Senior Engineer - Capital Projects

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 senior level engineering work within the Department of Public Works and Capital Projects with the primary function of managing design and construction for the Town’s capital improvement program. Work involved managing engineering consultants and contractors, reviewing engineering and construction plans for compliance with codes, regulations, Town standards, and best construction practices, and working with consultants regarding plan approval for the capital improvement program.

For more detailed job descriptions, please visit the Town's Job Description s page.

• Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Four years’ experience in civil engineering design or construction.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a safe driving record.

• Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Four to ten years’ experience in design and construction of civil engineering projects.
• Professional Engineer;
  Certified Construction Manager.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish.

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.

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