Deputy City Engineer Public Works

The City of Los Angeles is a world-class city with a vibrant, diverse economy and an unparalleled quality of life. Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States and has a multi-ethnic population of approximately 4 million. Los Angeles is one of the largest economies, financial entities, and trade centers in the country. It is a trend-setting global metropolis with a fascinating history and a rich cultural heritage.

The city prides itself on its ethnic diversity, with an estimated 200 languages spoken. As one of the world’s great cities, Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, some of which will occur at the Convention Center.

Los Angeles is a charter city, governed by the Mayor and the City Council. The City Council serves full-time and has fifteen members elected by district. The other two elected officials of the City are the Controller and City Attorney. The City’s elected officials serve four-year terms. Volunteer Commissions consisting of prominent business and community leaders, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, oversee several City departments and bureaus.

The City has over 40 departments, bureaus, and offices for which funds are budgeted annually by the Mayor and City Council. In addition, the City has three proprietary (enterprise) departments (the Departments of Water and Power, Harbor, and Airports), governed by Commissions, which are financed solely by revenue generated from their operations.

As part of a historic new era, Karen Bass began her first four-year term as 43rd Mayor of the City of Los Angeles on December 11, 2022, as the first woman and second African American to be elected as the City’s chief executive.

The Bureau of Engineering is under the broad umbrella of the Department of Public Works. Public Works is the City’s third largest department and is comprised of more than 5,000 employees who are responsible for the construction, renovation, and operation of City facilities and infrastructure, as well as the delivery of public safety and environmental programs. The Department of Public Works consists of the following:

• Board of Public Works (Governing Body)
• Bureau of Contract Administration
• Bureau of Engineering
• Bureau of Sanitation
• Bureau of Street Lighting
• Bureau of Street Services

In partnership with private consultants and contractors, the Bureau of Engineering designs and constructs public projects such as libraries, fire stations, police stations, animal facilities, streets, bridges, streetlights, water reclamation plants, sewers, and sidewalks. The Bureau of Engineering also oversees permitting of construction within the Public Right‑of‑Way.

The City Engineer, the head of the Bureau of Engineering (BOE), has responsibility for a total staff of more than 800 within the BOE, an annual salary budget exceeding $100 million, and a capital project portfolio of about 500 projects with a construction budget of about $5 billion, excluding the Convention Center Expansion and Modernization project. The top priority for the City Engineer is workforce development with a people first approach.

The second priority has been to utilize strong project‑management skills to rebalance our program schedules to match the resources available while reflecting City priorities and to create a more controlled project intake process in order to reliably deliver to our schedules in priority order.

This Deputy City Engineer will lead the day‑to‑day Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project (Project) as approved by City Council and the Board of Public Works, reporting to the City Engineer, in order to effectively deliver this very large, ~$2 B construction value, design/build Project under a tight schedule. The Deputy will provide leadership to the Principal Civil Engineer and their staff who are the City delivery team for the Bureau of Engineering.

This staff is approximately 40 people, a blended team of City employees and consultants.

The Deputy City Engineer will…