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Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Maui County (various), HI
Job Type: Non Civil Service
Job Number: 2026 - CDBG-DR Civil Engineer
Department: Department of Management
Opening Date: 02/27/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
IMPORTANT: This is a non-civil service limited-term position.
Appointment may be made at any rate within the salary range from $9,794 to $12,169 per month at which appropriate qualified applicants can be recruited. Please attach your resume to your application.
The position will focus on programmatic management and interagency coordination for the County's CDBG-DR-funded Infrastructure and Public Facilities Program and Mitigation Program. The role supports the planning, implementation, and oversight of infrastructure recovery and resilience initiatives funded through HUD's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. Responsibilities include coordinating across internal County departments and external partners including HUD, FEMA, state agencies, utilities, and other eligible entities, to ensure infrastructure projects are aligned with the HUD-approved Action Plan and Action Plan Amendments, applicable federal requirements, and local recovery priorities.
Provides administrative and technical direction over a variety of complex engineering programs and/or projects of a major engineering division; supervises the preparation and/or review of plans, designs, specifications, estimates and reports of engineering projects; and performs other related duties as required.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
This class is distinguished by its responsibility for a wide variety of complex engineering programs or projects and represents supervisory and administrative responsibility in planning, directing, advising on and coordinating extensive engineering activities. An engineer at this level works under very general administrative direction, and assignments are typically received in terms of broad, general objectives; and the incumbent is responsible for determining work methods, procedures, priorities and the assignment of personnel through intermediate supervisors to accomplish the work effectively. Review by superiors is based on conformity with policy rather than technical adequacy.
Examples of Duties
The following are examples of duties and are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in this class. The omission of specific duties statements does not preclude management from assigning such duties if such duties are a logical assignment for the position.

• Plans, organizes, coordinates and directs several engineering programs.
• Formulates operating policies and procedures and establishes work priorities.
• Implements agency policies, procedures, rules, regulations, laws and ordinances applicable to the programs.
• Supervises the preparation and/or review of plans, designs, specifications, estimates and reports of engineering projects such as the construction, repair and major maintenance of roads, highways, sewer systems, bridges, retaining walls, culverts, sidewalks, etc.
• Supervises the inspection of engineering projects.
• Determines working stresses and computational procedures.
• Makes field inspections and review work of inspectors.
• Approves changes during constructions.
• Coordinates activities and programs with other governmental and private agency projects.
• Initiates and/or reviews the conduct of engineering investigation or research studies.
• Recommend organizational and operational changes.
• Assists in the development of broad work programs and policies and in preparing and justifying budgets.
• Prepare contracts, technical and administrative reports and correspondence.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualification Requirements
Training and Experience: A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and two (2) years of civil engineering work experience as a registered professional engineer which shall have included responsibility for supervising civil engineering projects.
License Requirement: Registration as a professional engineer in the State of Hawaii.
Knowledge of: civil engineering principles and practices; modern methods and practices used in the preparation of plans, specifications, estimates and reports; the sources of engineering information; surveying and construction practices; public works programs and financing; land conveyancing and the preparation of contracts; principles and practices of administration.
Ability to: plan, organize, and direct the work of a large number of engineering and technical employees; develop major engineering work programs; prepare and justify budget requests; prepare administrative as well as engineering reports and correspondence.
Health and Physical Condition: Persons seeking appointment to positions in this class must meet the health and physical condition standards deemed necessary and proper to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
Physical Effort Grouping: Light
APPLICATIONS MAY BE FILED ONLINE AT:
If you have never applied for a job using the NEOGOV system, you must create an account. You will need a username, password, and working email address to create your account. Your detailed work history is required on the application. A resume submitted in lieu of an application will not be sufficient. Furthermore, "See resume" is NOT an acceptable response under the "Work Experience" section. An application containing this response may be deemed incomplete. Applications may be rejected if they are incomplete.
RECRUITMENT IS ADMINISTERED IN THE COUNTY OF MAUl ONLY
The above recruitment is being administered on an open-competitive basis to establish an eligible list which shall be effective for not more than one year unless extended by the Director of Personnel Services.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The County of Maui does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, arrest and court record, assignment of child support, national guard participation or any other basis covered by state or federal laws governing non-discrimination
Pre-Employment/Post-Offer Drug Screening Test: All applicants, who will enter a safety sensitive position or certain designated categories that the Personnel Services Director has established or who are required by law to be drug tested must pass a pre-employment/post-offer drug screening test as a condition of employment. There is no retesting or re-evaluation process. Cost for the drug screening test shall be borne by the County of Maui.
Personnel Services Email:
01
Do you have a bachelor's degree in civil engineering? Note: You must attach a copy of your college degree stating field of study or a copy of your official college transcript.

• Yes
• No

02
Did you attach a copy of your college degree stating the field of study or a copy of your official college transcript?

• Yes
• No

03
Do you have two (2) years of civil engineering work experience as a registered professional engineer (PE license) which shall have included responsibility for supervising civil engineering projects? Please list related work experience on your application. "See Resume" is not acceptable.

• Yes
• No

04
A certificate of registration as a professional engineer in the State of Hawaii is required. I have attached a copy of my professional engineer license.

• I acknowledge that I have read, understand, and agree to the above.

Required Question