City engineer, Environmental Engineer

Public Works Administration
2525 W 1st St
Loveland, CO 80537, USA

The City Engineer will step into a vital leadership role as a member of the department’s executive team. The Public Works Department has a strong foundation of collaboration across the organization, a motivated team, and a clear three‑year strategic agenda. It needs a skilled, people‑centered engineer to drive that work forward with consistency, innovation, and a genuine commitment to the community.

This is a rare opportunity to shape how a fast‑growing Colorado city plans, builds, and manages its infrastructure for the next generation of residents and businesses.

Salary range: $–$ per year.
Hiring range: $152,000–$204,000, depending on qualifications and experience.

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for complex public infrastructure, development review, and capital improvement initiatives, including project initiation, procurement, contracting, consultant and contractor management, and project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with City, state, and federal requirements while advancing projects and programs that align with community objectives, industry best practices, and long‑term operational needs.
• Administer multiple operating and capital budgets using a variety of funding sources, ensuring responsible financial stewardship, regulatory compliance, and transparent reporting.
• Deliver innovative, customer‑focused solutions through effective communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement.
• Represent the City at local, regional, state, and national levels through presentations, written materials, and public meetings.
• Provide people‑centered leadership and operational direction for the employee lifecycle, including recruiting, hiring, training, development, performance management, accountability, workplace issue resolution, and employee engagement.
• Collaborate across the organization and with external partners to support continuous improvement and service excellence.
• Assist in setting strategic direction and organizational priorities as a member of the department’s leadership team.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or a related field.
• Experience:
  
  8 years of extensive engineering experience with background in urban infrastructure, urban design, transportation planning, street and intersection design, traffic engineering, drainage systems, floodplain considerations, and integrated stormwater management solutions.
• Experience supervising diverse work groups and managing multiple budgets and projects.
• Experience exercising discretionary judgment to make decisions between intent and rules.
• Valid driver’s license and a Professional Engineer license registered in Colorado, or the ability to become registered within six months of hire.

• Knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices related to regional planning, transportation design, and traffic operations.
• Understanding of municipal government operations and interrelationships among departments, regional agencies, and partner jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of business and organizational management practices, including budgeting, revenue oversight, cost tracking, goal setting, delegation, and performance evaluation.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain confidentiality when required.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical information for diverse audiences.
• Ability to think strategically and solve complex problems independently and creatively under pressure.
• Ability to build and sustain strong cross‑departmental and interagency partnerships.
• Ability to develop and implement long‑range planning efforts, including master plans, capital improvement programs, and sustainable funding strategies.
• People‑focused approach that fosters trust, accountability, professional development, and a positive culture.

• Primarily sedentary office work with occasional lifting of light objects.
• Exposure to routine office noise and equipment.
• Occasional exposure to general office hazards with minimal risk of injury.
• Essential duty to report for duty during community emergencies (e.g., natural disaster, fire, flood, blizzard).

The City of Loveland provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.