Engineering Technician, Engineer or Senior Engineer

Overview

Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation s capital in the heart of DC s Wine Country, you ll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with big city amenities.

The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town s full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.

• Creative problem solver
• Proactive self-starter
• Life-long learner
• Strong team player
• Passionate about excellent customer service
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Effective communicator
• Desire to impart knowledge to others
• Early adopter of new technologies

This position requires a range of technical engineering work within the Department of Community Development (Engineering Division) with a primary function of examining and providing engineering review comments and potential solution-oriented engineered design options for private sector Land Development Applications as well as Town-initiated Capital Project applications to ensure compliance with Federal, State and Town development ordinances. Work involves reviewing engineering and construction plans, plats, and other land development documents for compliance with codes, regulations and Town standards and coordination with consultants and developers regarding plan approval.

This position also assists various Town departments, outside review agencies, architects, developers, engineers, surveyors, landscape architects, and the general public with code compliance pertaining to the development or subdivision of property. The ideal candidate has experience or educational background in civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, urban forestry, soil science or land development design and review. The position level will be determined based on the selected candidate s background and experience.

For a more detailed job description, please visit the Town s Job Description s page.

Engineering Technician ($58,823 - $125,681 DOQ)

HS/GED; minimum of two to four years’ experience in civil engineering, landscape architecture and or survey work associated with Land Development projects. Possess a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record.

Or

Engineer I ($69,377 - $148,229 DOQ)

Graduated from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in civil engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of two or more years’ experience in design and/or plans review construction of associated with civil engineering work related to land development projects. Possess a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record.

Or

Senior Engineer ($75,342- $160,975)

Graduated from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in civil engineering or a related field. Four to six years’ experience in design and/or plans review associated with civil engineering work related to land development projects. Possess a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record.

Engineering Technician:
Two or four-year degree related to engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, or related land development field. EIT or LSIT certification. Engineers and Surveyors Institute (ESI) Designated Plans Examiner Reviewer (DPE) Certification. Bilingual in English/Spanish.

Or

Engineer I:
Professional Engineer (PE) license or Engineering-In-Training (EIT) Certificate. Engineers and Surveyors Institute (ESI) Designated Plans Examiner Reviewer (DPE) Certification. Bilingual in English/Spanish

Or

Senior Engineer:
Current Virginia PE License and Engineering-In-Training Certificate. Certified Construction Manager. Engineers and Surveyors Institute (ESI) Designated Plan Reviewer (DPE) Certification. Bilingual in English/Spanish

The Town of Leesburg is committed to providing competitive compensation and benefits, and opportunities to grow one s career, all while making a significant impact on the operations and quality of life in a thriving community.

The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Town s full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth IRA, and generous paid time off. For more information on the Town s robust benefits package, please visit the Town s Employee Benefits page.