Deputy Director, Capital Improvement Program

The City of San José is a full-service Charter City and operates under a Council-Manager form of government. The City Council consists of ten (10) council members elected by district and a mayor elected  addition to providing a full range of municipal services including police and fire, San José operates an international airport, a municipal water system, a regional wastewater treatment facility, some 200 neighborhood and regional parks, and a library system with 24 branches.

City operations are supported by 6,994 full-time equivalent positions and a total operating and capital budget of $6.1 billion (for the 2024-25 fiscal year).

Public Works is one of the largest departments in the City of San José with a staff of 660 and an annual operating budget of $230 million and a FY  Adopted CIP budget of $3.7 billion. The Public Works Director’s Management Team includes an Assistant Director and five Deputy Directors with responsibilities for six core services:
Animal Care Services;
Facilities Management;
Fleet and Equipment Services;
Plan, Design and Construct Public Facilities and Infrastructure;
Regulate/Facilitate Private Development; and Strategic Support. The Department seeks a Capital Improvement Program Deputy Director (“CIP Deputy Director”). The “CIP Deputy Director” reports to the Director and Assistant Director of Public Works and is one of two Deputy Directors primarily focused on capital delivery. The primary responsibilities at this time are to lead the teams responsible for the following functional areas:
Electrical Engineering, Storm and Sanitary Engineering, Roads and Bridges, Storm and Sanitary Master Planning, and construction management at the San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Water Facility. The CIP Deputy Director is supported by a team of approximately 100 full time employees who contribute to a highly collaborative, highly productive, family like work environment.

Minimum qualifications are:
Any combination equivalent to successful completion of advanced course work from an accredited college or university in engineering or related field; and six (6) years of increasingly responsible experience in senior level administrative and/or analytic work in a public or private agency. Experience managing a work unit equivalent to a major division within a City operating department is desired. Registration as a Professional Engineer for the State of California is a preferred.

Salary Range: $161,513 to $260,737

Apply on-line by February 13, 2026 at  For questions, please contact Sherrill Uyeda at  or Wesley Herman at  Main Office: . EEO/ADA.