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The City of Madison Engineering Division is one of many City agencies that serves our community. Our focus is on building, designing and maintaining our infrastructure and building facilities. The City of Madison Engineering Division works across the City, with community partners and beyond to complete projects that impact our community's everyday lives.

You may wonder, where do I fit into this team? Here’s how—you’re already impacted by our projects:

John Nolen Drive? We’re designing it. Flooding impacts? We’re finding solutions through watershed studies and designing new systems to handle the impacts of climate change. Solar installations? We’re not only increasing the amount of renewable energy generated by the City we’re teaching crews with little to no knowledge of solar by providing classroom training and hands on work experience on some of the City’s most impactful projects to date. Sanitary sewer? We’re aggressively cleaning and inspecting to protect public health and the environment by ensuring sewage reliably goes where it’s supposed to. Pinney Library? We’re leading the construction and helping contractors complete impactful projects in your neighborhood. Southwest Bike Path? We’re clearing snow so you can travel in the middle of Wisconsin winter, and designing it to be better every construction cycle. University Avenue? We’re studying it, re-designing it and collaborating with all the businesses and residents to make sure the design works.

Working at the City of Madison Engineering Division means you'll have a front row seat to learning how the City builds, designs and maintains our local infrastructure from the ground up. Our work impacts everyday lives of anyone living or visiting the City of Madison.

We have: architects, construction inspectors, stormwater engineers, transportation engineers, equipment operators, sewer cleaners, maintenance workers, custodians, engineers, project managers, water resources specialists, hydrogeologists, accountants, construction managers, and more.

Working at the City of Madison also has major benefits that support work-life balance. Whether you’re looking for a job that has direct community impact, or if you’re looking for stability for your life, a job at the City of Madison can support your goals to growing and thriving.

We have competitive wages, great benefits including health insurance, paid vacation, sick, and holidays, retirement pension, and more!

Consider joining our team today. Reach out to anyone on our team to learn more on how you can join #TeamCity with the City of Madison Engineering Division.

The Engineering Division hosts a podcast with 20-minute episodes featuring all parts Engineering and Public Works. As part of the podcast, we have a segment called "Life's Blueprint" where we feature staff from all areas of Engineering and their journey to engineering, and why they chose to work at the City of Madison Engineering Division. Hear from them and get to know their stories, they could be your future colleagues! 

Brent Pauba is a project manager in the facilities management section of the City of Madison Engineering Division. City of Madison Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Brent to learn about a career path toward a place in the division that has a hand in some of the most major, visual projects the community uses. You can reach out to Brent by emailing BPauba@cityofmadison.com.

Jojo O’Brien is a stormwater resource engineer at the City of Madison Engineering Division, but not before traveling the world to get a whole new perspective on water quality. City of Madison Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Jojo for a trip around the world to hear how her experiences factor into everything she does for the City of Madison Engineering Division. You can reach out to Jojo by emailing jobrien@cityofmadison.com.

Phil Gaebler is a stormwater resource engineer at the City of Madison Engineering Division, but not before having some of the smelliest jobs. City of Madison Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Phil for a fun conversation and candid approach to his journey to the City of Madison Engineering Division, full of fun roadblocks and pathways that guided him to success in our City. You can reach out to Phil by emailing pgaebler@cityofmadison.com.

City of Madison Engineering Division Streets and Paths Design Engineer Fadi El Musa’s journey to the City of Madison Engineering Division took a lot of work, guts to relocate and courage to work through a language barrier in the interview process before landing in the Engineering Division. El Musa designs streets and paths at the City of Madison Engineering Division, which is part of the section that oversees all street and bike path reconstruction in the City of Madison. El Musa started his journey and found his love for civil engineering growing up in Puerto Rico as young as 10 years old. City of Madison Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts El Musa to learn about his journey, and hopefully his story will inspire others to push for a successful career like he has.

Andy Zwieg is a streets and paths design engineer at the City of Madison Engineering Division, and chances are, you’ve traveled on a street or path he’s designed every day. City of Madison Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Andy for a conversation about his journey through life, schooling and how he worked toward purposeful designing in the City of Madison. Take a cruise through this podcast episode to hear Andy’s journey and hopefully it’ll help someone you know looking to go into transportation design. You can reach out to Andy by emailing azwieg@cityofmadison.com.

There has been no more than two City Engineers in the last two-three decades at the City of Madison, that’s saying something considering the amount of responsibility the position holds on the future of infrastructure in the City of Madison. This position impacts everyone living in the City of Madison, and in this podcast episode, we hear more about Jim’s vision for the division, the City and what major projects the Engineering Division looks to take on in the next decade, which includes some generational projects. City of Madison Engineering Division’s Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts new City Engineer Jim Wolfe to talk about important topics paired with some fun at the end to get to know the new leader of the division that build, designs and maintains infrastructure at the City of Madison.

Engineering Division Operations Supervisor Jay Schlimgen led our Engineering Division’s crews that clean and maintain our City’s underground sewer systems, in addition, to so many other things, but his climb to leadership in the Engineering Division started with a strong work ethic rooted as a farm kid. Engineering Division Public Information Officer Hannah Mohelnitzky hosts Schlimgen as he shares his journey to the City, and then his climb to division leadership, which started as an entry-level position. Learn how he created a successful career in this episode of Everyday Engineering’s Life’s Blueprint.