Engineering Specialist, Senior

Salary : $63,242.00 - $98,103.00 Annually
Location : 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 26-05924
Department: Planning & Development
Opening Date: 05/05/2026
Closing Date: 6/1/2026 11:59 PM Eastern


Position Description
Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $63,242.00 - $98,103.00
Hours: 8:00am -5:00pm

A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham's growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast- paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today's land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges. If you're talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!

Devoted to providing engineering support for a variety of public works, utilities, storm water, and transportation facilities/projects as well as review of public and private development projects. Provide specialized and technical activities in support of an engineering function. Decision-making includes how and when tasks are carried out within an operational process and is limited by the selection of the process and establishment of deadlines and outcomes. Work involves specialized administrative and technical assistance in utility account management, contract administration, project management, design and permitting.


Responsible for producing and ensuring accuracy of databases, entering and updating data, producing reports and correspondence, calculating fees, interpreting policies and procedures, and providing customer service.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Processes, reviews, updates, and/or maintains applications, files, records, reports, plans, maps, contracts, agreements, certificates, logs, and other documentation; prepares reports, work orders, and correspondence; reviews and issues permits; work involves compiling, reviewing, verifying, and/or reconciling information to facilitate departmental operations; making technical and regulatory-related recommendations; and documenting project, program, and other departmental operations.
• Processes development and project-related applications; processes assigned permits and certificates; maintains databases; prepares reports; performs billing duties; collects and allocates fees to appropriate accounts; processes invoices and generates payment requests; and reviews, verifies, and analyzes information to make recommendations and ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Provides customer service; coordinates with a variety of internal and external staff, departments, and agencies; and attends meetings, to provide professional and technical information; process and evaluate requests; review technical documentation; ensure compliance with design and project requirements, and applicable regulations, policies, and procedures; and facilitate related departmental operations.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Associate's degree in engineering or a directly related field,
• Three years of paraprofessional engineering support experience in the area of assignment.
• Some assignments may require a valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Access databases, ArcGIS, and Excel spreadsheets is preferred.
• Experience evaluating land development applications and plans.
• Experience using a pdf software to evaluate land development applicants and plans.
• Experience in municipal land development processes.
• Experience with water, sewer, storm drainage, and/or street infrastructure.

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

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Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
• Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Monster.com
• Indeed.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Other

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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
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Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04


How many years of paraprofessional engineering support experience do you have in the area of assignment?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 3 years of related experience
• 3 years but less than 5 years of related experience
• 5 or more years of related experience

05


Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a valid license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire).

• I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.
• I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.
• I do not have a valid, unrestricted driver's license.

06


How many years of experience do you have evaluating land development applications and plans?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years
• 2 years but less than 5 years
• 5 or more years

07


How many years of experience do you have in municipal land development processes?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years
• 2 years but less than 5 years
• 5 or more years

08


How many years of experience do you have using a pdf software to evaluate land development applicants and plans?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years
• 2 years but less than 5 years
• 5 or more years

09


How many years of experience do you have with water, sewer, storm drainage, and/or street infrastructure?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience
• 2 years but less than 5 years of related experience
• 5 or more years of related experience

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