Salary: $60,747 – $72,866 (DOQ) | Full-Time | Full Benefits
Wicomico County Public Works is looking for a motivated Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of our community. This role is anything but monotonous. The Engineering Department works across every corner of the County, contributing to projects that impact roads, bridges, dams, stormwater systems, landfills, dredging operations, and so much more. Every day brings new challenges, new areas to explore, and new and exciting opportunities to make a lasting difference.
As part of the Engineering Division, you’ll provide technical expertise, review development plans, support public infrastructure projects, and work collaboratively with a wide range of County departments, contractors, consultants, and community members. This position plays a vital role in ensuring safe, efficient, and forward-thinking infrastructure that leads the County in positive new directions.
Ideal candidates will bring:
✔️ A degree in Civil Engineering or related field
✔️ EIT or PE certification (preferred)
✔️ Experience in stormwater, roadway design, hydraulics/hydrology, structures, or related disciplines
✔️ Proficiency in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, and engineering software
✔️ Strong communication, project management, and problem-solving skills
✔️ A desire to contribute meaningfully to the growth and improvement of Wicomico County
If you’re looking for a dynamic role with purpose—one where no two days look the same—this is your opportunity.
they forgot to ask for someone who can figure out how to keep a barge with a winch and a pulley operating for more then a few weeks!
A licensed engineer (any field) starting salary in the private industry begins in the upper $75-90,000 range. Then after a year, that salary tips into $100,000. That’s always been the problem for Wicomico Company and hiring skilled, experienced, and licensed professionals. They can’t match the salaries paid by local competitors for the same workforce. Just look at the vacant Director of Public Words. That position has been vacant for nearly three years now. Even jobs requiring a CDL (roads and landfill) pay in the $35-45,000 range. Chicken drivers make nearly double that pay.
Ha! The ideal candidate with the certs and quals listed can make over $100K just about anywhere else! The political climate here is such that the right person accepting the salary could get fired by the county for looking cross-eyed at the queen!
Don’t wonder why this position has been open for so long.
Do not forget King Blockhead. He does not have a P.E degree and is topping the scales way over a 100k a year.