Plans Review Senior Engineer - Right-of-Way Services

City and County of Denver • Denver, CO

3d • $109,134 - $180,071 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is seeking a full-time Senior Engineer for the Right-of-Way Services (ROWS) division, specifically within the Engineering Plan Review (EPR) Transportation team. This role is crucial for ensuring that private development, capital improvement, utility, and land use projects within the public right-of-way comply with City, State, and Federal transportation laws, regulations, policies, and standards. The Senior Engineer will collaborate with various stakeholders to promote coordination across projects and support safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation infrastructure. This position involves performing professional engineering work on complex private development projects, reviewing construction plans and designs, providing technical guidance, coordinating project phases, and recommending solutions to engineering challenges. The role requires applying City and DOTI rules, standards, and policies to reviews of engineering and architectural plans, specifications, design calculations, and technical reports for various project types, ensuring compliance with applicable codes and standards. The Senior Engineer will also provide technical expertise to City departments, collaborate with external stakeholders, resolve plan review comments, conduct field reviews, research and recommend policy changes, and utilize asset management and permitting software. Leadership, sound engineering judgment, and mentoring of junior staff are also key aspects of this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• Three (3) years of professional engineering work experience after obtaining a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Valid Driver's License at the time of application.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the Colorado State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers 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.
• Knowledge of transportation and utility engineering principles and construction practices, including experience in the design, review, and/or inspection of transportation, roadway, and utility plans.
• Experience in municipal engineering, stakeholder management, and navigating sensitive public engagement activities with professionalism and flexibility.
• Experience applying deconfliction techniques while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, department staff, utilities, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders to develop solutions and issue engineering guidance and approvals.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365 applications, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam Revu, AutoCAD, SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Accela Civic Solutions.
• Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS applications.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with multimodal transportation planning, roadway design, standard specifications and details, and preparation of technical reports is preferred.
• A passion for delivering exceptional customer service and adding value to the City, DOTI, and the safe use of the public right-of-way.
• A collaborative approach and commitment to mentoring junior engineers, technicians, and other team members.
• Strong analytical, data reporting, verbal communication, and technical writing skills.
• Initiative in identifying challenges, developing solutions, and supporting Engineering and Regulatory Division goals.

Responsibilities

• Perform professional engineering work on a variety of large, complex private development projects from inception to completion, including reviewing construction plans and designs for conformance with applicable requirements, providing technical engineering guidance, coordinating project phases, and recommending solutions to complex engineering issues.
• Apply City and DOTI rules, standards, and policies in the review of engineering and architectural plans, specifications, design calculations, and technical reports for City and outside agency capital improvement and utility projects, privately owned encroachment permits, right-of-way vacations, easement relinquishments, and wireless small-cell (5G) site applications.
• Ensure compliance and deconfliction of proposed work within the public right-of-way (ROW), including performing engineering calculations to verify compliance with applicable codes and standards.
• Provide technical engineering expertise and guidance to DOTI and other City departments and agencies.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including design consultants, contractors, utility providers, City agencies and departments, elected officials, and intergovernmental organizations.
• Meet regularly with applicants, project managers, contractors, City staff, and members of the public to resolve plan review comments, provide technical and process guidance, facilitate clear communication regarding regulatory requirements, minimize permitting and construction conflicts, and partner with engineers and permit review technicians to deliver exceptional customer service aligned with the City's STARS values.
• Monitor the ROWS review process, keep stakeholders informed throughout each stage of project review, and provide responsive customer service with timely follow-up.
• Perform field reviews and occasional construction site inspections to verify compliance with approved plans, permits, and applicable regulations.
• Research, develop, and recommend policies, procedures, rules, regulations, guidelines, interagency agreements, standards, and engineering details that support DOTI's regulatory objectives.
• Utilize asset management and permitting software to track projects, create and review mapping and graphical details, compile departmental metrics, issue permits, maintain records, support process improvements, and perform other department functions.
• Demonstrate leadership, sound engineering judgment, and innovation when addressing complex, case-by-case engineering and regulatory challenges.
• Lead, mentor, and support engineers, technicians, and other team members while fostering collaboration and advancing division and department goals.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• 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
• 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior