Senior Civil Engineer – Stormwater & Utilities
Ready to make a lasting impact? Join the Town of Timnath and lead our stormwater and utility projects that protect communities, improve infrastructure, and support smart growth.
As our senior technical expert, you'll manage major capital improvement projects, shape engineering standards, oversee floodplain and MS4 programs, and collaborate with Town leadership, developers, consultants, and regional partners to build infrastructure that serves the community for generations.
If you're a licensed PE with municipal engineering experience who enjoys leading complex projects, solving real-world challenges, and making a visible difference, we want to hear from you.
Help build what's next for Timnath apply today!
SUMMARY:
The Senior Civil Engineer - Stormwater/Utilities is a senior-level professional engineering classification and working assignment responsible for advanced technical leadership, program coordination, project management, and interagency coordination for stormwater, drainage, floodplain, and external utility coordination with special districts and companies. The position provides senior engineering judgment, consultant and contractor management, stormwater and utility coordination, public infrastructure planning, technical review, and recommendations on complex drainage, floodplain, utility, capital project, development, maintenance, and regulatory matters.
This assignment functions as the Town's Stormwater Capital Improvement Project Manager, Floodplain Administrator, Water Quality (MS4) Administrator, Stormwater Maintenance and Asset Manager, and Utility Coordinator for external utilities and special districts. In those roles, the position manages or coordinates stormwater capital projects, floodplain administration, MS4 compliance and water quality programs, storm sewer inspection and maintenance planning, drainage and flood-related concerns, stormwater asset inventory and prioritization, utility conflicts, relocations, crossings, easements, standards, records, public communication, and interagency coordination.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following duties are illustrative of the work performed by positions in this classification.
- Leads, manages, and performs advanced professional engineering work for complex municipal engineering projects, reviews, programs, studies, permits, capital improvements, infrastructure systems, and public works initiatives.
- Provides senior-level technical review, approval within delegated authority, or recommendations regarding engineering plans, specifications, cost estimates, technical reports, studies, calculations, permits, agreements, construction documents, and public infrastructure requirements.
- Interprets, applies, and recommends updates to Town engineering standards, street standards, specifications, master plans, codes, ordinances, policies, procedures, and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
- Manages or oversees complex projects and programs from planning, scoping, and budgeting through design, procurement, permitting, construction, inspection, acceptance, warranty, closeout, and records management.
- Coordinates and directs the work of consultants, contractors, developers, utility providers, districts, inspection staff, engineering staff, and other technical resources; prepares or reviews scopes of work, requests for proposals, contracts, pay applications, change orders, schedules, budgets, submittals, and project documentation.
- Provides engineering recommendations, technical reports, agenda materials, resolutions, ordinances, presentations, and staff support to the Public Works Director, Town Engineer, Planning Commission, Town Council, boards, commissions, regional committees, and other public bodies as assigned.
- Leads or participates in long- and short-range planning, capital improvement planning, annual budget preparation, infrastructure inventory, asset management, maintenance planning, development of standards, and intergovernmental coordination.
- Coordinates right-of-way, easement, development agreement, reimbursement agreement, utility agreement, construction security, procurement, permitting, and related administrative matters as assigned.
- Represents the Town in complex or sensitive meetings with developers, consultants, contractors, utility providers, special districts, adjacent jurisdictions, regulatory agencies, residents, property owners, elected and appointed officials, and the public.
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves complex engineering, construction, permitting, compliance, coordination, policy, budget, schedule, and stakeholder issues; recommends practical and legally supportable solutions.
- Provides technical leadership, work direction, training, mentoring, and functional supervision to engineering staff, inspectors, interns, consultants, contractors, or other personnel as assigned; may participate in hiring, performance feedback, and workload planning.
- Oversees and maintains engineering records, technical files, permits, project documentation, mapping, as-built records, standards, and other information necessary for accountable Public Works operations.
- Acts as designated floodplain administrator, applying floodplain regulations as required by Timnath’s community status in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), including federal, state and municipal regulations.
- Responds to resident, applicant, contractor, developer, utility provider, and internal staff inquiries; investigates engineering-related concerns, service requests, field conditions, complaints, and infrastructure issues; researches records and applicable standards; coordinates with appropriate departments or outside agencies; and provides timely technical responses or recommendations
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices as applied to municipal infrastructure, development, transportation, stormwater, utilities, right-of-way, construction, public works operations, and long-range infrastructure planning.
- Advanced ability to review, interpret, and apply engineering plans, technical reports, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, traffic studies, plats, specifications, contracts, standards, permits, easements, agreements, and legal or policy documents related to public infrastructure.
- Strong project and program management skills, including scoping, budgeting, scheduling, consultant and contractor management, procurement support, risk management, public communication, and closeout.
- Ability to make sound technical recommendations on complex, sensitive, high-value, politically visible, or cross-departmental engineering matters.
- Ability to interpret and enforce Town standards, codes, ordinances, policies, agreements, specifications, and federal, state, and local rules and regulations.
- Ability to communicate clearly in meetings, public hearings, and presentations to elected officials, appointed bodies, agencies, applicants, consultants, contractors, residents, and staff.
- Ability to lead teams, provide technical direction, resolve conflict, build consensus, negotiate project conditions, and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to develop and implement goals, objectives, work plans, standards, processes, long-range strategies, project priorities, and program improvements.
- Skill using business software, plan review tools, GIS, CAD, Bluebeam, project management, permitting, asset management, and document management systems used by the Town.
- Advanced knowledge of stormwater management, drainage design, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, floodplain management, storm sewer systems, water quality facilities, erosion and sediment control, utility coordination, and municipal infrastructure maintenance.
- Knowledge of utility-provider coordination, utility conflicts and relocations, service extensions, easements, crossings, franchise or district coordination, construction sequencing, and intergovernmental coordination related to public infrastructure.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering field from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of eight years of progressively responsible civil engineering, municipal engineering, public works, development review, stormwater, drainage, floodplain, utilities, transportation, construction management, or related experience, including at least five years involving project management, program administration, or senior-level technical review.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required. A Colorado PE license is required if the position is assigned duties requiring responsible charge, sealing of engineering documents, or other functions requiring professional licensure.
- Relevant certifications such as Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM), stormwater, erosion control, transportation, utility coordination, project management, or public works certifications preferred when relevant to the assignment.
- Valid Colorado driver's license, or ability to obtain one by date of hire, with a satisfactory driving record.
- An equivalent combination of education, training, certification, and experience may be considered when it provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, except where licensure is legally required.
EQUIPMENT USED:
- Personal computer and associated hardware and software, including Microsoft Office or similar business applications.
- Plan review, document management, GIS, CAD, HEC-RAS, SWMM, Bluebeam, permitting, asset management, or project management systems as assigned.
- Telephone/cell phone, copier/scanner, calculator, measuring devices, scales, rulers, maps, plans, plats, and field safety equipment.
- Town vehicle or personal vehicle for Town business, subject to applicable policies.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to use hands and fingers, to handle, feel, talk, and hear
- Frequently required to stand, walk, sit and reach with hands and arms
- Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel or crouch
- Frequently lift and or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- May involve walking or standing for brief periods of times
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- Field inspections often require traversing undeveloped sites containing significant slopes and undulating terrain
- Able to remain in a sitting position at office desk for extended periods of time
- The worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions: protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperatures changes
- No environmental hazards for this classification
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Town of Timnath provides equal employment opportunities in compliance with all pertinent federal, state, and local laws.
Job ad will close August 5, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
REPORTS TO: Town Engineer
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
Hiring Range: $103,710 - $118,230 - DOQ
Annual Salary Range: $103,710 - $145,195
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay: $103,710.00 - $118,230.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
