Town Engineer

Job Title:

Town Engineer

Department:
Department of Public Works

Contract/Grade:
Personnel Policies (non-union), Grade 13

Compensation:
Pay range $99,279 - $134,026. Actual salary dependent on qualifications.

FLSA Status:
Full Time – Exempt

Start Date:

Position available July 1, 2026

The Town Engineer provides professional engineering expertise and essential technical support across all divisions of the Department of Public Works (DPW), as well as supplemental support to other Town departments, boards, and committees. Work includes planning, design, review, inspection, administration, and coordination of municipal infrastructure projects.

Works under the general direction of the Director of Public Works with considerable independence in carrying out assigned duties.

May provide functional direction and technical guidance to DPW staff, contractors, consultants, and interns. May serve as Acting DPW Director as needed.

Has regular access at the departmental level to a wide variety of confidential information, including personnel records, client records, criminal records/investigations, and collective bargaining negotiations in accordance with the State Public Records Law.

Responsible for the accuracy, quality, timeliness, and compliance of engineering work products, inspections, reviews, and recommendations. Errors may result in financial loss, regulatory non-compliance, safety risks, or public dissatisfaction.

Guidelines only provide limited guidance for performing the work. They may be in the form of administrative or organizational policies, general principles, legislation, or directives that pertain to a specific department or functional area. Extensive judgment and ingenuity are required to develop new or adapt existing methods and approaches for accomplishing objectives or to deal with new or unusual requirements within the limits of the guidelines or policies.

The employee is recognized as the department or functional area's authority in interpreting the guidelines, determining how they should be applied, and in developing operating policies.

Work consists of employing many different concepts, theories, principles, techniques, and practices relating to an administrative field. Assignments typically concern such matters as studying trends in the field for application to the work; assessing services and recommending improvements; planning long-range projects; devising new techniques for application to the work; and recommending policies, standards, or criteria.

The work environment involves everyday discomfort typical of offices, with occasional exposure to outside elements. Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant. Employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours to attend evening meetings.

Regular contact with residents, Town staff, elected officials, boards, committees, consultants, contractors, and regulatory agencies to provide technical information, respond to inquiries, explain engineering concepts, and represent the Town’s interests.

Duties generally do not present occupational risk with only occasional exposure to risk or stress. A minor injury could occur, however, through employee failure to properly follow safety precautions or procedures. Examples of injury include minor bruises from falls, minor cuts or burns, or minor muscular strains from lifting or carrying heavy equipment or materials.

• Responsible for providing engineering support to all DPW divisions, including the Water Department.
• Prepare and review RFPs, technical specifications, bid documents, and project scopes.
• Provide general engineering consultation for infrastructure improvement projects to improve project accuracy, reduce change orders, and minimize construction inefficiencies.
• Design small-scale drainage improvement projects and oversee in-house construction where feasible.
• Review plans to mitigate flooding and improve stormwater management.
• Serve as Acting DPW Director…