Public Works Deputy Dir./City Engineer

About the role

Come join the City of Appleton! Here at the City, you'll have the opportunity to grow and enjoy your best life through challenging work, great teams, training opportunities, and making a lasting impact on the community. We welcome and respect all employees as they are. Come join our team—you belong here! The City is accepting applications for a full-time Deputy Director/City Engineer. This is a management, professional, and administrative position responsible for providing strategic leadership and operational oversight of the Engineering, Traffic, and Parking functions of the Department of Public Works. This position provides direction and support to division managers, leads departmental planning and capital improvement initiatives, oversees operating and capital budgets, and provides professional engineering and operational guidance to ensure effective delivery of public infrastructure, transportation, parking, and related services. The position also works closely with City leadership, elected officials, other City departments, regulatory agencies, consultants, contractors, developers, and community stakeholders on capital projects, policies, development proposals, and service improvements. The incumbent works under the general direction of the Director of Public Works.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the Engineering, Traffic, and Parking functions of the Department of Public Works.
• Provide direction and support to division managers.
• Lead departmental planning and capital improvement initiatives.
• Oversee operating and capital budgets.
• Provide professional engineering and operational guidance to ensure effective delivery of public infrastructure, transportation, parking, and related services.
• Work closely with City leadership, elected officials, other City departments, regulatory agencies, consultants, contractors, developers, and community stakeholders on capital projects, policies, development proposals, and service improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• Wisconsin Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration.
• Minimum of eight years of progressively responsible professional experience in civil or municipal engineering, public works, project management, or a related field, including significant supervisory, administrative, or leadership experience, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of municipal engineering, public infrastructure, transportation, and public rights-of-way.
• Ability to lead professional and technical staff.
• Ability to develop strategic and capital improvement plans.
• Ability to manage budgets.
• Ability to oversee complex projects.
• Ability to evaluate engineering plans and proposals.
• Ability to build effective partnerships with City officials, employees, contractors, developers, regulatory agencies, and the public.
• Sound judgment.
• Strategic thinking.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical, operational, financial, regulatory, and community considerations.
• Maintain a valid driver's license and good driving record.