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Salary : $78,799.92 - $125,973.50 Annually
Location : 135 North Union Street, Petersburg, VA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 00965
Department: Engineering
Opening Date: 08/06/2025
Description
General Description:
The purpose of this job within the organization is to manage and direct the City of Petersburg Engineering Department. The City Engineer is designated as essential personnel. This job works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this job. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.
Essential Functions
Essential Functions:
Manages the City's engineering, construction, traffic engineering, land development, and stormwater management programs.
Directs professional, non-professional, technical and other employees in planning, investigation, development and design of a variety of public works projects.
Reviews and confers with the Director of Public Works for approval of plans and specifications for construction contracts.
Maintains public relations by meeting with and giving talks to various groups and organizations; investigates complaints.
Prepares and make recommendations to Director of Public Works for work programs and budgets for the Division.
Reviews and coordinates right of way permits and site plan approval.
Additional Duties:
Enforces codes and regulations within Engineering and Stormwater Division.
Attends public hearings, presents information, and answers relevant questions.
Performs related work as assigned.
Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Coordinates or determines time, place or sequence of operations or activities based on analysis of data or information and may implement and report on operations and activities.
People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Counsels or instructs/trains others through explanation, demonstration and supervised practice or make recommendations based on technical expertise.
Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires responsibility for achieving major economies or preventing major losses through the management of a highly complex and/or technical department or through developing and recommending policy as legal counsel.
Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses algebra working with such factors as exponents, logarithms, linear and quadratic equations; concepts of analytic geometry, differentiation and integration of algebraic functions; statistics applying such functions as frequency, distribution, reliability, validity and correlation techniques; finance and economics using financial and econometric models.
Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads professional literature and technical manuals; speaks to groups of employees, other public and private groups; writes manuals and complex reports.
Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Decision-making is a significant part of the job, affecting a large segment of the organization and the general public; works in a dynamic environment, responsible to assist in developing policies and practices.
Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs supervisory work involving policy and guidelines, solving both people and work related problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results and frequent exposure to unusual pressures.
Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is extremely serious -- affects entire organization and impacts other activities/organizations and the general public.
Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.
Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Handles or uses computer, survey equipment or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Bright/dim light; dusts and pollen extreme heat and/or cold; wet or humid conditions; traffic; moving machinery; work zones.
Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
Requires considerable responsibility for the mid-level management of the provision of continuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in civil engineering or a related field.
Requires five years' experience in professional engineering or environmental work, traffic and/or land development; including at least one (1) year of supervisory experience.
An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the position.
Special Certifications and Licenses:
Valid Virginia Driver's License.
Preferred Qualification: Professional Engineer's License.
Additional Requirements
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
The City of Petersburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City of Petersburg to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
For a summary of Benefits currently being offered by the City of Petersburg for Full-Time Employees Only, please click the following link:
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10-point compensable veteran. You must have an existing compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more. Other 10-point veteran include disabled veteran or a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart for wound or injuries received in action, veteran's widow or widower who has not remarried, wife or husband of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, widowed, divorced or separated mother of an ex-service son or daughter who died in action, or who is totally and permanently disabled. Do any of these apply?

• Yes
• No

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5-point veteran's must have been discharged under honorable conditions and had one of the following: Active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, in a war, or during the period 4/28/52 - 7/1/55 or active duty for more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 2/1/55 and 10/14/76 or active duty during the Gulf War sometime between 8/2/90 - 1/2/92 or active duty in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or active duty for which more than 180 consecutive days other than for training, any part of which occurred during the period beginning 9/11/2001 and ending on the date prescribed by the Presidential proclamation or by the law as the last date of operation Iraqi Freedom. Do any of these apply?

• Yes
• No

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Do you possess a valid Driver's License issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or another state with reciprocity?

• Yes
• No

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What is your highest level of education?

• High School diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate degree
• Bachelor degree
• Graduate degree or higher
• No degree

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Are you a City of Petersburg employee (full-time or part-time/temporary)?

• Yes, I am a City of Petersburg employee.
• No, I am not a City of Petersburg employee

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Do you have working knowledge of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its applications?

• Yes, I do have the ability to perform the physical requirements of the position.
• No, I am unable to perform the physical requirements of the position.

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Were you referred by US Army PaYS or Virginia Values Veterans V3? If so, please specify which program.
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Have you previously worked for the City of Petersburg? If so, what department?
Required Question