About Our Job

Note: This job posting is open to current City and County of Denver employees ONLY and employees, including those impacted by the 2025 layoffs

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver (CCD) means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver. Click here to find out about all the amazing benefits and reasons to work for CCD!  

What We Offer 

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $$122,009-207,415/year. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $$122,009-164,712/year. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but is not limited to:

• Five (5) Medical Plans, Dental, Vision Insurance (effective within 1 month of start date)

• Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)

• 457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)

• PTO (over 3 weeks in your first year) and 14 paid holidays

• Merit Increases

• STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance

• CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program

• Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program

• Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources

• EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)

Location & Schedule 

This position is located at the Wellington Webb Building, located at 201 W Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202.

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees’ physical work location is based upon the position’s job duties and requirements, customer service and responsiveness, team and individual performance, and business needs and requirements. Our current practice requires in-office work for all employees for a minimum of three days per week. Business needs and initial onboarding may require additional days in the office.

Please note: Downtown parking expenses are the responsibility of the employee. We offer a flexible spending account option specifically for parking; if you elect this option, you can use pre tax dollars for parking. We also offer an RTD ‘eco pass’ to all City employees– allowing the use of public transportation for free as a City Employee.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

The City and County of Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department (CPD) is responsible for visionary city planning, ensuring safe, responsible, sustainable building, and enforcing the city’s adopted regulations – including the Denver Mechanical Code, Denver Plumbing Code, Denver Fuel Gas Code, Denver Energy Code, and other ordinances.  CPD works with Denver’s communities to prepare land use plans, as well as regulations for building use and design, that guide the city’s growth, enhancement, and preservation. Our staff also reviews, permits, and inspects development applications to ensure that future construction meets the community-led regulations laid out in Denver's zoning codes as well as meets the rigorous standards of the city's building, fire, and energy codes. We're working hard to make Denver a great place to live, work and play! To learn more, visit www.denvergov.org/CPD.

CPD is seeking Licensed Professional (Mechanical) Engineer candidates to fill a Mechanical and Plumbing Plan Review Engineering Supervisor position. The position is responsible for supervising the work of six or more Professional Engineers, and associated personnel involved in the review of construction documents and specifications for compliance with the Denver Mechanical Code, Denver Plumbing Code, Denver Fuel Gas Code, Denver Energy Code, and appurtenant standards for new and existing buildings as it relates to mechanical, plumbing, life safety, energy, and related requirements.  This crucial role will have an impact throughout Denver by ensuring compliance to regulatory codes and engineering standards for various buildings throughout the City, by helping guide the direction of the plan review work group, by providing input into policies and procedures as it relates to permitting, and by coordinating with the mechanical and plumbing inspection workgroups.  This position will act as the mechanical and plumbing engineering supervisory lead and reports to the Building Plan Review Manager.

Specifically, as a Mechanical and Plumbing Plan Review Engineering Supervisor you will:

• Manage workload of professional engineers and support staff through assignment and reallocation of work, projects, and customer-facing duties

• Communicate with design professionals to explain engineering standards specific to their project

• Interprets the intent and applies the requirements of codes specific to mechanical, plumbing, life safety, energy, and associated standards for design and construction

• Assist the Plan Review Manager and/or Building Official in the development of Denver-specific code amendments, standards, and policy at the local, regional and/or national level

• Provide exemplary customer service to both internal and external customers including colleagues, contractors, design professionals, developers, homeowners, tenants, and others through professional written and verbal communications

• Use data analytics and refined metrics to optimize workload and productivity across the team while making recommendations on staffing and budget needs, and supporting changes in process

• Oversee the development of, and directly engage in, training through new employee onboarding, continuing education, mentoring, and coaching

• Ensure compliance with departmental and city-wide timelines for review quality, productivity and due dates

• Work with the mechanical and plumbing inspections chiefs to identify and implement innovations toward improved efficiencies for internal and external stakeholders

• Use the tools of performance management, establish S.M.A.R.T. goals, monitor and guide team members in their work, and implement disciplinary procedures when necessary

• Perform other related duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:​

• A minimum of three years of senior level engineering experience with a wide variety of project types including homes, multi-family residential, and light and large commercial

• At least three (3) years of supervisory experience with multiple direct reports

• Ability to work with internal and external customers to identify solutions to complex design and code compliance problems by thinking ‘outside the box’ to advance projects toward approval

• Project Management experience, and experience leading a team

• Willingness to motivate and help others

• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills

• Ability to communicate effectively – verbally and in writing

• Efficiently demonstrates excellent time/work management skills

• Works well under pressure and able to multitask

• Strong attention to detail and highly organized

• Ability to understand, interpret, and enforce the intent of the codes

• Solutions oriented – working with customers to provide creative solutions to challenges

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related field)

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Architecture.

• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of senior engineering or architecture experience.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted.

• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements.

• License/Certifications: By position, requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.

• Requires registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the Colorado State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers at the time of application. Or requires registration as an Architect by the Colorado State Board of Registration at the time of application.

• Registration in another state will be accepted in lieu of this requirement, provided that the applicant has Colorado registration at completion of probation.

• Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Application Deadline

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

• Cover Letter

Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than Friday, December 26th, 2025, at 11:59pm to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CE0403 Engineer-Architect Supervisor

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$122,009.00 - $207,415.00

Target Pay

$$122,009-164,712/year, based on education and experience

Agency

Community Planning & Development

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