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Assistant City Engineer

Salary

$109,009.21 - $142,530.06 Annually

Location

Tigard 97223, OR

Job Type

Full-time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

2025

Department

Public Works

Division

Engineering

Opening Date

01/14/2026

Closing Date

2/1/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

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Overview

At the City of Tigard, our talented, industrious, and innovative municipal government professionals have been providing essential services and recreational spaces to Tigard’s growing community for over 60 years. City of Tigard team members enjoy meaningful work, a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, job specific flexibilities and opportunities for growth and advancement. Incorporated in 1961, Tigard is Oregon’s 12th largest city and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.

OUR VALUES

At Team Tigard, we are the ambassadors of our municipal services to the members of our community. We aspire to treat all people with dignity, respect, and care; to demonstrate the equitable and sustainable practices that are environmentally and fiscally sound, and to engage with each other as trusted colleagues to achieve excellence in all we do. We do the right things, and we get things done.

We are recruiting for an Assistant City Engineer in our Public Works Department who is a collaborator, mentor and technical leader. Our Division consists of 21 positions and we ensure that all public infrastructure in the city is properly planned, designed, permitted and constructed, including streets, parks, trails, water, sewer, stormwater and civic buildings. Tigard is a growing community, and our Engineering Division is busy with delivering 40+ capital projects annually, and providing planning and permitting support to a combination of infill and urban growth expansion areas.

Please review the Assistant City Engineer (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cityoftigard/classspecs/1198884?keywords=assistant%20City%20engineer&pagetype=classSpecifications) classification for additional information about this job.

Examples of Duties

The Engineering Division

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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

+ Has excellent communication skills – including ability and experience conversing about technical topics with community members, city council, committees and non-engineering teammates.

+ Understands the value of building and maintaining strong work relationships, with both internal and external partners.

+ Is a team player who can facilitate problem solving among staff and partners. Is thoughtful, considerate of varied opinions, and intent on finding solutions. Can 'think outside the box' as a problem solver but also appreciates the value of standards and their consistent application.

+ Is comfortable making decisions.

+ Is a strong project manager who understands the steps necessary to plan and successfully complete complex infrastructure projects with multiple stakeholders.

+ Is an astute, quick learner, capable of juggling multiple demands.

+ Understands civil infrastructure planning, design and construction.

+ Has experience with transportation and traffic engineering planning and design.

+ Has experience with development engineering and permitting.

We invite you to view the detailed job description for our Assistant City Engineer (http://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cityoftigard/classspecs/1198884?keywords=assistant%20city%20engineer&pagetype=classSpecifications) position.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities, to perform the essential functions of the position, may be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

+ Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in civil engineering or related engineering; and

+ Five (5) years' increasingly responsible experience in professional engineering design, plan review, and project administration, including at least two (2) years of supervisory experience; or

+ Any satisfactory equivalent combination of education, training, or experience relevant to the position.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

+ Possession of a valid driver's license and satisfactory driving history.

+ Possession of, or ability to obtain within six (6) month of appointment, registration as a Professional Civil Engineer license to practice in the state of Oregon.

Supplemental Information

Union Representation: This position is not represented by a union.

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday-Thursday (remote and onsite work) remote work 25% of the time.

How to apply: Please apply online. We do not accept applications via email. Applications must be received by Human Resources by the closing time/date.

IMPORTANT (Please read): In lieu of resumes and cover letters, the City of Tigard evaluates each applicant's work history and responses to supplemental questions. Please complete the application and answer the supplemental questions thoroughly to ensure our subject matter experts can appropriately evaluate your experience.

ATTENTION VETERANS: To receive veteran's preference, please upload your DD214/Separation documentation.

In addition to being a great place to work (https://www.tigard-or.gov/your-government/departments/human-resources/jobs) , the City of Tigard offers competitive employee benefits for full-time and part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week:

Choice of health and dental plans

Generous retirement plan (non-PERS)

City-paid HRA-VEBA

Paid time off (PTO) program plus paid sick leave

10 paid holidays

Life and disability insurance

Universal transit pass through TriMet

This job classification is not represented by a union

Click here (https://www.tigard-or.gov/your-government/departments/human-resources/benefits) for more detailed benefits information.

01

Which of the following best describes your experience as a registered professional civil engineer?

+ less than 2 years

+ 2-3 years

+ 3-4 years

+ 4-5 years

+ 5 or more years

02

Which of the following best describes your supervisory experience?

+ none

+ less than 1 year

+ 1-2 years

+ 2 or more years

03

Do you have a registered Professional Civil Engineer license to practice in the state of Oregon?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If no, are you registered in another state and are willing and able to become licensed in Oregon within six (6) months?

+ Yes

+ No

05

Please list your highest level of education and include specific diploma(s) and degree(s) along with any relevant certifications you have earned.

06

In 500 words or less please describe your relevant experience to this job posting.

Required Question

Employer

City of Tigard

Address

13125 SW Hall Blvd Tigard, Oregon, 97223

Website

http://www.tigard-or.gov

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