About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience.  New hires are typically brought into the organization between $120,000 - $160,000/annually, based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A 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 and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position you can expect to report to the Denver Wastewater Building (2000 W 3rd. Ave., Denver, CO 80223) on in-office days. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure, and services.

For more information, please visit the DOTI website.

DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:

• DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets, and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.

• DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.

The Infrastructure Delivery Division – Bridge Office has an opening for an Engineering Specialist. This position would be part of a larger 17-person team working with engineers, project managers, inspectors, skilled tradesmen, and business administrators.  As an Engineering Specialist, you will have an opportunity to oversee structural plan reviews for capital improvement projects (CIP), development projects, bond projects, and lead bridge capital 6-year planning efforts.

Your role, as an Engineering Specialist, is to serve as the technical subject matter expert (SME) for bridge engineering standards, details, plan review, and project programming.  Specifically, you will also be able to:

• Assign and manage workload for up to two direct reports - provide support, guidance, document performance, and provide feedback for continual growth and development.

• Serve as the department’s primary structural plan reviewer.  Ensuring CIP, development, bond, and partner agency projects meet the City and County of Denver bridge code requirements, standards, and best practices.

• Assist citywide as the primary SME for all city-related bridge projects.  Work with project managers to successfully deliver bridge projects.

• Support in-house repair crews to successfully maintain citywide vehicular, pedestrian and railroad bridges. Provide repair details, sketches, and technical as required, to support structural repairs, and preventative maintenance activities. Support during emergency response by providing rapid structural assessments and repair recommendations.

• Assist the bridge team’s asset manager, as needed, to interpret inspection data and prioritize bridges for preventative maintenance, rehabilitations, and replacements.

• Lead the team’s 6-year capital planning efforts for bridges.  Work with the team’s manager and supervisor to align capital funding and project manager staffing to successfully execute the team’s projects.

• Maintain and track bridges in planning, design, and construction.  Assign inventory structure numbers to new assets.  Assist the team’s asset manager to maintain an accurate bridge inventory.

• Maintain and continually improve our bridge policy manual, standard bridge specifications, and standard plan detail sheets.

• Help resolve complex or sensitive community concerns on projects by bringin