Senior Engineer

The City of Upland Public Works Department is seeking a highly qualified and forward-thinking professional to serve as a Senior Engineer. This leadership role is essential to the successful planning, design, and delivery of the City's capital improvement projects while ensuring engineering services are completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with all applicable regulations. The Senior Engineer oversees engineering staff and consultants, manages complex infrastructure projects, and helps shape the future of Upland through innovative and sustainable public works solutions.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive technical expertise in civil engineering, project management, and public infrastructure design and construction. We are looking for someone with experience managing capital improvement projects, reviewing engineering plans and specifications, developing project schedules, cost estimates, and budgets, coordinating with consultants, contractors, developers, and regulatory agencies, and preparing technical reports and presentations. The successful candidate will be a collaborative leader who exercises sound judgment, mentors staff, and is committed to delivering high-quality projects that serve the community.

The best candidates will have the initiative to lead multidisciplinary engineering projects while fostering collaboration and innovation within the team. Outstanding leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential, along with a passion for public service and continuous improvement. If you're ready to make a lasting impact on the City's infrastructure while helping guide the next generation of engineering professionals.

• EDUCATION INCENTIVE:Additional compensation over an employee’s base salary for a job-related degree above the minimum requirements required of an employee’s position.
• HOLIDAY:City Hall and most city departments will be permanently closed from Christmas Day through New Year’s Day

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of staff, consultants, and interns performing engineering planning, design, and construction work of public works and utilities projects and systems; trains staff in work procedures; evaluates employee performance, counsels employees, and effectively recommends initial disciplinary action; assists in selection and promotion.
• Serves as project manager as assigned; plans, schedules, conducts, or coordinates detailed phases of the engineering work in a part of a major public works or utility project or in a total project of moderate scope; develops project budgets; conducts project site visits and field exploration; oversees project planning, design, construction, and implementation; coordinates project operations with other divisions and outside agencies;
  
  ensures projects meet mandated engineering standards, budgeted funds, best practices, and City goals and objectives.
• Reviews and makes recommendations on the approval of engineering plans, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, contract provisions, legal descriptions, and maps, ensuring compliance with subdivision policies and local and state codes, ordinances, and regulations; oversees permitting procedures for the Public Works Department.
• Develops and manages requests for proposals for professional and/or contracted services; prepares scope of work and any technical specifications; evaluates proposals and recommends award; negotiates contracts; administers contracts to ensure compliance with City specifications and…