Engineering Specialist

Engineering Specialist

Hiring Range: $46.06 - $51.49, with growth to $57.57

Do you love solving problems, working on projects that make a real difference, and seeing your work come to life? Join the City of Sumner as our next Engineering Specialist! In this entry-level engineering role, you'll help deliver public works projects that keep our community moving; from streets and sidewalks to utilities and infrastructure. You'll work alongside a supportive team, collaborate with consultants and contractors, and even get out into the field to see projects in action.

At Sumner, you'll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact while enjoying a workplace that values innovation, teamwork, and work-life balance. If you're ready to launch your engineering career where your work truly matters, we'd love to meet you!

This position is a full-time, Fair Labor Standards Act non-exempt position. The regular work schedule for the Engineering Specialist position is Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. Alternative and hybrid work schedules may be available. Attendance at evening meetings or other off-duty events may be necessary on rare occasions. This is not a Civil Service position.

The Engineering Specialist position is an entry-level position completing professional and administrative work. Under the general direction of the City Engineer or designee, this position assists with planning, designing, organizing, coordinating and maintaining project and maintenance work for the Engineering division. This position does not supervise staff.

The City of Sumner's vision is to set the standard of excellence for a progressive small city. In working to achieve that vision, Sumner prioritizes and celebrates diverse perspectives, life experiences and differences. The City actively seeks and encourages people with diverse backgrounds and characteristics to apply and all come together with a goal of continuing to learn and improve to better serve the residents, businesses and visitors of our community.

Sumner remains a traditional city of just over 11,000 residents with agricultural roots, known for decades as the Rhubarb Pie Capital of the World. At the same time, its compact, walkable layout aligns perfectly with progressive planning trends, as its classic Main Street becomes repurposed for boutiques, independent restaurants and daily services such as legal offices, financial advisors and doctors.

While Sumner retains historic neighborhoods of Craftsman houses and an active high school right on Main Street, it also offers over 16,000 manufacturing and distribution jobs for companies such as REI, Keurig Dr. Pepper, , and Dillanos Coffee Roasters. With a downtown Sound Transit station with buses and trains, it is well connected to the Puget Sound region while striving to be a full-service city with the largest YMCA facility in the state of Washington as well as a link trail system that will connect the Foothills and Interurban trails.

Like the community, the city government is large enough to be professional but small enough to be creative. The City has won a variety of awards from the Governor's Smart Planning Award to recognition at the International Association of Chiefs of Police for its groundbreaking police work on victims' assistance. With a strong mayor format, the City has just over 140 employees who operate a cemetery, wastewater treatment facility, accredited police department, animal shelter, parks, senior center, full service public works and administration.

The Sumner Public Works Department is responsible for maintenance, operations, and capital improvement projects for the City of Sumner facilities, rights-of-way, and water, sewer and stormwater utilities. Through the hard work and efforts of over 40 FTE's, the Department simultaneously manages tens of millions of dollars of capital projects; 120 lane-miles of roadways and adjoining sidewalks, hundreds of miles of wet utilities, well and spring water sources, over 50 stormwater outfalls;

and operates the City's 6.1 MGD (Maximum Month Design Flow) Wastewater Treatment Facility.

The job duties and responsibilities represented in this job description in no way imply that these are the only duties to be performed. Employees occupying the position will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by a supervisor. While requirements may be representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and abilities to perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty with proficiency.

• Conducts a variety of organizational studies as directed.
• Assists in the preparation and review of public works plans, specifications, and contracts for various construction projects.
• Administers projects from initiation through project completion.
• Coordinates engineering support and projects performed by other City departments.
• Assists in coordinating the activities of…