Hiring
The City of Alpharetta’s Public Works Department opened two full-time jobs this week on the city’s official careers site: an Engineering Technician who will manage the city’s road resurfacing, sidewalk, curb ramp and street sweeping contracts, and an entry-level Public Works Technician I who maintains streets, storm drains and city property. Neither requires a college degree.
The technician posting is the time-sensitive one. It opened Monday, Nov. 2, lists pay of $56,670 to $90,680 a year and closes at 12:00 a.m. Eastern on Monday, Nov. 9, which means applications must be in by the end of Sunday, Nov. 8. The maintenance job opened Wednesday, Nov. 4, at $42,580 a year and is listed as continuous. Both were checked on the city’s GovernmentJobs site at about 02:37 UTC on Friday, Nov. 6 (9:37 p.m. ET Thursday), when the city had 11 postings in all, several of them temporary or volunteer roles. Postings are recruiting notices, not hires.
Engineering Technician (Infrastructure), job 2026-00074
According to the posting, the technician works under the department’s Infrastructure Operations Manager and serves as the city’s main point of coordination and inspection with outside contractors. The work includes preparing contracts and bid documents for milling and resurfacing, sidewalk repair and street sweeping; issuing task orders; inspecting finished work in the field; checking contractors’ pay applications before approval; doing ADA curb ramp compliance inspections and data collection; tracking budgets; and fielding residents’ questions and complaints about upcoming or ongoing work. The technician also reports on project progress and contractor performance “for senior staff and elected officials.”
The minimum is a high school diploma or GED plus two years of increasingly responsible experience installing, maintaining and repairing roadway resurfacing, preservation, sidewalk and ADA ramp work and reading maps or blueprints, or two years using electronic locating devices to find multiple utilities. Applicants need a valid Georgia Class C driver’s license, experience managing a contract from inspection through closeout, strong knowledge of Georgia Department of Transportation standard details for ADA ramps and paving, and proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel. The posting also lists GIS mapping among the knowledge areas. The job splits time between an office and active construction sites, with exposure to traffic, dust and weather, and requires lifting up to 35 pounds.
Public Works Technician I, job 2026-00075
The entry-level job works under a Public Works crew leader on construction and maintenance of city streets, storm drains, facilities and other property. Technicians drive city trucks, trailers and tractors and run equipment that the posting lists as including jackhammers, concrete saws, tampers, rollers, rodding machines, sewer flushers, bobcats, gas and leak detectors and airless sprayers. They respond to customer complaints and to emergencies after hours, and may be required to work overtime and off-hour shifts.
The requirements are a high school diploma or GED and a valid Georgia Class C driver’s license. Coursework in public works construction and maintenance and a year of buildings and grounds maintenance experience are listed as desirable, not required. The job is physical: outdoor work in all weather, continuous walking and handling, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and occasional lifting of up to 100 pounds.
Other city openings
Alpharetta’s careers page also carries older full-time listings, including a Fire Plans Examiner job in the Fire Department, open since July 17 at $65,912 to $80,232 a year, that reports to the deputy fire marshal. That role requires an associate degree in fire science, engineering or a related field, two years in fire plan review, fire protection engineering or building inspection, and ICC or NFPA fire plans examiner and fire inspector certifications, which hires may obtain within a year.
The postings do not say where in a range a new hire would start or how many people the city plans to hire. Listings can change or close at any time, and applications are taken through the city’s careers site.
Sources
- City of Alpharetta Careers, “Engineering Technician” (Infrastructure), job 2026-00074, opened November 2, 2026. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alpharetta/jobs/5537028
- City of Alpharetta Careers, “Public Works Technician I,” job 2026-00075, opened November 4, 2026. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alpharetta/jobs/5540073
- City of Alpharetta Careers, “Fire Plans Examiner,” job 2026-00055, opened July 17, 2026. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alpharetta/jobs/5415095
- City of Alpharetta Careers, job listings, accessed November 6, 2026 (UTC). https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alpharetta
Featured photo: Georgia State Route 120 and an adjoining sidewalk in Alpharetta, Ga., Sept. 7, 2015. Representative image; not a specific City of Alpharetta Public Works project. Photo: Thomson200, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0). Cropped from the original.
