Engineering Manager, Contract Management

Salary : $90,002.00 - $144,020.00 Annually
Location : Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 25-05327
Department: Public Works
Opening Date: 02/27/2025
Closing Date: 3/4/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

Position Description
Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $90,002.00 - $117,021
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

***Hybrid schedule of up to 3 days a week upon successful completion of probationary period.

Top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the City of Durham's Public Works Department a great place to work. We create the foundation on which Durham is built, using innovative methods that support the City's growth and enhance our quality of life. If growing professionally while serving your community is for you, bring your skills to Durham!

This position will be devoted to providing paraprofessional engineering support, inspection, and professional civil engineering for a variety of public works, utilities, storm water, and transportation facilities/projects as well as review of public and private development projects. Provide advanced, professional engineering and construction management work and are considered subject matter experts with the highest level of knowledge, managing programs, providing consultation to other engineering staff and to management and providing supervision to lower level professional engineering staff. Decision-making includes providing input into management objectives, and selection of the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction.

Responsible for supervising engineering staff; serving as a lead for construction and project management on large, complex projects, and/or multiple projects; leading and supervising the development of design and technical specifications; coordinating and leading construction and development plan reviews and inspections; preparing complex technical plans and reports; supervising procurement processes.
Duties/Responsibilities

• Serves as a lead for construction and project management on large, complex projects, and/or multiple projects, evaluates and prioritizes other departmental projects, and leads and manages major departmental programs; work involves assessing City needs and requirements, directing project meetings, researching technology and other trends, developing processes to improve operational efficiency, developing short- and long-term project or master plans and budgets, developing project scopes, staffing projects, establishing project and performance standards and goals, approving contractors, monitoring operations, approving payments, and performing related duties.
• Coordinates and leads the development of design and technical specifications, construction and development plan reviews and inspections; makes decisions regarding infrastructure acceptance and project closeouts; reviews and approves plans, specifications, and other technical information; and ensures informational accuracy and compliance with requirements, standards, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinates the preparation and review of, and/or prepares and reviews complex technical plans, designs, permits, plats, reports, forms, cases, request for proposals, drawings, calculations, contracts, specifications, agreements, submittals, and other documentation; analyzes complex information, to include performing data modeling operations; develops and implements recommendations; and conducts follow-up operations.
• Supervises procurement, and billing processes; coordinates operational process including the maintenance and testing of equipment; researches trends and department needs, identifying project enhancements or new projects; reviews billing statements and invoices, and approves payments.
• Manages project funds and bonds, ensuring City requirements, standards, policies, and procedures are met.
• Advises City departments and external agencies; convenes and facilitates meetings; provides guidance to lower-level staff; responds to and investigates requests and inquiries; resolves escalated complaints and project-related issues; negotiates project terms and fees, advocating for and requesting project approvals; provides expert testimony; oversees the review of engineering operations, projects and plans.
• Incumbents supervise professional, paraprofessional, and/or support staff to include conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, discipline, and termination procedures.
• Supervising engineering services paraprofessional staff.
• Establishing goals and objectives for the work unit, developing operational policies and procedures, participating in strategic planning, providing direction to lower level staff in the execution of operational tasks, and ensuring quality control activities.
• Meeting with citizens, preparing agenda items, project management.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a directly related field.
• Five years of professional engineering experience in the area of assignment.
• Two years of supervisory experience.
• North Carolina Professional Engineer (PE) Registration
• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Five years of experience in the design, review, construction, inspection and maintenance of roadway infrastructure, and/or regulation of stormwater control measures;
• Experience working in or with municipalities;
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for the City of Durham, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
• Experience with the delivery of LAP federally funded projects;
• Experience with municipal codes, policies, procedures.
• Experience with or exposure to MUNIS, Primavera, and GIS is desirable.

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

01

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
• Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Monster.com
• Indeed.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Other

02

If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• PhD or Juris Doctorate

04

Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another state driver's license, are you willing to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire?

• Yes
• No

05

How many years of related professional engineering experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 years of related experience
• 1 years but less than 3 years related experience
• 3 years but less than 5 years related experience
• 5 years or more years related experience

06

This position requires a Professional Engineering (PE) registration. Do you currently possess a valid PE registration?

• Yes
• No

07

Please provide your Professional Engineer license number, the state of certification and the contact name and phone number for verification purposes. If responded no the previous question, please respond N/A.
08

How many years of supervisory or management experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years
• 2 years but less than 5 years
• 5 or more years

09

Please provide your Professional Engineer License number, the state of certification and the contact name and phone number for verification purposes. If responded no the previous question, please respond N/A.
10

How many years of experience in the design, review, construction, inspection and maintenance of roadway infrastructure do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 5 years related experience
• 5 years but less than 7 years related experience
• 7 years or more years related experience

11

Which of the following best describes your experience with the delivery of federally funded projects (LAP)?

• Have worked with MPOs and delivered multiple LAP projects from concept development through design, construction and project close out.
• Have worked on LAP projects but are not familiar with either the funding, reimbursement, or project closeout procedures.
• Are familiar with LAP projects and MPOs, but have no direct experience with either.

12

Which of the following best describes your experience with pavement preservation programs?

• Have developed, implemented, and administered a pavement preservation program using multiple types of pavement preservation applications. Including map selection and contract development.
• Have developed or worked on asphalt preservation projects but not as part of a pavement preservation effort.
• Are familiar with asphalt paving and pavement preservation applications, but have not delivered either project type.

13

Which of the following best describes your experience applying equity and engagement principles?

• Have applied an equity lens to the identification or prioritization of projects and are familiar with the use of community rooted partners for project engagement.
• Have conducted project engagement using multiple forms of outreach, such as public meetings, pop up meetings, canvassing, virtual meetings, community rooted partners, etc.
• Have not worked to identify or prioritize projects and work needs using equity as a criteria.

14

Which of the following best describes your experience with MUNIS, Primavera, Paver, CityWorks, or other similar enterprise financial management, project management, work order management, or asset management systems?

• Working knowledge of all of the above named systems.
• Working knowledge of three or more of the above named or similar systems for project management, work order management, asset management, or financial management systems.
• No experience with two or more of the above named or similar systems for project management, work order management, asset management, or financial management systems.

15

Do you have experience working in or with municipalities?

• Yes
• No

16

The hiring range for this position is $90,002.00 - $117,021.00. This hiring range is non-negotiable. Do you acknowledge your review and understanding of the hiring range?

• Yes
• No

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