2009 Engineer of the Year: Mark Maloney


Mark Maloney accepting the CEAM 2009 Engineer of the Year Award at the CEAM 2010 Annual Conference

Mark Maloney with his family

Mark Maloney, City of Shoreview, received the 2009 CEAM Engineer of the Year Award

Mark Maloney, Shoreview public works director/city engineer, was selected as the CEAM Engineer of the Year Award winner for 2009. The award was presented during the CEAM 2010 Annual Conference.

Mark has more than 25 years of engineering experience, including the past 15 years as public works director/city engineer for the City of Shoreview. Mark’s experience dates back to his high school and college years where he worked as part of a survey crew at BRW, Inc.

After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Mark worked as a project manager at BRW. In 1989, Mark was appointed city engineer for Brooklyn Center where he was responsible for the planning, design, and project management of public works improvement projects and the supervision of the street, utility, and park maintenance division.

In his current position with Shoreview, Mark is responsible for all aspects of the city’s public works operation, including the streets and utilities divisions, engineering division, and environmental services. During his tenure, Mark has been involved in many significant projects that have greatly improved the quality of life in Shoreview, including:

  • Working cooperatively with Ramsey County staff to ensure a successful roadway turnback program that transferred the jurisdiction of several roads from the state to the county and from the county to the city.

  • Directing a major expansion of the city’s trail and sidewalk system. Since 1994, the city has constructed about 20 miles of trails and sidewalks, and the city now has 50 miles of pedestrian facilities in the community.

  • Serving as one of the key leaders in the Rice Creek Corporate Park Redevelopment, a 200 area mixed use development on land that was previously owned by the University of Minnesota.

  • Leading a program to designed to eliminate many of the direct stormwater discharges into city lakes.

Mark has been an active member in many professional organizations. He is a member of the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers, the City Engineers Association of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Chapter of the American Public Works Association. Mark served on the Local Road Research Board for 12 years (1996-2008) and is currently serving on the Transportation Engineers Road Research Alliance and the Minnesota High Performance Partnership. He was recently appointed to the University of Minnesota’s CTS Transportation Infrastructure Research Council. And he currently serves on the League of Minnesota Cities Improving Local Economies Legislative Policy Committee and on the CEAM Legislative Committee.

Mark’s engaging and collaborative leadership style has enabled him to be held in high esteem with elected officials, employees, the business community, residents, and other government partners.

CEAM Awards Program
The City Engineers Association of Minnesota each year presents the Engineer of the Year Award and the Project of the Year Award during the CEAM Annual Conference.