Head of Civil Engineering Division

City of Lancy

Working for the City of Lancy

The City of Lancy has more than 700 employees committed daily to serving over 37,000 inhabitants. As the third largest municipality in the Canton of Geneva by population, Lancy offers a human resources policy that promotes the efficiency of its administration, contributing to a quality public service tailored to the needs of its population.

The Municipality is looking for employees ready to commit within a dynamic, innovative, and evolving public administration. Comprising a wide range of professions, the City of Lancy's administration is divided into 11 municipal services, including the Works and Energy Service (STE).

The Works and Energy Service is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and renovation of municipal assets. It manages roads, buildings, networks, and infrastructure. The STE also implements the City’s energy policy.

Your mission :

Ensure the operation of the division and teams and contribute to achieving the service’s objectives by providing advice, operational support, and professional expertise to its hierarchy while supervising the division’s projects.

Your main activities

• Lead and coordinate activities and teams to guarantee effective mission execution within deadlines, while supporting, managing, and assisting team leaders and/or employees in carrying out their tasks and developing their skills.
• Manage the human resources of your teams, from daily supervision to employee development.
• Actively contribute to achieving objectives, service projects, and cross-functional initiatives by providing professional expertise, advice, and operational support.
• Advise the service head by providing expertise and relaying field realities, needs, challenges, and opportunities, while ensuring efficient handling of requests and follow-up of complaints.
• Contribute alongside the service head to the preparation and monitoring of operating and investment budgets, and manage budgets for roads, municipal pipelines (FIA and non-FIA), and fire-fighting installations (hydrants), ensuring their optimal use.
• Design civil engineering projects (structures, road and hydraulic developments) integrating sustainability, life cycle, and maintainability considerations, while validating calculation assumptions and fee proposals from contractors.
• Oversee projects from studies to building permits and financial plans, ensuring rigorous monitoring of technical, administrative, and financial aspects, including budget preparation, expense tracking, variance identification, and invoice control.
• Direct the execution of works by coordinating sites, project completions, warranty follow-ups, and contractor supervision, respecting costs, deadlines, and quality requirements.

Your qualifications and skills

• Hold a HES or university degree in civil engineering at Bachelor level or equivalent
• Have at least 5 years of professional experience in the same field, notably in the design of civil engineering structures
• Demonstrate aptitude for team management and leadership
• Have strong ability to work in project mode and handle multiple files simultaneously
• Master building permit procedures and AIMP
• Have excellent command of French, both spoken and written
• Be proficient in common office software tools
• Be occasionally available to represent the service at commissions, public presentations, and municipal events, including outside usual hours

Ready to take on new challenges ? Apply !

Your application file must imperatively include:

• CV and cover letter
• Work certificates and diplomas
• Any other documents required according to the announcement
• Upon hiring, a criminal record extract is required for all positions.

For certain functions, a special criminal record extract and/or a certificate of no prosecution may also be requested.

Committed to sustainable development, the City of Lancy only accepts applications submitted online via its website. Find all information at : https://www.lancy.ch/emplois

We invite you to save this announcement as it will no longer be available after the application deadline.

Placement agencies "please refrain". We do not wish to receive applications from placement agencies.

We offer you for this position:

Contract type : Permanent contract

Dates : from 01-11-2026

Workplace : Lancy

Profession : Works and Energy

Grade : 19

Application deadline : 01-11-2026