Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer – Internal Only

General Statement of Duties / Position Summary

The Senior Engineer is a full-performance professional engineering position within the City of Lone Tree Public Works & Mobility Department. Reporting to the City Engineer, the position independently performs and leads complex engineering work involving municipal infrastructure, private development, stormwater and water quality, and capital improvement projects.

The Senior Engineer serves as a senior technical and program lead within the Engineering Work Group. The position exercises substantial independent professional judgment in planning, reviewing, designing, delivering, constructing, and managing complex engineering projects and programs; provides senior technical review and quality assurance; mentors Engineers and technical staff; and leads consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams.

Depending on organizational needs and the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, the position may have a primary specialization in one or more of the following functional areas:

Stormwater, drainage, water quality, MS4, GESC, and floodplain engineering;

Development review and development-related infrastructure; and/or

Capital improvement planning, design, project management, and construction delivery.

Examples of Duties / Essential Functions

The following functions are illustrative and are not intended to be all-inclusive. Duties may vary based on the position’s primary functional assignment and the needs of the City.

Senior Engineering and Technical Leadership

Performs full-performance professional engineering work on large, complex, and multidisciplinary municipal engineering projects and assignments from inception through completion.

Exercises independent professional judgment in evaluating plans, designs, studies, reports, specifications, construction conditions, regulatory requirements, and proposed solutions.

Serves as a senior technical resource to the Director of Public Works and Mobility, City Engineer, Engineers, Project Mangers, inspectors, consultants, contractors, developers, other City departments, and external partners.

Provides senior technical review, peer review, quality assurance, mentoring, and lead work to Engineers, inspectors, and technical staff.

Leads or supports the development, interpretation, application, and periodic update of engineering standards, criteria, specifications, procedures, workflows, and technical guidance; recommends changes to the City Engineer.

Identifies complex technical, regulatory, contractual, or project-delivery issues; evaluates alternatives and risk; and develops clear recommendations for resolution.

Makes technical and engineering decisions within adopted criteria and delegated authority and elevates policy, precedent-setting, high-risk, major financial, legal, public-commitment, or responsible-charge matters to the City Engineer.

Leads and coordinates consultants, contractors, technical specialists, inspectors, and other project participants on assigned projects and programs, including matrix direction without formal supervisory authority.

Supports cross-training, knowledge transfer, succession planning, and continuous improvement within the Engineering Work Group.

Represents the City in technical meetings with partner agencies, developers, consultants, contractors, utilities, districts, stakeholders, and the public as assigned.

Prepares and presents technical reports, recommendations, project information, and program updates to City leadership, City Council, boards, commissions, stakeholder groups, and the public as assigned.

Functional Areas of Assignment

Stormwater, Drainage, Water Quality and Regulatory Programs

Leads implementation, documentation, and continuous improvement of the City’s MS4 permit program and associated stormwater and water-quality programs within direction established by the City Engineer.

Maintains and periodically updates the MS4 Program Description Document and related program manuals, procedures, forms, and records, including the Construction Site/GESC Manual, Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Manual, Facility Runoff Control Plan, and Public Education and Outreach Manual; recommends substantive policy or program changes to the City Engineer.

Tracks MS4 permit obligations, projects, exceptions, corrective actions, inspections, training, public education and outreach, and other compliance activities; prepares or coordinates annual reports, certifications, supporting documentation, and program evaluations.

Leads the City’s GESC/construction-site stormwater program, including review of construction stormwater plans, permit administration, inspection of applicable sites, documentation of deficiencies, compliance assistance, enforcement coordination, corrective actions, and required recordkeeping.

Leads the post-construction stormwater program, including development review, review and acceptance of permanent control measures, final and post-construction inspections, operations and maintenance documentation, long-term maintenance oversight, enforcement coordination, and records management.

Leads implementation of the IDDE program, including MS4 mapping, scheduled and complaint-based screening, investigation and tracing, response coordination, source removal, enforcement coordination, documentation, reporting, and annual program evaluation.

Coordinates municipal-facility runoff control and pollution prevention/good housekeeping activities, including facility inspections, spill prevention and response, maintenance observations, staff and contractor training, corrective actions, and records.

Develops and delivers stormwater-specific training for City staff, inspectors, contractors, and other responsible parties; prepares or coordinates public education and outreach materials and activities required by the MS4 program.

Maintains or coordinates the inventory and condition information for City-owned stormwater assets and supports asset-management, maintenance, rehabilitation, and lifecycle planning for storm sewer systems, water-quality facilities, detention facilities, channels, outfalls, inlets, and related infrastructure.

Reviews complex drainage reports, stormwater management plans, grading plans, water-quality and detention facilities, floodplain studies, and related technical submittals for conformance with adopted criteria and applicable regulatory requirements.

Coordinates with the Mile High Flood District, CDPHE, Douglas County, neighboring jurisdictions, utilities, metro districts, HOAs, and other regulatory or regional partners on stormwater, drainage, floodplain, water-quality, and MS4 matters.

Development Review and Development-Related Infrastructure

Leads or performs senior engineering review of complex, high-impact, or technically difficult private development projects.

Reviews subdivision plans, roadway plans and profiles, grading plans, drainage and water-quality plans, traffic-related engineering elements, technical studies, easements, right-of-way documents, development agreements, sureties, and other development submittals.

Interprets and applies adopted City engineering criteria and applicable County, State, and Federal requirements; identifies conformance, nonconformance, conditions, and needed revisions.

Evaluates proposed development impacts on existing and planned public infrastructure and identifies appropriate roadway, drainage, stormwater, utility, access, and related improvements.

Coordinates engineering review with Planning, Legal, Public Works Operations, Finance, utilities, metro districts, HOAs, consultants, developers, and other reviewing agencies.

Provides senior technical recommendations regarding subdivision improvement agreements, site improvement agreements, development agreements, easements, sur