Commissioners advertise for sanitary engineer

Commissioners advertise for sanitary engineer

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Commissioners today began statewide advertising of the job of county sanitary engineer.

Whoever is appointed will replace J. Robert Lyden, who left the job Aug. 24 at the request of John A. McNally IV, chairman of the commissioners.

Lyden’s departure followed an investigation by Rachel Livengood, county human resources director, which concluded Lyden appeared to show favoritism for Dave Sugar Excavating Inc. of Petersburg, which may have resulted in that water supply and sanitary sewer line installer’s receiving expedited payments and access to plans for un-bid projects.

The application deadline is 4:30 p.m. Sept. 21, and the position requires a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, an Ohio professional engineer’s license, and at least 10 years’ experience as a civil engineer in wastewater treatment, among other qualifications.

The salary is listed as “to be determined,” but the commissioners hired Lyden for that job in September 2010 at $85,000 a year.

McNally said today that the commissioners may hire an interim sanitary engineer next week and hope to appoint a permanent sanitary engineer by mid-November.