Public Works & Utilities
Match your passion to a career of purpose.
Your opportunities for growth and advancement are limitless. Working with Team Chandler could be one of the most rewarding career moves you ever make.
Your opportunities for growth and advancement are limitless. Working with Team Chandler could be one of the most rewarding career moves you ever make.
The most dynamic work in public works.
We’re called the Community of Innovation for a reason. We understand creating a world-class city — a city always building toward the future — happens day by day. From water conservation and waste management to public transit and capital improvement, we’re at the forefront of planning and implementation.
Join The Team
The most dynamic work in public works.
We’re called the Community of Innovation for a reason. We understand creating a world-class city — a city always building toward the future — happens day by day. From water conservation and waste management to public transit and capital improvement, we’re at the forefront of planning and implementation.
Expectations as high as our standards.
If you demand a lot of yourself and those you work with, you’ll like working at the City of Chandler. Service excellence and professional proficiency is the blueprint of every City employee. You can see it in the work they do. And how they do it.
Current Openings
Water Quality Technician Lead
The City of Chandler Public Works & Utilities Department is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as a Water Quality Technician Lead. Our new team member will have a passion for customer service, teamwork, and collaboration. We are looking for someone who will work as part of a team to perform advanced technical duties related to the protection of the water distribution system, including the implementation of the city’s cross-connection control program, collection of drinking water samples for regulatory compliance and operational process control, responding to customer service calls regarding water quality issues, and verifying proper disinfection and flushing of new water lines. This person will also provide lead directions to Water Quality Senior Technicians, ensuring work quality, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
The City of Chandler Public Works & Utilities Department is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as a Water Quality Technician Lead. Our new team member will have a passion for customer service, teamwork, and collaboration. We are looking for someone who will work as part of a team to perform advanced technical duties related to the protection of the water distribution system, including the implementation of the city’s cross-connection control program, collection of drinking water samples for regulatory compliance and operational process control, responding to customer service calls regarding water quality issues, and verifying proper disinfection and flushing of new water lines. This person will also provide lead directions to Water Quality Senior Technicians, ensuring work quality, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
Public Works & Utilities Director
The City of Chandler is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as Public Works & Utilities Director. It is anticipated that the new Public Works & Utilities Director will be an experienced government professional with outstanding leadership skills and a breadth of experience in water and wastewater management, transportation, recycling and trash, and capital improvement programs. The successful candidate will demonstrate effective staff management and possess strong political acumen in working with elected officials, the development community, and city staff. Some of the primary responsibilities for this position include:
- Providing leadership and strategic direction through planning, managing, and directing all operations of the Public Works & Utilities Department; facilitating department fiscal and personnel resources; serving as a technical advisor and subject matter expert to Chandler residents, the City Manager, City Council, city departments and stakeholders.
- Managing the department through subordinate managers; establishing, evaluating, and managing departmental programs and policies; directing the preparation, implementation, monitoring and administration of long-range plans for capital projects, transportation, solid waste, water and wastewater, water reclamation and water resources.
- Functions as the designated City Engineer, performing duties and functions required or assigned in federal, state and city codes and ordinances.
The City of Chandler is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as Public Works & Utilities Director. It is anticipated that the new Public Works & Utilities Director will be an experienced government professional with outstanding leadership skills and a breadth of experience in water and wastewater management, transportation, recycling and trash, and capital improvement programs. The successful candidate will demonstrate effective staff management and possess strong political acumen in working with elected officials, the development community, and city staff. Some of the primary responsibilities for this position include:
Airport Maintenance Senior Technician – CDL
The City of Chandler Municipal Airport is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as an Airport Maintenance Senior Technician - CDL. Our new team member will have a passion for customer service, teamwork, and collaboration. We are looking for someone to perform skilled preventative maintenance and repair of the City's airport operational areas and equipment.
The City of Chandler Municipal Airport is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as an Airport Maintenance Senior Technician - CDL. Our new team member will have a passion for customer service, teamwork, and collaboration. We are looking for someone to perform skilled preventative maintenance and repair of the City's airport operational areas and equipment.
Street Maintenance Technician – CDL
The City of Chandler Public Works & Utilities Department is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as a Street Maintenance Technician – CDL. Our new team member will have a passion for customer service, teamwork, and collaboration. We are looking for someone to perform skilled maintenance and repair of city streets, right of way, alleys, medians, storm drain systems, retention basins and other related asphalt/concrete features in compliance with applicable regulations and specifications, as we as responding to hazards.
The City of Chandler Public Works & Utilities Department is currently seeking qualified individuals interested in joining our team as a Street Maintenance Technician – CDL. Our new team member will have a passion for customer service, teamwork, and collaboration. We are looking for someone to perform skilled maintenance and repair of city streets, right of way, alleys, medians, storm drain systems, retention basins and other related asphalt/concrete features in compliance with applicable regulations and specifications, as we as responding to hazards.
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Our employees enjoy a generous benefits package. If you have the passion and the potential, there’s a career for you here.

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