Salary : $82,111.22 - $116,021.83 Annually
Location : Sunrise, FL
Job Type : Full Time
Job Number : 2026-028
Department : COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Division : PLANNING & ENGINEERING
Opening Date : 10 / 17 / 2025
Closing Date : Continuous
Bargaining Unit : SUPR
Description
ABOUT OUR CITY
The City of Sunrise is more than a workplace - it's a community built on our Three Pillars : Customer Service, Collaboration, and Transparency. We're committed to creating an environment where innovation thrives, teamwork is celebrated, and every employee has the opportunity to grow and make a lasting impact.
As a full-service municipality and one of South Florida's premier cities, Sunrise offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a strong culture of recognition. Whether you're helping residents, shaping policy, or improving city operations, you'll be part of a team that's passionate about service excellence and community pride.
We take pride in being home to the back-to-back NHL Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers , a vibrant arts and entertainment district, and a diverse community that truly embodies what it means to Live, Work, and Play in Sunrise.
Looking ahead, the City is exploring an Alternative Work Schedule designed to further support employee work-life balance - providing eligible staff with two three-day weekends per month through an every-other-Friday-off model. This initiative is expected to roll out in the early part of 2026, reflecting our continued focus on flexibility and employee well-being.
NATURE OF WORK
This classification involves civil engineering work on assigned projects and programs for the City. An employee in this position designs and arranges permits for various engineering projects for the City and Utilities' service areas; reviews drawings; issues specifications; performs calculations;; and maintains / installs electrical equipment throughout the City. This position also evaluates results and initiates reports.
Examples of Duties
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Requirements
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
NECESSARY SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Physical :
Work Environment :
Sensory :
Supplemental Information
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
BENEFITS PACKAGE SUMMARY
SUPERVISORY / PROFESSIONAL
HIRED ON OR AFTER 10 / 1 / 18
The description of benefits for which, an employee may be eligible have been generally summarized in this information sheet for your convenience; however, you must refer to all applicable City ordinances, collective bargaining agreements and / or plan documents for specific terms and conditions. These benefits may be affected by future changes in policy, collective bargaining, City ordinances and / or legislative actions. The City reserves the right to increase, modify, decrease or eliminate benefits at any time. No benefit is created or maintained simply based on this document, and its contents do not give rise to any contractual rights related to continuing employment or receipt of benefits between the City of Sunrise and its employees. The information contained herein supersedes any prior benefit sheet(s).
The City of Sunrise is an economic powerhouse in western Broward County encompassing more than 18 square miles. As the host of Sawgrass International Corporate Park - the largest business park in South Florida - Sunrise has its own flourishing job market and currently employs approximately 1,100 employees and numbers continue to rise.
The City takes a very active role in business development, recruitment and prides itself on creating job opportunities for its residents. There are very few communities of similar size that welcome the tens of millions of visitors that we do here in Sunrise, or that can boast the magnitude of regional assets found in our City.
Our City shines and we understand in order to shine brighter; we must continue to recognize our employees as one of our most valuable assets. The City of Sunrise takes great pride in recruiting future employees and developing and retaining current ones by offering our comprehensive compensation and benefits package throughout an employee's career.
5% Supplemental Pay :
Supervisory / Professional employees shall receive a five percent (5%) supplemental pay calculated on the employee's base rate of pay.
City-Paid Medical Benefits :
Retirement :
Longevity :
Based on successful completion of full-time, continuous service with the City, employee shall receive the following :
Years of Creditable Service Longevity Benefit
10 Years 2.5%
15 Years 2.5%
20 Years 5.0%
Paid Holidays :
Employees receive the following City-paid holidays :
Annual Leave :
Annual leave may be taken as earned. Maximum accumulation each fiscal year is 360 hours. At time of resignation or retirement, employee is paid for all annual leave accrued at their current rate of pay. Annual leave is accrued based on continuous, full-time service with the City, as follows :
Completed Months of Service Total Hours / Days Accrued Annually
Up to and including first 60 months 128 hours / 16 Days
Greater than 60 months through 120 months 168 hours / 21 Days
Greater than 120 months through 204 months 208 hours / 26 Days
Greater than 204 months 248 hours / 31 Days
Annual Leave Cash Out :
Employee can opt to receive a non-pensionable cash payment twice per year for up to forty (40) hours of annual leave, provided accrued annual leave bank does not fall below eighty (80) hours.
Floating Holidays :
Upon completion of (26) weeks of full-time employment with the City, employee shall be entitled to utilize up to five (5) floating holidays per fiscal year. Floating holidays shall not carry over to the next fiscal year.
Perfect Attendance :
For every six (6) months period (April 1 - September 30) and (October 1 - March 31) in which, no sick or unpaid leave is utilized, an employee shall receive ten (10) hours of annual leave credited. Employees who qualify for a consecutive Perfect Attendance benefit shall receive (14) hours of annual leave credited for each consecutive earning period.
Sick Leave :
Each employee earns (96) hours (12 days) of sick leave annually with no waiting period for use and maximum accrual of 1,440 hours. Upon separation of City employment due to resignation, employee shall receive payment of all accrued sick leave at a rate of twenty- five percent (25%) of the employee's current rate of pay at time of resignation. Upon separation of employment due to retirement, employee shall receive payment of all accrued sick leave at a rate of fifty percent (50%) of the employee's current rate of pay at the time of retirement.
Sick Leave Conversion :
After completion of one (1) year of continuous, full-time employment with the City, an employee may convert their unused portion of their first six (6) days (maximum of forty- eight (48) hours) of accrued sick leave into annual leave. Conversions are subject to the following : A minimum of 96 unused sick leave hours accrued prior to hours being converted, total eligible sick leave hours to be converted shall be reduced hour-for-hour by any sick leave hours utilized during the eligible benefit period, and conversion subject to annual leave accrual cap.
Bereavement Leave :
Qualifying City-paid Bereavement Leave as follows :
Tuition Reimbursement :
After (2) two years of continuous full-time employment :
Credit Union :
We Florida Financial Bank & Credit Union - 8890 NW 44th Street, Sunrise, FL 33351
Optional Voluntary Benefits (paid by the employee) :
o 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
o 401(a) Governmental Purchase Plan : Newly hired
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Please describe your highest level of education completed. PROOF OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPLETED EDUCATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AS AN ATTACHMENT WITH APPLICATION. (Applications without attached proof of education will not be processed for consideration.)
02
Please describe how many years of experience you possess in experience in engineering of land development activities, including water, wastewater, and storm water and experience with AutoCAD and / or ArcGIS.
03
Are you registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Florida?
04
Do you have a valid Driver's License?
05
If yes, please provide Driver's License number and Date of Issue :
Required Question
Development Engineer Ii • Sunrise, FL, United States