Senior Engineer (Transportation)

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. The hiring range for this position is $109,134 - $144,603/annually, based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. In this position you can expect to work in a downtown Denver office and/ or site location at least 3 days per week. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure, and services.

For more information, please visit the DOTI website.

DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:

• DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets, and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.

• DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.

The Right-of-Way Services (ROWS) division within DOTI is seeking to fill a full-time Senior Engineer position on our Engineering Plan Review (EPR) Transportation team. In this role, you will help ensure that private development, capital improvement, utility, and land use projects within the public right-of-way comply with City, State, and Federal transportation laws, regulations, policies, and standards.

As part of the EPR Transportation team, you will collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to promote coordination across multiple projects while supporting safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation infrastructure. Few DOTI divisions engage in such a broad range of complex and impactful projects, public space activities, and diverse stakeholder groups. As a result, our team is regularly called upon to solve unique and challenging transportation engineering issues.

• Perform professional engineering work on a variety of large, complex private development projects from inception to completion, including reviewing construction plans and designs for conformance with applicable requirements, providing technical engineering guidance, coordinating project phases, and recommending solutions to complex engineering issues.

• Apply City and DOTI rules, standards, and policies in the review of engineering and architectural plans, specifications, design calculations, and technical reports for City and outside agency capital improvement and utility projects, privately owned encroachment permits, right-of-way vacations, easement relinquishments, and wireless small-cell (5G) site applications. Ensure compliance and deconfliction of proposed work within the public right-of-way (ROW), including performing engineering calculations to verify compliance with applicable codes and standards.

• Provide technical engineering expertise and guidance to DOTI and other City departments and agencies.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including design consultants, contractors, utility providers, City agencies and departments, elected officials, and intergovernmental organizations.

• Meet regularly with applicants, project managers, contractors, City staff, and members of the public to resolve plan review comments, provide technical and process guidance, facilitate clear communication regarding regulatory requirements, minimize permitting and construction conflicts, and partner with engineers and permit review technicians to deliver exceptional customer service aligned with the City's STARS values.

• Monitor the ROWS review process, keep stakeholders informed throughout each stage of project review, and provide responsive customer service with timely follow-up.

• Perform field reviews and occasional construction site inspections to verify compliance with approved plans, permits, and applicable regulations.

• Research, develop, and recommend policies, procedures, rules, regulations, guidelines, interagency agreements, standards, and engineering details that support DOTI's regulatory objectives.

• Utilize asset management and permitting software to track projects, create and review mapping and graphical details, compile departmental metrics, issue permits, maintain records, support process improvements, and perform other department functions.

• Demonstrate leadership, sound engineering judgment, and innovation when addressing complex, case-by-case engineering and regulatory challenges.

• Lead, mentor, and support engineers, technicians, and other team members while fostering collaboration and advancing division and department goals.

Please ensure all relevant engineering and project experience is detailed in your job history.

What You'll Bring

Our ideal candidate has some or all of the following knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Knowledge of transportation and utility engineering principles and construction practices, including experience in the design, review, and/or inspection of transportation, roadway, and utility plans.

• Experience in municipal engineering, stakeholder management, and navigating sensitive public engagement activities with professionalism and flexibility.

• Experience with multimodal transportation planning, roadway design, standard specifications and details, and preparation of technical reports is preferred.

• Experience applying deconfliction techniques while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, department staff, utilities, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders to develop solutions and issue engineering guidance and approvals.

• A passion for delivering exceptional customer service and adding value to the City, DOTI, and the safe use of the public right-of-way.

• A collaborative approach and commitment to mentoring junior engineers, technicians, and other team members.

• Strong analytical, data reporting, verbal communication, and technical writing skills.

• Initiative in identifying challenges, developing solutions, and supporting Engineering and Regulatory Division goals.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365 applications, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam Revu, AutoCAD, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Accela Civic Solutions.

• Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS applications.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.

• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of professional engineering work experience after obtaining a Professional Engineering (PE) license. (Some positions may require experience in a specific engineering area)

• Education/Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted.

• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements.

• License/Certifications: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.

• Requires registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the Colorado State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers at the time of application. Registration in another state will be accepted in lieu of this requirement, provided that the applicant has Colorado registration at completion of probation. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until Sunday, August 30, 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than August 30th at 11:59 PM to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CE0431 Engineer Senior

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Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$109,134.00 - $180,071.00

Target Pay

$109,134 - $144,603/annually, based on experience and education

Agency

Dept of Transportation & Infrastructure

Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies

City and County of Denver employees may be re-deployed to work in other capacities in their own agencies or in other city agencies to support core functions of the city during a citywide emergency declared by the Mayor.

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