Senior Associate Engineer or Associate Engineer
Apply NowCompany: City of Lake Oswego, OR
Location: Oregon City, OR 97045
Description:
Salary : $87,363.36 - $119,313.36 Annually
Location : Oregon, OR
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2025-04-2057
Department: Public Works
Division: Engineering
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
Closing Date: 3/30/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: LOMEA
The Position
The City of Lake Oswego is seeking a Professional Engineer to join the Public Works team. The primary role of this position will be to manage capital projects implementing improvements to the City's transportation, water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. Secondary roles of this position include serving as the City's technical subject matter expert for civil engineering issues, plans reviewer for capital and development projects, and engineering liaison with the City's operations crews. The selected candidate will fill one of the following positions based on qualifications:
Senior Associate Engineer - $93,478 - $119,313/annually
Required to be a Registered Professional Engineer in Oregon.
Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related field, and eight years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Associate Engineer - $87,363 - $111,450/annually
Required to be a Registered Professional Engineer in Oregon.
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering Technology or Civil Engineering or related field and four years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Key Responsibilities
Education and Experience Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge of:
Skills and Abilities to:
Licensing and Other Requirements:
This position is required to be a Professional Engineer in the state of Oregon, or the ability to become registered within 6 months of hire. Some positions in this classification may require the ability to possess and maintain a valid driver's license and ability to meet the City's driving standards. Duties will occasionally involve working in adverse or inclement weather conditions; exposure to high noise levels; dealing with distraught or difficult individuals; attending meetings or activities outside normal working hours; occasional response to emergency conditions during off-hours; occasional operation of a motor vehicle on public roads.
For a complete list of the essential duties, knowledge, skills and abilities required, and physical and mental demands please review the complete job description for and
Supplemental Information
Application Process: You may visit our web site at to access the online application process. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed job application. The City application must be submitted to by: 5:00 P.M., Sunday, March 30, 2025
SUMMARY OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
AFSCME / Lake Oswego Municipal Employees' Association (LOMEA)
The following material is a brief summary of each benefit and does not replace or supersede any provisions of the insurance contracts.
MEDICAL INSURANCE
You may choose between a traditional indemnity plan or a health maintenance organization (HMO) plan. Coverage includes you and your dependents. Each plan includes a vision and prescription drug benefit.
Under the indemnity plan, Aetna Medical, once the participating provider out-of-pocket limit has been met, this plan will pay 100% of covered charges for participating and network not available providers. If you select Aetna Medical, your vision benefit will be provided by VSP Well Vision.
The HMO plan, Kaiser Permanente, guarantees delivery of necessary health services, which is provided exclusively by their own providers.
DENTAL INSURANCE
The City provides a choice of comprehensive coverage through Moda Health (Delta Dental) and Kaiser Permanente. With your choice, you will have access to a plan that includes preventive, routine and major dental care, as well as orthodontic benefits (for child dependents only).
LIFE INSURANCE
The City pays for your basic life insurance in the amount of $50,000, and accidental death and dismemberment in the amount of $50,000. You can choose to purchase supplemental life insurance for you and/or your spouse in increments of $10,000. You may also purchase life insurance in the amount of $2,000 for each eligible dependent at minimal cost. (Standard Life Insurance Company).
LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
The City provides you with a long-term disability (LTD) insurance plan which guarantees that you will receive 60% of your salary, up to $4,000, following a 90-day waiting period. (Standard Life Insurance Company).
WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE
You are provided workers' compensation insurance in accordance with Oregon Revised Statutes.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (PERS)
The City of Lake Oswego is a member of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Benefits paid by PERS are funded from two sources:
You become vested with PERS when contributions have been made in each of five calendar years.
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
You and your family can receive up to six (6) free confidential counseling sessions per incident per year, as well as other benefits, such as free legal consultation and first time home owner assistance. EAP coverage is provided by uprisehealth.
VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ACCOUNT (VEBA)
The City has established a Voluntary Employee Benefits Account (VEBA) to be used for medical expenses pre and post retirement. The City will contribute a dollar amount into your account as specified with the terms of the LOMEA collective bargaining agreement as authorized by IRS Code 501(c)(9). Additional information available in Human Resources.
OPTIONAL BENEFITS
Deferred Compensation - The City offers a deferred compensation plan through MissionSquare Retirement. Your participation in this plan is voluntary, and you will need to make the contributions to the plan(s).
Flexible Spending Account - The City offers a Flexible Spending Account Program after your have been employed with the City for six months. FSA's allow eligible employees to pay for non-covered health related expenses and child care expenses with tax-free income. In addition, you may use the FSA Premium Only Account to help cover the cost of your portion of the City's medical and dental insurance premiums. You do not need to wait six months to participate in the premium only portion.
HOLIDAYS
The City of Lake Oswego recognizes the following paid holidays during the calendar year.
1. Four hours New Years Eve*
2 New Year's Day
3. Martin Luther King's Birthday
4. President's Day
5. Independence Day
6. Labor Day
7. Memorial Day
8. Veteran's Day
9. Thanksgiving Day
10. The Friday Following Thanksgiving Day
11. Four Hours Christmas Eve*
12. Christmas Day
13. Personal Holiday
14. Juneteenth
*When Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve falls on Monday through Friday. Employees who are scheduled to work during the day holiday shall be credited with four (4) hours of Holiday Pay.
VACATION
Paid vacation time accrues on a yearly basis as follows:
0-3 years: 12 days (8 hrs per month)
4-9 years 16.5 days (11 hrs per month)
10-15 years 21.5 days (14.33 hrs per month)
16-19 years 23.5 days (15.66 hrs per month)
20+ 25 days (16.67 hrs per month)
Vacation may be accrued to a maximum of two years with the approval of your supervisor.
SICK LEAVE
Sick leave accrues on a monthly basis at a rate of eight hours per each month worked. Sick leave may be used when you are unable to work due to illness or injury, or to attend a member of the immediate family when they are sick or injured. (Immediate family is defined as spouse, children, mother, father, sister, brother, or other relative residing in your household. Sick leave may be accumulated to 135 days. Anything over 135 days will be transferred to employees VEBA account.
Location : Oregon, OR
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2025-04-2057
Department: Public Works
Division: Engineering
Opening Date: 03/07/2025
Closing Date: 3/30/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: LOMEA
The Position
The City of Lake Oswego is seeking a Professional Engineer to join the Public Works team. The primary role of this position will be to manage capital projects implementing improvements to the City's transportation, water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. Secondary roles of this position include serving as the City's technical subject matter expert for civil engineering issues, plans reviewer for capital and development projects, and engineering liaison with the City's operations crews. The selected candidate will fill one of the following positions based on qualifications:
Senior Associate Engineer - $93,478 - $119,313/annually
Required to be a Registered Professional Engineer in Oregon.
Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related field, and eight years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Associate Engineer - $87,363 - $111,450/annually
Required to be a Registered Professional Engineer in Oregon.
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering Technology or Civil Engineering or related field and four years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages capital improvement projects from the planning phase through the construction phase. This includes planning and organizing work of subordinate technicians and support staff, soliciting and managing outside professional services, monitoring the project's scope, schedule, and budget, and preparing project reports, memoranda, and other correspondence consistent with City contracting policies and administrative procedures.
- Manage programmatic civil engineering efforts such as wastewater inflow and infiltration reduction, CCTV pipe inspection cycles, and structural rehabilitation packages.
- Provide staff with technical support on complex civil engineering issues such as sizing of wastewater and stormwater facilities, choosing the most appropriate pavement rehabilitation treatment method, ensuring ADA compliance of a sidewalk with significant topography, and extending the boundaries of a gravity pipe system, amongst many others.
- Performs contract management functions for public and private construction developments including: conducting inspections and progress reviews for payment requests; overseeing contract submittals and change orders; monitoring scope, schedule, and cost; maintaining as-built drawings.
- Performs other duties of a similar nature and level.
Education and Experience Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge of:
- Practices and principles of Civil Engineering and Public and Business Administration.
- Construction materials, quality assurance/quality control concepts and practices, and basic methods used for construction materials acceptance testing.
- OR-OSHA safety rules relating to construction site safety.
- Engineering design standards and conventions.
- Personal computers and related software applications.
Skills and Abilities to:
- Use personal computers and related software application packages including drafting and design methods and computerized engineering analysis software; word processing, spreadsheets, and database.
- Apply mathematical principles, terms, and procedures.
- Solve normal work problems using geometry, trigonometry, algebra and engineering economics.
- Use proper English grammar, spelling, and punctuation both verbally and in writing for day-to-day interactions with diverse customers, co-workers, contractors, other agencies, public officials, and the general public.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, contractors, public agencies and officials, and the general public.
- Provide good customer service.
- Comply with safety requirements of the position and actively promote safe work practices.
- Communicate effectively with coworkers, management, elected officials and the general public, and display excellent interpersonal skills and awareness of controversial and/or sensitive issues.
Licensing and Other Requirements:
This position is required to be a Professional Engineer in the state of Oregon, or the ability to become registered within 6 months of hire. Some positions in this classification may require the ability to possess and maintain a valid driver's license and ability to meet the City's driving standards. Duties will occasionally involve working in adverse or inclement weather conditions; exposure to high noise levels; dealing with distraught or difficult individuals; attending meetings or activities outside normal working hours; occasional response to emergency conditions during off-hours; occasional operation of a motor vehicle on public roads.
For a complete list of the essential duties, knowledge, skills and abilities required, and physical and mental demands please review the complete job description for and
Supplemental Information
Application Process: You may visit our web site at to access the online application process. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed job application. The City application must be submitted to by: 5:00 P.M., Sunday, March 30, 2025
SUMMARY OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
AFSCME / Lake Oswego Municipal Employees' Association (LOMEA)
The following material is a brief summary of each benefit and does not replace or supersede any provisions of the insurance contracts.
MEDICAL INSURANCE
You may choose between a traditional indemnity plan or a health maintenance organization (HMO) plan. Coverage includes you and your dependents. Each plan includes a vision and prescription drug benefit.
Under the indemnity plan, Aetna Medical, once the participating provider out-of-pocket limit has been met, this plan will pay 100% of covered charges for participating and network not available providers. If you select Aetna Medical, your vision benefit will be provided by VSP Well Vision.
The HMO plan, Kaiser Permanente, guarantees delivery of necessary health services, which is provided exclusively by their own providers.
DENTAL INSURANCE
The City provides a choice of comprehensive coverage through Moda Health (Delta Dental) and Kaiser Permanente. With your choice, you will have access to a plan that includes preventive, routine and major dental care, as well as orthodontic benefits (for child dependents only).
LIFE INSURANCE
The City pays for your basic life insurance in the amount of $50,000, and accidental death and dismemberment in the amount of $50,000. You can choose to purchase supplemental life insurance for you and/or your spouse in increments of $10,000. You may also purchase life insurance in the amount of $2,000 for each eligible dependent at minimal cost. (Standard Life Insurance Company).
LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE
The City provides you with a long-term disability (LTD) insurance plan which guarantees that you will receive 60% of your salary, up to $4,000, following a 90-day waiting period. (Standard Life Insurance Company).
WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE
You are provided workers' compensation insurance in accordance with Oregon Revised Statutes.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (PERS)
The City of Lake Oswego is a member of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Benefits paid by PERS are funded from two sources:
- member contributions* paid on your behalf by the City; and
- employer contributions*.
You become vested with PERS when contributions have been made in each of five calendar years.
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
You and your family can receive up to six (6) free confidential counseling sessions per incident per year, as well as other benefits, such as free legal consultation and first time home owner assistance. EAP coverage is provided by uprisehealth.
VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ACCOUNT (VEBA)
The City has established a Voluntary Employee Benefits Account (VEBA) to be used for medical expenses pre and post retirement. The City will contribute a dollar amount into your account as specified with the terms of the LOMEA collective bargaining agreement as authorized by IRS Code 501(c)(9). Additional information available in Human Resources.
OPTIONAL BENEFITS
Deferred Compensation - The City offers a deferred compensation plan through MissionSquare Retirement. Your participation in this plan is voluntary, and you will need to make the contributions to the plan(s).
Flexible Spending Account - The City offers a Flexible Spending Account Program after your have been employed with the City for six months. FSA's allow eligible employees to pay for non-covered health related expenses and child care expenses with tax-free income. In addition, you may use the FSA Premium Only Account to help cover the cost of your portion of the City's medical and dental insurance premiums. You do not need to wait six months to participate in the premium only portion.
HOLIDAYS
The City of Lake Oswego recognizes the following paid holidays during the calendar year.
1. Four hours New Years Eve*
2 New Year's Day
3. Martin Luther King's Birthday
4. President's Day
5. Independence Day
6. Labor Day
7. Memorial Day
8. Veteran's Day
9. Thanksgiving Day
10. The Friday Following Thanksgiving Day
11. Four Hours Christmas Eve*
12. Christmas Day
13. Personal Holiday
14. Juneteenth
*When Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve falls on Monday through Friday. Employees who are scheduled to work during the day holiday shall be credited with four (4) hours of Holiday Pay.
VACATION
Paid vacation time accrues on a yearly basis as follows:
0-3 years: 12 days (8 hrs per month)
4-9 years 16.5 days (11 hrs per month)
10-15 years 21.5 days (14.33 hrs per month)
16-19 years 23.5 days (15.66 hrs per month)
20+ 25 days (16.67 hrs per month)
Vacation may be accrued to a maximum of two years with the approval of your supervisor.
SICK LEAVE
Sick leave accrues on a monthly basis at a rate of eight hours per each month worked. Sick leave may be used when you are unable to work due to illness or injury, or to attend a member of the immediate family when they are sick or injured. (Immediate family is defined as spouse, children, mother, father, sister, brother, or other relative residing in your household. Sick leave may be accumulated to 135 days. Anything over 135 days will be transferred to employees VEBA account.