Senior Engineer

City of Sunnyvale, CA • Full-time • Sunnyvale, California (CA), USA • $15.38m - $19.22m / year • 3d ago

City of Sunnyvale
Senior Engineer
Regular Full-Time Employment Opportunity

The final filing date is Wednesday, August 27, 2025 by 5:00 pm.

The City of Sunnyvale is seeking a Senior Engineer to help manage design of a wide variety of capital improvement projects to update, modernize and improve City infrastructure. As the Senior Engineer, you will help us plan, design, and build infrastructure to support the City goals and objectives of creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. This is an excellent opportunity for forward-thinking, project management engineers to apply and be a part of creating the future.

Ideal candidates will have both strong project/program management skills and the ability to effectively and efficiently communicate and build relationships.

The current open position is in the Department of Public Works Engineering Division and is with the design team in the Project Administration Section. Senior Engineers are working managers. The position primarily works on managing design of a wide variety of capital improvement projects, possibly including pavement rehabilitation, parks renovation and enhancements, or water and sewer utility projects. The position oversees consultants and leads a team of other City engineering staff.

The eligibility list created from this recruitment may be used for future Senior Engineer vacancies within the City.

The City of Sunnyvale offers:
• City paid 2% contribution to a deferred compensation plan
• Classic CalPERS members have 4% of the employee contributions paid by the City, leaving only 3% for the employee to contribute.
• Comprehensive City paid family medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Excellent Retiree Medical Benefits

Minimum Qualifications:

Education/Experience
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or a related field, AND

Five years of increasingly responsible professional civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering experience, depending on assignment, including experience in a supervisory or project management role.

Licenses/Certificates
Possession of registration as a professional civil or structural engineer issued by the State of California.

A complete application consists of a City application and responses to the required supplemental questions. The position opens on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 and the final filing date is Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 5:00 pm. Candidates are asked to fully describe any training, education, experience, or skills relevant to this position.