The Engineering Division is part of the Public Works Department in Tigard. The division oversees and ensures that all public infrastructure in Tigard is properly planned, designed and constructed. This includes streets, parks and trails, water, sewer and stormwater systems, streams and green infrastructure, and civic buildings. The Division is responsible for permitting and inspection of public infrastructure built by development, as well as implementing a robust capital improvement program (typically $25 - $50 million of CIP projects annually).

The Assistant City Engineer will:

Lead and manage a development services group that includes engineering plan review, permitting, inspection and GIS.

Lead and manage a transportation and traffic engineering group.
Maintain the City’s Public Improvement Standards and make recommendations to the City Engineer for revisions and addendums to the standards.

Provide oversight, problem solving skills, and strategic support to our Engineering development permitting team and transportation project delivery group.

Reporting to the Assistant City Engineer is two Principal Engineers and a GIS Technician. One Principal Engineer is supported by four Engineering Technicians/Inspectors and a project coordinator, managing a high volume of development projects day to day. The other Principal Engineer is supported by one Senior Project Engineer, two Project managers, and a project coordinator who primarily deliver the City’s transportation CIP projects and programs and provide traffic engineering services. Also reporting to the Assistant City Engineer is a GIS Technician who provides GIS support to the Division and processes addressing for the city, The Assistant City Engineer will provide support to this group as needed to review work, collaborate on decisions, help our technical teammates continue to grow and learn in their positions.

Manage special projects that are strategic, publicly visible, and involve multiple internal and external stakeholders. This may include projects such as determining and implementing urban growth expansion infrastructure planning, updating engineering standards and high-profile capital projects as required.

Special Projects may include, but not be limited to, large scale Capital Improvement Projects in transportation and utility systems and developing and delivering the Facility System CIP. The Engineering Division recently expanded services to include delivery of all City Facility Capital Projects. A near-term task will include evaluating the Facility CIP and determining what resources may be needed to successfully deliver the program.

Be key liaison to ODOT and Washington County for cooperative projects, strategic development and jurisdictional transfers.

Be a strong, collegiate partner to the City Engineer, including filling in for City Engineer duties at times.

Will at times work outside normal office hours as needed to support projects. This will likely include some evening meetings (city council, planning commission, citizen committees and groups) and/or attendance at meetings or job sites if needed on some days off.

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Assistant City Engineer