Senior Engineering Manager

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

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

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8:00am - 5:00pm

This position is eligible for a one-time $5,000 sign‑on bonus that will be paid upon successful completion of the new hire’s six‑month probationary period. Internal promotional/transfer hires are not eligible.

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 paraprofessional 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. An incumbent serves as a second level or higher supervisor and has middle management level responsibilities. Makes interpretive decisions on behalf of the organization regarding the means for executing the goals established by the relevant executives and governing body subject to constraints imposed by available technology and resources.

Such interpretive decisions provide context for the work to be accomplished by subordinates supervised within the units managed.

Responsible for supervising and managing engineers and technical staff for large complex Citywide projects and/or serving as second-level unit supervisor over other professional staff. Incumbents are assigned the most complex and/or politically sensitive projects and manage staff involved in multiple, high-dollar, high visibility projects concurrently.

• Supervises and manages engineers and technical staff for large complex, politically-sensitive, multiple, high‑dollar, special, high‑visibility, and/or city-wide projects and/or serves as a second-level unit supervisor over other professional staff.
• Manages department and project operations to ensure compliance with department goals and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures; develops, implements, evaluates, and communicates policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives; allocates resources; develops contracts, project schedules, and budgets; issues request for qualifications and selects contractors; manages project staffing; serves as the primary technical advisor and troubleshoots complex issues; assesses City and department needs, and prioritizes and evaluates departmental projects.
• Manages internal staff and coordinates with City departments and external agencies; attends public meetings such as the Development Review Board, City Council and other meetings; serves as an official representative of the department; and provides professional and technical assistance to resolve problems and conflicts, make policy-related decisions, and facilitate departmental and project operations.
• Manages the development of design and technical specifications, construction and development plan reviews and inspections; approves infrastructure acceptance and project closeouts; reviews and approves plans, specifications, drawings, and other technical documents; ensures accuracy of work product and compliance with City and departmental goals, requirements, standards, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Oversees the preparation and/or review of complex technical reports, plans, contracts, bid documents, ordinances, and other documentation and correspondence; reviews, analyzes and evaluates information; and develops, approves and implements recommendations.
• Prepares and manages department and project budgets; monitors expenditures, forecasts department needs, prepares cost estimates,…