About Burlingame
The City of Burlingame is located on the San Francisco Peninsula, five minutes from San Francisco International Airport and easy visiting distance to San Francisco. Convenient Bay Area-wide access is provided by nearby bridges. The developed area of the city extends from the eastern slope of the coastal range to San Francisco Bay. Coyote Point Park at the southern City limits and the Bay Trail through Burlingame along the water’s edge provide access to water oriented and developed regional recreation opportunities, including sailing, wind surfing, swimming, children’s museum and meeting facilities. Development on Burlingame’s bay front is dotted with first class hotels which are oriented to San Francisco Bay and provide visitors and residents alike with vacation-style opportunities. Burlingame’s village style, kid-friendly downtown and nearby Washington Park are popular destinations on the Peninsula, easily accessible by foot, rail and car.
The City of Burlingame is a full-service, general law City with a Council-Manager form of government. The City has approximately 220 full-time employees who deliver quality municipal services to its 30,500 citizens. The City of Burlingame prides itself on being an "Employer of Choice" and embraces a participative approach in managing the City and the Organization.
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The City of Burlingame is accepting applications for the position of Engineering Technician II
Our diverse family of employees welcomes you to apply. We are a small city that gets a lot done, and each member of our team is vital to our success as an organization.
We recently asked our employees what they enjoyed most about working for the City of Burlingame, and their responses fell into five general categories:
- Colleagues
- Community
- Location
- The Work
- The Benefits
Ideal Candidate
The Public Works Department/Engineering Division is looking for candidates with excellent interpersonal, customer service, and communication skills. Under the general supervision of a Senior Engineer, Engineering Technicians perform paraprofessional engineering office and field-related work. Duties include review of permit applications, issuance of permits, permit fee calculations, construction inspections, code enforcement, plan checking, and related processes at a public counter.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (the following are a representative sample)
- Interacts with the public
- Prepares plans for construction drawings in computer-aided drafting program (CAD)
- Assists the Project Engineer in preparing specifications and contracts
- Issues Public Works permits
- Conducts site inspections
- Performs public right-of-way inspections for encroachment permits and stormwater pollution prevention permits
- Reviews traffic studies and surveys, analyzes data and prepares reports on findings
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience: Sufficient education and experience to perform the duties of this classification. Graduation from a college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in the engineering field is highly desirable.
PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS
Ability to sit for long periods of time at desk or drafting table; to stand for long periods of time at counter and in field; to walk several blocks at a time in field; to be able to read/follow instructions and carry on detailed, technical conversations on the phone and at the counter; to crouch, kneel, stoop, squat to perform variety of tasks; to climb hills; to work outdoors in occasional adverse weather; to have sufficient vision, hearing and stamina to perform the above functions; to work effectively and cooperatively with staff and the public; to deal with wide variety of people with tact and diplomacy; to keep accurate records.
Benefits
BENEFITS:
- Retirement: CalPERS 2.5% at 55 for Classic members and 2.0% at 62 for New members; Classic members contribute 1.5% of the City’s contribution to CalPERS retirement via payroll deduction on a pre-tax basis
- Health Insurance: Choice of CalPERS Medical plans. City pays up to 92.5% of medical premium of most medical plans
- City contribution to Retiree Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA): 3% of salary, increases with years of service
- Dental and Vision for employee and dependents
- Term life insurance policy in the amount of $75,000
- Long-Term Disability Insurance plan pays 60% of monthly salary ($3,500 max)
- Vacation leave of 10 days for the first 4 years and increases with years of service
- Fourteen paid holidays per year (includes 2 floating holidays)
- Sick Leave: 12 days per year
- Deferred Compensation: City contributes $45 per pay period matching contribution to a 457 plan
- Section 125 Flex Benefit: Un-reimbursed Medical and Child Care
- Transportation Incentive Program
- Reduced fee for City Recreation fitness classes
- Employee Assistance Program
Special Instructions
APPLICATION PROCESS
This recruitment will close Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. or upon receipt of the first 100 applications, whichever occurs first.
Interested candidates must submit a completed online employment application. Applications submitted without completed supplemental questions will be considered incomplete and disqualified from this recruitment process. Resumes are highly desirable, but a resume in lieu of a completed application will not be accepted.
Please note attachments need to be in a PDF format. If you are having difficulty attaching documents in CalOpps, please email hr@burlingame.org for assistance.
Unless otherwise specified, all correspondence will be conducted via the email address provided on your application.
Examination Process - Tentative Dates (subject to change):
Job related testing (examination) dates are determined after qualified applicants are selected. All dates are to be determined.
The process is as follows:
- Oral Panel Interview. Wednesday, April 08, 2026. The interviews will take place at the Burlingame City Hall.
- Department Interviews – Actual hire depends on success in the departmental selection process. The department interviews will be scheduled on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
SELECTION PROCESS
All applications will be reviewed for relevant education, experience, training and other job related qualifications. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee that a candidate will be invited to participate in the selection process. Based upon a review of employment applications, supplemental questionnaires, and resumes received, a limited number of the qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the examination process.
The process will consist of an Oral Panel Interview. An eligibility list will be established from those who pass the examination process with a score of 70% or higher. Current and future vacancies may be filled from this list. The list will remain in effect for at least one year unless abolished sooner.
The department will invite the most qualified candidates from the eligibility list to a department interview. The Public Works Director will make the final appointment.
Note: Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee that a candidate will be invited to participate in the selection process. The City of Burlingame reserves the right, at its discretion, to limit the number of qualified candidates invited to the selection process.
PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT
Candidates will be required to:
- pass a fingerprint check submitted to the Department of Justice
- pass a background investigation
- comply with The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and provide proof of identity and authorization to work in the United States at date of hire
This position has a 12 month probationary period from the date of hire. Whereby, the selected candidate must receive a rating of no less than 'satisfactory' at the end of the probationary period to continue forward with employment. During the 12 month probationary period, the selected candidate can be terminated with or without cause.
The City of Burlingame is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or national origin in its employment actions, decisions, policies, and practices. The duties described in this job announcement are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position. This job announcement does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.