Job Details

Salary : $77,507.00 - $120,133.00 Annually
Location : Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 25-05613
Department: Planning &Development
Opening Date: 09/17/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

Position Description
Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $77,507.00- $93,008.40
Workdays/Hours: Monday - Friday / 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

A flexible work environment, top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the Planning & Development Department a great place to work. We help plan and direct Durham's growth to support a high quality of life, a robust economy, and a sustainable, equitable, and accessible Durham for generations to come. We work collaboratively with other agencies and the community in a fast- paced, innovative environment looking for solutions to today's land-use, community planning, and infrastructure challenges. If you're talented, creative and focused on serving the community, join our team!

This position supports and assists with development review activities for the Planning & Development Department. The position performs professional engineering work engaged in permit review and assessment. Work requires independent evaluation and analysis of issues and the exercise of judgment, education and experience to select and apply criteria to resolve problems and make recommendations. Decision-making includes selecting the method to address a problem or issue, subject to the constraints established by management objectives and direction. Responsible for reviewing drawings; processing applications; conducting inspections; responding to customer questions; maintaining records; verifying permits; and/or performing related duties.
Duties/Responsibilities

• Reviewing drawings and permit applications for conformance with applicable regulations and adopted plans;
• Reviewing traffic impact analyses to determine required mitigation for developments;
• Conducting signage and pavement marking inspections for new developments;
• Responding to customer questions;
• Maintaining GIS and other records;
• Coordinating review of traffic control plans and traffic signal plans with Traffic Operations staff.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree "OR" equivalent.
• Five years of related engineering and/or project management experience.
• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record or obtain within 60 days of hire.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Have or be able to get registered by the state of NC as either an Engineering Intern (EI) or Engineer in Training (EIT) within 180 days of hire.
• Registration as a North Carolina Professional Engineer (PE).
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of transportation engineering, bicycle/pedestrian transportation, complete streets, transportation planning, urban design, traffic safety, and construction;
• Knowledge of land development regulations or similar previous work experience;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; and
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ArcGIS.

Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service

01

Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

• City of Durham Website
• Walk in
• Job fair
• Employee referral
• Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
• Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
• Craig's List
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• GlassDoor
• governmentjobs.com
• Monster.com
• Indeed.com
• Employment Security Commission
• Magazine/Newspaper
• Other

02

If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03

Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

• Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
• Associates Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)

04

If you have a bachelor's degree or higher level of education, is your degree in engineering, construction project management, or a directly related field?

• No
• Yes
• I have no degree.

05

Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a valid license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire).

• I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.
• I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.
• I do not have a valid, unrestricted driver's license.

06

How many years of related engineering and/or project management experience do you have?

• No related experience
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• 1 year but less than 3 years
• 3 years but less than 5 years
• 5 years but less than 9 years
• 9 years but less than 13 years
• 13 or more years

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