Harrisburg has a new top official to oversee engineering projects in the city.
After over 18 months without an in-house city engineer, Harrisburg announced that it hired Daniel Snow to fill the position.
After the previous city engineer, Wayne Martin, resigned in November 2021, the city contracted with Lower Paxton Township-based Dawood Engineering to provide services on an interim basis.
Snow, of West Hanover Township, started with the city on July 10.
Snow received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Penn State University in 2014. He has held positions with engineering companies, Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG), TRC, and, most recently, Michael Baker International. In all of those jobs, he worked as a consultant for PennDOT, assisting with construction management and design work.
Snow has worked on projects such as the East Shore portion of PennDOT’s I-83 widening project, the Market Street Bridge redesign and the P3 Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. He has also assisted with the city’s MulDer Square road construction, at Mulberry and Derry streets, as a contracted project manager.
When Snow heard that Harrisburg was looking for a city engineer, he saw it as a chance to become more involved in the community on a local level.
“I saw it as a good opportunity to try something different and to make a positive impact on the community,” he said. “Projects on the local level are really rewarding.”
Snow was hired with a salary of $140,000.
He explained that his experience in administrative work, with tasks like applying for grants and tracking budgets, will assist him in his new role. His relationship with PennDOT, having consulted with them for years, will also be an asset, he said.
“That open communication will be helpful for the city,” Snow said.
His priorities include pushing Harrisburg’s State Street construction project and a project to narrow Forster Street, between the Harvey Taylor Bridge and N. 2nd Street, through to their construction phases.
Additionally, Snow hopes to create a committee of stakeholders from throughout the city to weigh in and offer input on projects.
“I want to do what the residents want,” he said. “I want to make sure everyone gets a say and has input.”
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