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Salary: $87,069.00 - $121,135.00 Annually
Location : FULTON COUNTY ATLANTA, GA
Job Type: ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL
Department: Public Works
Opening Date: 07/08/2026
Closing Date: 7/29/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade:: 24
UNCLASSIFIED POSITION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
LOCATION: 11575 MAXWELL RD., ALPHARETTA, GA 30004
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline; supplemented by five years of experience in Professional Engineering to include lead or supervisory experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
Specific License or Certification Required: Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver's license (as required by position assignment); license as a Professional Engineer (issued through the National Council of Engineering Examiners' Council Records Program, or from any state or territory of the United States - state of Georgia has reciprocity - if state of Georgia License is required, must be obtained within twelve (12) months of employment).
Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in performance of the essential functions and learn, comprehend, and apply all county or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively in the position.
Veterans' Preference:
Qualifying veterans will be given preference in the form of a guaranteed invitation to interview for any position to which they applied and have been found to have met the minimum qualifications. Veterans' preference provides for hiring preference on initial appointment only. To see the full Fulton County Veterans' Preference Policy and Procedure, please click here.
Examination:
The examination will consist of an evaluation of education and experience, accomplished by analysis of the application. Application must document that the applicant possesses the minimum knowledge, skills, education and experience as listed to be rated as qualified. If selected, an official, accredited college transcript is required, at time of employment, for all degrees/course work used to qualify for this position.
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED. PLEASE REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ACCURACY AND MAKE ALL CORRECTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTAL BECAUSE ERRORS CAN RESULT IN NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
Purpose of Classification:
The purpose of this classification is to perform duties related to managing special design projects for assigned department. Responsibilities include managing assigned engineering and paraprofessional staff, overseeing and coordinating projects involving multiple departments or jurisdictions, and providing direction for various construction and maintenance projects. Engineer III is distinguished from Engineer II in that the former oversees and coordinates construction, maintenance, and design projects with County-wide impact in addition to managing assigned staff, whereas the latter formulates engineering designs and plans in addition to supervising assigned staff as required. Incumbent in this class serves as a fully licensed Professional Engineer. This series is distinguished from the Construction Management series by the degree of emphasis placed on performing engineering design versus construction oversight.
Essential Functions:
The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Manages assigned engineering and paraprofessional staff, including establishing workloads, prioritizing work assignments, evaluating employee performance, interpreting and enforcing policies and procedures, resolving staff issues, making hiring or termination decisions/recommendations, and administering disciplinary action as required.
Oversees engineering work involving the integration of multiple systems and provides technical expertise in an engineering specialty.
Prepares annual budget for assigned engineering section.
Manages and oversees special projects for assigned department and provides technical direction and coordination for projects involving multiple departments or jurisdictions.
Conducts project presentations and represents assigned department in various community forums, including public meetings.
Provides technical direction for various construction and maintenance projects.
Manages and approves design projects from outside engineering consultants.
Oversees legislatively mandated programs and ensures regulatory compliance.
Presents petitions, design projects, and conceptual plans to the Board of Commissioners for approval.
Plans and implements a work order system, develops an operational model of design project, performs needs assessments, prioritizes projects, and develops projections and plans for area of responsibility.
Additional Functions:
Performs other related duties as required.
For Applicants With Prior Military Service:
We strongly encourage veterans, prior military and transitioning service members to apply. Many of the competencies and transferable skills developed through military service directly support success in this role, including:
Leadership Under Pressure: Experience guiding teams in high-stakes environments translates into confident, steady leadership during peak operational periods.
Customer Service Under Pressure: Delivered responsive customer service in high-pressure environments by prioritizing tasks, resolving issues quickly, communicating effectively, and meeting critical deadlines.
Operational Planning and Execution: Planned and executed complex projects by coordinating resources, managing priorities, and ensuring timely, compliant completion.
Adaptability and Rapid Problem Solving: Adapted to changing conditions by analyzing problems, implementing effective solutions, and maintaining operational continuity.
Team Cohesion and Communication: Collaborated with cross-functional teams, communicated technical information clearly, and supported mission success through teamwork and accountability.
Safety and Risk Awareness: Applied risk management practices by identifying hazards, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting safe work environments.
Technical and Equipment Proficiency: Operated, maintained, and troubleshot technical systems and equipment while ensuring reliability, readiness, and compliance with engineering standards.
Performance Aptitudes:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to act as lead person or crew leader, providing guidance to a work unit, coordinating activities, and reviewing work of the unit.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations involving basic algebraic principles and formulas, and basic geometric principles and calculations.
Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; to deal with several concrete and abstract variables; and to analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
It is the policy of Fulton County that there will be equal opportunity for every citizen, employee and applicant, based upon merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetics, disability or sexual orientation.
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The answers you provide to the supplemental questions will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Your responses pertaining to specific work experience and education must be clearly shown in the areas for work history and education on your application. Your application must be completed in full before it is submitted. Please review all applications for accuracy and make all corrections before submittal because errors can result in not meeting the minimum qualifications. We do not accept additional information after your application has been received by the Personnel Department. Do you accept these conditions?

• Yes
• No

02
What is your highest level of education completed?

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. Equivalent
• Some College
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate's Degree
• None of the Above

03
Which degree related to this position do you possess?

• Associate
• Bachelor
• Master
• Doctorate
• None of the Above

04
If you have received some college credits related to this position, but DID NOT receive your degree, how many college credits did you earn?

• 0 - 29 Semester Hours
• 30 - 59 Semester Hours
• 60 - 89 Semester Hours
• 90 -119 Semester Hours
• 0 - 44 Quarter Hours
• 45 - 89 Quarter Hours
• 90 - 134 Quarter Hours
• 135 - 179 Quarter Hours
• Does not Apply

05
In what field of study related to this position do you posess an Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree and Doctorate's Degree or have earned college credits?

• Civil Engineering
• Sanitary Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Engineering
• None of the Above

06
How many years of Professional Engineering experience do you have?

• 0 - 5 Months
• 6 Months to 1 Year
• 18 Months to 2 Years
• 30 Months to 3 Years
• 42 Months to 4 Years
• 54 Months to 5 Years
• 66 Months to 6 Years
• 78 Months to 7 Years
• 90 Months to 8 Years
• 102 Months to 9 Years
• 9 or more Years

07
How many years of work experience do you have supervising other employees or serving as the lead worker?

• 0 - 5 Months
• 6 Months to 1 Year
• 18 Months to 2 Years
• 30 Months to 3 Years or More

08
Do you possess a certificate of registration by the state of Georgia(or another state) as a Professional Engineer?

• Yes, in the state of Georgia.
• Yes, in another state.
• No

09
Do you currently possess a valid Driver's license from any State within the United States?

• Yes
• No

10
Have you ever performed professional work of considerable difficulty, to include reviewing and evaluating traffic engineering projects and/or developing proposals for traffic impact and mitigation cases?

• Yes
• No

11
Have you ever developed traffic engineering projects.; and/or managed Traffic Engineering and Traffic Control Centers?

• Yes
• No

12
Have you ever developed plans and priorities for traffic engineering, traffic signals, development reviews, roads and/or intersection plan reviews/designs, and inspections?

• Yes
• No

Required Question