City Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Hyrum City is accepting resumes for a City Engineer. The primary role of this position is to review, design, and approve engineered plans and specifications for public improvements, subdivisions, and developments; determine plan compliance with codes and standards; provide professional engineer's stamp for in-house design projects and incur personal professional liability per Utah Code; and approve all city plats for conformity with survey requirements, city code, and Utah Code.

The City Engineer for Hyrum City will also (see complete job description at

• Perform a variety of professional duties related to reviewing the design, development, and construction of city infrastructure.
• Direct project monitoring to ensure compliance with standards and ordinances.
• Provide engineering oversight as requested for other departments and divisions including streets, water, irrigation, sewer collection, parks, cemetery, flood control and new development.
• Maintain responsibility for the mapping of City infrastructure and the Geographic Information System (GIS) program for the City.
• Prepare engineering reviews and reports for proposed projects and developments.
• Assist in overseeing long range strategies for public works development.
• Participate in public meetings and hearings as needed to solicit public response and apprise of policy and project options.
• Educates and communicates to the public through public meetings, and presentations.
• Conduct pre-project meetings with developers, contractors, architects, etc., as needed to inform and educate regarding city standards and project expectations.
• Oversee and monitors progress of contract projects; provides quality assurance review of various stages of project completion; initiates corrective action and change orders as needed to maintain established Federal, State, and Local Codes.

Required Education and Experience:

Graduation from college with a bachelor's degree in engineering.

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Must be a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of computerized engineering systems and instruments (CAD / GIS) and related peripheral equipment; and software applications related to specific engineering software including web-based applications.
• Engineering methods, principles and practices.
• Construction standards and specifications common to public works projects.
• Building codes, planning and zoning ordinances, engineering standards and codes technical and practical design of public works systems.

• Interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to independently identify problems, propose solutions, and execute with minimal supervision.

• Takes initiative in troubleshooting, optimizing, and improving engineering processes.
• Capable of managing multiple technical priorities while working autonomously.

• Highly self-directed engineer with a proven track record of owning and delivering technical solutions"
• Requires the ability to operate with minimal oversight in a fast-paced engineering environment."