Are you passionate about Engineering and ready for your next move?

The City of Chesapeake's vision is to be economically strong, culturally diverse, and environmentally responsible, with a quality of life that defines our City as an exceptional place to live, learn, work, farm, and play. Our employees embody the City's organizational values, known as the CARES standards (Courteousness, Attentiveness, Responsiveness, Empowerment, and Stewardship) as they carry out the work of the City and strive to achieve our Council's desired outcomes which include cultural diversity, safety, and security. If you want to work for the City that CARES and are committed to our vision, values, and desired outcomes, please review the posting below for a new and exciting opportunity!

Chesapeake Public Works is seeking an experienced candidate to supervise, manage, and coordinate the delivery of the transportation and Stormwater Capital Improvement Programs under the direction of the City Engineer/Deputy Director of Public Works. This essential position is responsible for managing the Design, Construction and Stormwater Management sections of the Engineering division by supervising a professional technical staff, developing policies and procedures, preparing long-range goals, coordinating and overseeing related customer service efforts. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment and want to make a difference for Chesapeake and its citizens, come and join our team!

Duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Oversees all transportation and stormwater design and construction activities in order to meet the goals of the City Council and City Manager and to serve as liaison between City management and engineering professional and technical staff.
• Oversees engineering functions such as the design review process, underground utility damage prevention, and highway improvement programs, capital improvement project design, utility improvements, construction management, customer service efforts, and other engineering programs.
• Develops and oversees the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure flow of operations and accomplishment of goals.
• Prepares, approves, evaluates, and maintains related engineering reports and other information such as specifications, project invoices, proposals, grant applications, permits, and/or budgets.
• Reviews recommendations submitted by staff for consistency and conformance with established engineering principles and practices and conformance to local ordinances.
• Investigates and responds to inquiries and concerns from contractors, the general public, and other agencies.
• Coordinates project implementation by interacting with the various parties involved and makes recommendations for engineering and project success.
• Administers engineering and construction contracts.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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