• Full Time
  • Monterey, CA
  • $136,752.00 - $176,208.00 Annually + $12,000 Yearly Cash Incentive USD / Year

Website CityofMonterey City of Monterey

ABOUT THE POSITION:  

The Senior Engineer is a senior management level classification in the City of Monterey’s Public Works Department. This position is responsible for planning, engineering, design, bidding, and construction management of a wide range of municipal infrastructure projects, including streets, pavement rehabilitation, sidewalks, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems, parking lots, traffic facilities, park upgrades, buildings and wharf renovations, ADA upgrades, and other capital and neighborhood improvement projects.

The ideal candidate will possess the ability to design and manage multiple Public Works projects simultaneously and be a proven project manager whose track record clearly identifies seasoned project management skills.  The candidate will have experience effectively supervising professional and technical staff as well as managing design consultants and construction contractors in a public agency environment. The candidate must have strong communication skills, and possess the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

***CASH HIRING INCENTIVE: $12,000.00 annual cash bonus per year paid quarterly.*** 

SUMMARY: 

Under general administrative direction, manages, provides technical policy guidance and directs the activities of professional and technical engineering personnel performing highly technical and administrative functions in connection with the design, maintenance, construction, and operation of projects and systems.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: 

This advanced journey-level class is populated with multiple incumbents. Senior Engineers perform the most complex professional civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering work requiring a substantial level of professional training. Incumbents may also lead professional and technical personnel on a team or project basis. Assignments require the exercise of independent judgment and initiative in scheduling, assigning, and coordinating the work with that of other units.   Senior Engineer is distinguished from Principal Engineer in that the latter manages broad professional engineering categories. The classification of Senior Engineer is distinguished from that of Associate Civil Engineer in that the former serves as project or team leader and performs the most complex and highly skilled engineering work while the latter is the journey level in the engineer series.

ABOUT THE CITY OF MONTEREY:
Nestled along California’s Central Coast, the City of Monterey is known for its natural beauty, rich cultural heritage, hospitality, and sense of community. The City of Monterey is a full-service charter city operating under a Council-Manager form of government. The City of Monterey is a full-service city that provides police, fire, public works, planning, recreation, and parks services and operates its conference center, sports center, parking, and marina facilities.

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES:
The City of Monterey offers a competitive benefits package to full-time employees. Some of these benefits include a Health Spending Fund, Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Vacation Accruals, Sick Leave, 14 Paid Holidays, Education Incentive Pay, Tuition Reimbursement Programs, CalPERS Retirement, and more!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

  • Education: Completion of Bachelor’s Degree from a college or university in Civil Engineering or related engineering field.
  • Experience:  Seven (7) years verifiable professional civil engineering work experience, which includes three (3) years experience equivalent to the Associate Engineer level or higher
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION: 

  • Must possess a valid California Driver’s License upon time of appointment and be insurable with the City’s standard insurance rate, unless otherwise approved by appointing authority.
  • Possession of a Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of California in one of the following disciplines: Civil, Mechanical, Environmental, or Traffic Engineering is required.

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