About Our Job

With competitive pay great benefits and endless opportunities working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose for you and those who benefit from your passion skills and expertise. Join our diverse inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $145727 - $192000/annually annually based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year 12 paid holidays 1 personal holiday 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed at a job site several days a week and off-site as this position you can expect to work on-site at least three days per week at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building 201 W. Colfax Ave. Denver CO 80202. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

Who We Are & What Youll Do

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) through its employees enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective high quality safe and equitable public infrastructure and services.

For more information please visit the DOTI website.

DOTIs Commitment to Equity:

• DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas assets and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting equitable investments and equitable workforce development.

• DOTIs culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People (2) Operate with Discipline (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions and (4) Deliver Results.

DOTIs Transportation Business Unit is seeking a professional in the transportation industry to serve as a Senior Engineer Manager within the Transportation Implementation Division.

The Transportation Implementation Division helps to deliver the Citys capital transportation program. Core functions of this Division include design and construction project management program management subject matter expertise third party coordination contract oversight One Build coordination and more. Currently the Transportation Implementation Division manages approximately 75 active projects at a value of more than $600 million. The types of projects managed vary tremendously and are delivered through a wide variety of procurement strategies and delivery mechanisms. To support this portfolio of work the team consists of supervisory and administrative roles project managers engineers construction managers and inspectors. The team also utilizes staff augmentation through consultant supplied services.

Examples of work delivered through this Division include:

• Mobility programs (e.g. bikes pedestrian facilities ITS & signals transit infrastructure etc.)

• Safety initiatives (e.g. Vision Zero Neighborhood Transportation Management Plans NTMP Safe Routes to School SRTS etc.)

• Complete streets multimodal projects and pedestrian facilities

• Large complex projects (e.g. Vibrant RISE and Elevate bond projects I-25 & Broadway Interchange etc.)

• Ongoing citywide deferred maintenance (e.g. bridge reconstruction)

• And more

The Transportation Implementation Division is made up of both Design and Construction groups. The primary function of this position is to lead the Construction group with close coordination and partnership with the Design team to help support a seamless handoff from design to construction including a one-build approach. The Construction group focuses on advancing infrastructure and mobility projects from final design through projects may originate from Elevate RISE and Vibrant bond programs Denver Moves Bicycles Vision Zero Denver Moves Pedestrians or other planning level team also works with other City departments design consultants community stakeholders and others to implement projects.

The Senior Engineer Manager provides staff leadership cross-organizational collaboration business planning technical guidance budgeting and performance reporting among many other duties. The Senior Manager will have direct reports and will support all staff on their team.

The Construction group includes both the Construction Management team and the Construction Inspection team. It is comprised of staff at varying levels including a Construction Manager and Inspector Supervisor as well as numerous Engineers Project Managers and Inspectors.

The Senior Manager will report to the Division Director. It is expected that the Senior Manager will respond to escalated organizational-level concerns (e.g. project issues procedural or staff issues) and work to resolve these matters. This may require further escalation to the Director as appropriate.

In this role you will have the ability to make a direct impact in bettering our city by implementing safe and equitable transportation mobility projects and programs that benefit all residents and the traveling public.

Specifically as the Construction Group Senior Engineering Manager you will:

• Lead the group focused on the delivery of construction projects working to ensure projects meet scope schedule budget and quality requirements.

• Serve as a public face with the transportation community (contractors consultants residents and stakeholders) using effective communication and strong business relationship-building skills.

• Directly supervise and manage staff performance including setting goals monitoring progress providing ongoing coaching and feedback conducting formal performance evaluations recognizing effective performance and addressing performance issues through corrective action as needed.

• Manage an effective responsive and accountable team and provide professional development opportunities to all staff to successfully innovate and implement best practices to serve the evolving goals of DOTI.

• Foster collaborative and innovative partnerships with city regional state and federal agencies community groups industry organizations and the non-profit and private sectors to advance transportation initiatives. Occasional after-hours work for community meetings special events support and field observations may be required depending on project needs.

• Oversee design and construction schedules monitor progress and ensure conformance to schedules specifications regulatory requirements and contractual obligations. Provide on-time deliverables. Serve as a Project Manager In Charge on various projects.

• Assist with managing and developing the Transportation Implementation Teams budget including organizing and allocating funds for projects to accomplish annual goals and objectives.

• Respond to investigate and resolve escalated citizen and stakeholder complaints related to construction activities project impacts and service delivery ensuring concerns are addressed professionally equitably and in alignment with City policies.

• Other duties as assigned.

What Youll Bring

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience skills and characteristics:

• At least five years of supervisory level experience in transportation engineering and a passion for teaching others in a team-building atmosphere

• Demonstrated leadership skills in mentoring supervising diverse professionals from interns to PE licensed engineers while providing guidance with professional development

• Strong analytical skills to oversee the engineering team to interpret and draw conclusions from a variety of data sources

• Experience designing reviewing and preparing bid documents and/or work orders and managing construction projects for transportation infrastructure projects including roadways bridges sidewalks bicycle facilities intersection geometrics pavement markings traffic signs and traffic signals and traffic operations.

• Organization and communication skills that builds the team and completes deliverables

• A comprehensive understanding of federal state and City agency policies standards and systems.

• Experience and a comfort level with matrix management.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Architecture.

• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of experience at the type and level of functional or operational management which must have included supervising licensed engineers or architects.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted.

• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements.

• License/Certifications:

  • Requires a valid Drivers License at the time of application.

  • Requires registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the Colorado State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers at the time of application. Or requires registration as an Architect by the Colorado State Board of Registration at the time of application.

  • Registration in another state will be accepted in lieu of this requirement provided that the applicant has Colorado registration at completion of probation.

  • Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until Monday February 16 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than February 16th at 11:59 PM.

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