Associate Engineer

We're Hiring

Join the City of Chino and Shape the Future

Are you ready to make a real impact? Do you thrive in fast-paced, creative environments where your ideas matter? If so, join our team as a full-time Associate Engineer

The City of Chino offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package. For more information, please click on the image below:

Who We Are

The City of Chino is a vibrant place to live, work, and play, that is recognized for its integrity and dedication to public service. Together we take pride in providing quality, caring service to our community. The City of Chino pursues excellence in all facets of our operations and services, guided by the following Organizational Values:

• Commitment to Our Community
• Integrity & Accountability
• Fiscal Responsibility
• Partnerships & Teamwork
• Innovation
• Communication & Engagement

The Public Works Department plays a key role in maintaining and improving the City's infrastructure to enhance the quality of life for residents, businesses, and visitors. The department oversees streets, traffic systems, landscaping, lighting, water, sewer, and storm drains, as well as City-owned facilities and vehicle fleets. Public Works also provides engineering, environmental compliance, and inspection services, manages capital improvement projects and recycling programs, and administers the City's solid waste franchise. Committed to quality, efficiency, and sustainability, the department helps build a safe, resilient, and thriving community.

What You'll Do

As our new Associate Engineer (CIP), you will:

• Perform professional engineering duties in support of City programs, projects, and activities; manage capital improvement projects, review, and prepare plan specifications and relevant reports and development plans.
• Oversee planning, design, and construction management duties for traffic systems projects.
• Coordinate and participate in meetings with City staff, contractors, engineers, developers, architects, outside agencies, and the general public regarding engineering activities.
• Review and make recommendations on the approval of engineering plans, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, contract provisions, legal descriptions, and maps, ensuring compliance with policies and local and state codes, ordinances, and regulations.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who:

• Has knowledge of principles and practices of civil engineering, as applied to methods, materials, and techniques used in complex construction projects.

• Has the ability to prepare complex engineering computations and check, design, and oversee the preparation of various engineering plans and reports.

• Is excited by challenges, loves to learn, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Education: Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in civil, mechanical, or environmental engineering or a related field.
• Experience: Three (3) years of increasingly responsible professional engineering experience.
• Licenses and Certifications: Possession of a valid California Driver's License, to be maintained throughout employment.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Operate a motor vehicle and visit various community sites.
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen.
• Hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone.
• The ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects averaging a weight of 20 pounds, or heavier weights, in all cases with the use of proper equipment and/or assistance from other staff.

Ready to Apply?

All applicants are required to apply online at The closing date is 11:59 PM Pacific on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Let's build something amazing together.

Applications must be complete and demonstrate that the minimum qualifications are met. Resumes and cover letters may be attached to the completed application form as supplemental information, but will not be accepted in lieu of an official application form. Applications will be screened and the most qualified candidates who best match the needs of the City will be invited to compete further in the examination process.

For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Veronica Zamora, Senior Human Resources/Risk Management Analyst at

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The City of Chino is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Human Resources/Risk Management Department at Requests should be made three (3) business days in advance.

Prospective employees selected for employment must successfully complete a medical examination and a background check, including professional reference checks. The background check, paid for by the City, also includes Live Scan fingerprinting through the Department of Justice.

The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract and any provisions contained in this bulletin may be modified or revoked without notice.

The City of Chino offers a generous benefits package to its eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary options. The specific benefits available are based on the bargaining unit of your position. To see the specific benefits for your position, please follow the link below to the city website's benefits page and select the benefits document that corresponds to your position's bargaining unit.

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