Senior Civil Engineer

Why Join San Bruno Public Works?

For those who desire an energetic and supportive work environment in the heart of the Peninsula, the City of San Bruno is a progressive organization offering an exceptional career opportunity.

Are you ready to engineer great things in San Bruno? Join the City of San Bruno as our next Senior Civil Engineer and help deliver the infrastructure improvements that keep our community vibrant and thriving.

The City is looking for one Senior Civil Engineer in the Engineering Section to join our collaborative and dynamic Public Works team. With a wide variety of Capital Improvement Projects underway, this is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys staying engaged, working with others, and adapting as priorities and needs evolve.

As a Senior Civil Engineer, you’ll lead capital projects from planning and design through construction, supervise and support engineering staff, and collaborate with colleagues across the City. You’ll also work closely with consultants, contractors, agencies, residents, and businesses to keep projects moving forward and deliver meaningful improvements.

We’re looking for someone who brings engineering experience, leadership, flexibility, and a collaborative mindset—someone who can adapt to changing priorities, support their team, and contribute ideas in a busy and evolving environment.

If you enjoy teamwork, variety, and seeing your projects come to life, we’d love to have you join our team!

The Senior Civil Engineer will plan, organize, direct and supervise the work of staff involved in complex, professional engineering work in support of a wide range of complex Public Works projects and initiatives; direct the work of subordinate professional, sub- or paraprofessional, journey-level class and technical engineering staff; assist in the
administration and supervision of the Engineering Section.

• Recommend and assist in the implementation of goals and objectives; establish schedules and methods for Public Works; implement policies and procedures.
• Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise and review the work of staff assigned to Public Works.
• Evaluate operations and activities of assigned responsibilities; recommend improvements and modifications; prepare various reports on operations and activities.
• Act as project manager for major capital improvements projects, which includes contract administration; project schedule coordination; manage the work of consultants and staff; coordinate the work of consultants, utilities, staff, other public agencies, elected officials, and the public; communicate with the consultants, staff, public, other agencies, and elected officials; ensure quality control of the project, including conducting field inspections; prepare and present a variety of reports and studies.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise responsible engineering work in connection with municipal Public Works projects; manage the design and preparation of plans, specifications, and cost estimates for the construction of streets, storm drains, signals, parks, sanitary sewer system, building and other improvements; make feasibility and economic studies of alternative plans.
• Supervise, plan, organize, and direct the activities of an assigned staff; assign, review and evaluate the work of assigned staff for accuracy, suitability, and completeness.
• Supervise staff reviewing a wide variety of engineering projects, including planning and studies; conduct surveys; investigate complaints; and present written and oral reports to elected and appointed officials.
• Assist in evaluating the need for, and developing plans and schedules for long-range engineering and public works projects.
• Participate in the development of capital improvement projects for compliance with City specifications; resolves disputes between the City and developers, contractors, engineers and the general public relative to City policies, specifications, regulations, procedures and extra work.
• Decide on design procedures and interpret the application of design criteria; check plans and specification for accuracy of design and completeness.
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