Transportation Division Engineer – Vision Zero

The City of Wilmington is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
Position Description

The City of Wilmington is seeking a highly skilled Transportation Division Engineer to oversee the planning, design, and construction of municipal transportation infrastructure and to lead the City’s Vision Zero initiative. This role combines technical expertise, project management, and public service, directly shaping the safety, sustainability, and efficiency of our city’s streets, sidewalks, and mobility networks.

As the Vision Zero lead, this position provides strategic direction and day-to-day leadership for safety-focused transportation initiatives, supervising and coordinating supporting engineering and technical staff to advance the City’s goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

Typical Tasks
As a Transportation Division Engineer, you’ll:

• Lead the City’s Vision Zero initiative — provide overall leadership, strategy, and implementation oversight for Vision Zero policies, programs, and projects, ensuring alignment with City goals and best practices.
• Supervise and mentor supporting staff — oversee the work of assigned support staff; set priorities, review work products, and support professional development.
• Lead transportation infrastructure projects with a Vision Zero focus — oversee planning, design, and construction from concept to completion, ensuring compliance with safety, accessibility, and equity standards.
• Integrate safety into every project — apply Vision Zero principles to engineering designs, traffic calming, and multimodal infrastructure to protect people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving.
• Provide professional expertise and analysis — support City projects, boards, committees, municipal programs, public relations initiatives, grant applications, and media inquiries.
• Engage stakeholders — conduct site visits and inspections, and meet with developers, consulting engineers, contractors, residents, stakeholder groups, and government officials.
• Prepare and present information to decision-makers — draft legislative submittals for City Council and provide testimony during public meetings.
• Develop and certify technical documents — prepare specifications, cost estimates, construction details, and certify plans and contracts.
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget — lead project meetings; negotiate scopes, fees, amendments, and change orders.
• Evaluate project alternatives — conduct feasibility studies and value engineering analyses while prioritizing safety outcomes.

Qualifications
Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related engineering field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible engineering related experience

Certification & Other Requirements

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
• Valid U.S. driver’s license
• Strong knowledge of civil engineering principles, computations, regulations, technical writing, and relevant software.
• Ability to interpret and apply federal, state, and local laws, codes, standards, and regulations.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and related design software.

Supplemental Information
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Exerting up to 10 lbs. occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This position generally requires work in an office setting.   This position is considered essential and may be required to work before, during, or after inclement weather or other emergencies.

Our Core Values: 

INCLUSION | COLLABORATION | CREATIVITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Our Mission Statement:  Through forward-thinking policies and responsible stewardship, we are creating a better city every day with excellent core services and quality of life for all.

What we offer:

The City of Wilmington believes that employees are one of our most important resources.  We offer an excellent salary and competitive benefits package to serve the needs of our employees and their families.  Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance + many other insurance options
• Excellent retirement benefits, including a city provided 4.5% contribution each pay period into a 401(k) account and automatic enrollment into the North Carolina Local Government Employees’ Retirement System
• Employer-paid health & wellness clinic
• Free on-site city gym access
• Paid sick and vacation leave + 13 paid holidays per year
• 6-weeks paid parental leave
• Paid volunteer & blood donation leave to give back to our community
• Flex schedule and telework availability, depending on your position
• Professional development trainings & leadership initiatives
• Tuition assistance benefits

Applicant Status Updates:  After the closing date for this position, applications will be screened by Human Resources. Applicants who meet the minimum and/or preferred qualifications will be referred over to the hiring department.   All updates regarding an application can be viewed through your applicant portal.