Deputy Director of Community Development - Engineering

Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation's capital in the heart of DC's Wine Country, you'll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.  

Who We're Looking For
 If you identify with the following descriptions, then you may be perfect for the Town of Leesburg:

• Creative problem solver
• Proactive self-starter
• Life-long learner
• Strong team player
• Passionate about excellent customer service
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Effective communicator
• Desire to impart knowledge to others
• "Early adopter" of new technologies

What You'll Be Doing

This is an advanced professional, administrative, and managerial position that is responsible for complex professional work on a variety of engineering review tasks in the Department of Community Development. The primary focus is providing oversight of engineering staff that review public and private land development applications for adherence to adopted design and construction standards. The Deputy Director – Engineering provides direct supervision to two Senior Project Managers and one Engineering Analyst, and serves as Director on an as needed basis. The position also manages major initiatives for the Town such as floodplain program administration, comprehensive updates to engineering standards, and erosion and stormwater management permits.

For more detailed job descriptions, please visit the Town's Job Descriptions page.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, planning, surveying, design, or a related field 
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in land development or site plan work or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of two (2) to three (3) years of supervisory experience or progressively responsible management experience
• Current registration as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the Commonwealth of Virginia

• Master’s degree in engineering, planning, or related field
• Active membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers
• Five (5) years of supervisory and/or management experience
• Bilingual in English/Spanish

Employee Benefits
The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth IRA, and generous paid time off. For more information on the Town's robust benefits package, please visit the Town's Employee Benefits page.

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