The City of Dublin is seeking an innovative individual to join our team as a Senior Civil Engineer (Design) to oversee the Design Group located within the Department of Engineering. Creativity, collaboration, and a drive to evaluate, innovate and improve workflows are key traits for success in this role. The successful candidate will possess a strong work ethic and an eagerness to lead others. Must be able to manage and coordinate multiple concurrent projects, establish priorities, and successfully implement and execute projects, while guiding the Department’s design standards and practices.

Primary Focus

This position’s primary focus will provide Engineering guidance, leadership, knowledge and support to all City capital projects and related activities. This will involve close support and coordination with the City’s various Departments/Divisions (Construction, Transportation & Mobility, Asset Management, Planning, etc.) and external stakeholders (residents, public, utilities, government agencies, etc.). This position will require extensive knowledge and experience in the project development process (PDP) implementing capital projects.

The successful candidate will utilize advanced knowledge of Engineering principles and practices to lead or provide significant contributions to complex, politically sensitive, and/or special projects requiring highly sophisticated technical research and analysis, and be able to present findings and recommendations to Engineering management, City leadership, City Council, City Boards and Commissions, and community organizations.

Given the nature of this classification’s duties/responsibilities, it has been designated as Exempt under the governing Fair Labor Standards Act regulations and, therefore, is not entitled to formal overtime compensation and/or formal compensatory time.

Examples of Duties

Provide oversight, guidance, and direction to the design group within the City’s Department of Engineering. Establish and implement a work plan for the group annually. Provide recommendations for and effectively utilize the design group’s yearly operating budget. Lead training plan and implementation for the Design Group.

Serves as project manager for complex, technical engineering of capital projects that involve input and approval in multiple engineering specialty areas that may require final approval by City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, or similar body; develops and recommends project budgets, cost estimates, schedules, requirements, and deliverables for approval; coordinates team members, prepares and presents status reports, and ensures schedules and budgets are met for all projects within the group. Implements the project development process (PDP) for capital projects through the various phases. Manage projects in various project stages such as; programing/planning, study, scoping, detailed design, acquisition, environmental, bidding, and closeout.

Reviews plans and designs for complex, unusual, and sensitive projects to ensure compliance with City codes and standards, contract specifications, and Federal and State regulations; provides broad oversight in identifying and evaluating sound conceptual engineering alternatives for consideration and makes appropriate recommendations.

Provides technical expertise and guidance for Engineering staff, consultants, and other involved parties in general engineering issues and areas of specialty to develop optimal solutions to problems; Maintains, reviews, updates, creates and modifies appropriate City Engineering standards.

Oversees complex and multifunctional studies involving engineering and other City staff; conducts complex feasibility studies including reviewing research results, developing options, making recommendations, estimating impact, and the like.

Effectively manages consultant contracts; Develops project scopes for requests for proposals (RFPs) and City Bulletins; analyzes, scores, and ranks SOQs/RFPs; negotiates fees for project services; executes contracts through the City process; manages active contracts for accuracy, budget, and schedule regularly; reviews contract modification requests and provides recommendations to supervisor; coordinates consultant contract through construction (if needed); closes out contracts upon completion.

Responds to questions, requests for information (RFI’s), reviews shop drawings and approves solutions to construction problems as needed in coordination with the Construction Group within the Department of Engineering. Facilitates utility coordination with the various utilities and the City’s Utility Liaison.

Reviews and revises reports, presentations, and other engineering documentation for a non-technical audience to ensure that issues have been effectively documented and described for decision makers; represents the City in meetings with City council, City leadership, and community organizations when it is critical that technical aspects of an issue or project are clearly and effectively communicated; prepares documentation on complex technical issues in area of expertise to ensure the best technical thinking is utilized.

Represents the engineering function on City-wide projects or initiatives where engineering considerations are an important aspect of project feasibility, design, and completion and personal technical expertise will be of significant benefit to the project team.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Will supervise two Engineering staff members.

This position may also include the supervision of the following classifications: Civil Engineer I’s, Civil Engineer II’s, Engineering Technician I’s, and Engineering Technician II’s.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited educational institution, a minimum of 6 years of successful and progressive performance in a Civil Engineer II role or similar work environment that would demonstrate effectiveness in leading and managing engineering projects, expertise in one or more specialty areas relating to City engineering services; and demonstrated ability to effectively advise and assist in technical aspects of projects.

Certification as Registered Professional Engineer within the State of Ohio.

Supervisory experience preferred.

Demonstrated experience and knowledge in project management is required. Understanding of the NEPA process, and acquisition process is desired.

Physical Requirements

Ability to operate standard office equipment in the performance of essential functions (e.g. copier, fax, personal computer, telephone).

Ability to endure a variety of climatic and temperature conditions, sometimes in active construction sites and hazardous areas and conditions, often in areas of moving traffic.

Ability to occasionally lift and move objects weighing 10 – 15 lbs.

Special Requirements

Valid driver’s license.

Other Requirements

Demonstration of the following established core values: Integrity, Respect, Communication, Teamwork, Accountability, Positive Attitude, and Dedication to Service.

Regular attendance, as governed by and in accordance with applicable rules, regulations, procedures and laws, is regarded as an essential requirement of this classification.

Compliance with training directives established by supervisory/managerial personnel.

Adherence to all applicable Federal and State safety laws, rules and regulations and City safety policies/procedures.

Comfort around Higher Management: Can deal comfortably with more senior managers; can present to more senior managers without undue tension and nervousness; understands how senior managers think and work; can determine the best way to get things done with them by talking their language and responding to their needs; can craft approaches likely to be seen as appropriate and positive.

Decision Quality: Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

Informing: Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization; provides individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions; is timely with information.

Planning: Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.

Presentation Skills: Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses; is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics; commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something isn’t working.

Priority Setting: Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal, eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.

Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Composure: Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during touch times, can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn’t show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis.

Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people-up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

Written Communications: Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.