Chief Civil Engineer

Chief Civil Engineer in Birmingham, AL for City of Birmingham Return to Search Results

Expand Show Other Jobs

Job Saved Save Job

Chief Civil Engineer

City of Birmingham

Facebook X LinkedIn Share

APPLY NOW

Application

First Name

Last Name

Email address

Captcha / Bot check:

Copy from here

...to here

Click to hear these letters.

What is this?

Apply on Employer's Site

The application opened in a new tab.

You may close this popup.

By using this feature you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Details

Posted: 03-Nov-26

Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Salary: $85,092 - $132,017

Salary Details: The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more.

Required Education: 4 Year Degree

Years of Experience: 5 - 10

Additional Information:

2 openings available.

Type:

Full Time

Level:

Experienced

Categories:

Civil Engineering

Internal Number: R0015339

The City of Birmingham is seeking well qualified Chief Civil Engineers to serve as the senior engineering authority responsible for the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of public infrastructure projects. Workers in this position lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and oversee a variety of capital improvement initiatives, including transportation systems, stormwater management, and other municipal infrastructure. The Chief Civil Engineer provides strategic direction on these projects and is responsible for ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, and engineering standards and best practices. Responsibilities include reviewing and approving technical designs, managing project budgets and schedules, coordinating with contractors and consultants, and advising executive leadership and elected officials on infrastructure planning and policy. Employees in this job require strong technical expertise, leadership, and public-sector experience to ensure that infrastructure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, sustainably, and in alignment with community needs and long-term development goals.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.

• Enforces permits issued to contractors or developers by monitoring their construction project and ensuring they are following the conditions of the permit.

• Interacts with members of the public, public officials and other governmental agencies to investigate complaints or provide information related to public infrastructure projects.

• Interacts with parties (e.g., developers, contractors, engineers, surveyors, governmental agencies) taking part in the jurisdiction's permitting process by providing information about permit requirements and conducting reviews of permit applications and plans in order to ensure that permit applications and plans meet the jurisdiction's requirements.

• Reviews and recommends or approves changes to proposed construction plans submitted by external contractors to ensure they safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public, use accepted civil engineering practices, and comply with applicable codes, regulations, and standards.

• Oversees and manages public infrastructure construction projects that were designed by engineering consultants/contractors by keeping up with project developments, communicating with appropriate people, and reviewing information to ensure that projects adhere to approved plans, contracts, or issued permits throughout all phases of construction.

• Prepares for needed infrastructure improvement projects to be completed by external contractors and engineering firms by developing the scope of the project and overseeing the process to announce, collect, assess, and accept statements of qualifications and bids from external contractors and engineering firms.

• Oversees and participates in the design phase of public infrastructure projects (e.g., drainage structures, sanitary sewers, roads, bridges, culverts) by reviewing maps and survey data, inspecting the construction site, designing plans, and preparing for construction using accepted civil engineering practices, jurisdiction-specific standards and specifications, and nationally recognized engineering codes, standards, or regulations.

• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Driver's license

• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama, OR, have the ability to obtain your PE License within Alabama through reciprocity within 6 months of being hired.

• Bachelor's degree, or higher, in Civil Engineering or other closely related Engineering field (e.g., Environmental, Mechanical, Structural) from an ABET accredited program.

• Professional Engineering experience, including experience as a lead project manager directly responsible for successful design or construction of complex public works infrastructure projects (e.g., roadways, bridges, sidewalks, drainage systems, water treatment, sewer).

Create a Job Match for Similar Jobs

About City of Birmingham

JobsQuest is the career site serving the 17 city governments and five county-wide government agencies of the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama Merit System. At JobsQuest, you'll find meaningful and rewarding career opportunities in a wide array of exciting fields and professions, including opportunities in public safety, city management and administration, information technology, finance and accounting, public works and skilled trades, engineering, and medical services, among many others. Through the security of a stable career with meaning and purpose, an effective work-life balance, and the reassurance of a secure and robust retirement, our employees embody our tagline, "A career. A purpose. A life."

Connections working at City of Birmingham

https://careers.awra.org/jobs/22715653/chief-civil-engineer

Return to Search Results

Loading. Please wait.

Error

Close

Continue

You do not have JavaScript Enabled on this browser. Please enable it in order to use the full functionality of our website.

• Help
• Terms & Conditions
• Privacy Policy

Copyright 2026 American Water Resources Association.

Copy link

Thanks for sharing!

Find any service

AddToAny

More…

Cookie Settings Got it

We use cookies so that we can remember you and understand how you use our site. If you do not agree with our use of cookies, please change the current settings found in our Cookie Policy. Otherwise, you agree to the use of the cookies as they are currently set.