertise and guidance to DOTI and other City departments and agencies.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including design consultants, contractors, utility providers, City agencies and departments, elected officials, and intergovernmental organizations.
• Meet regularly with applicants, project managers,…