Bluffton resident Brion Rhodes will be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot as he seeks election as Allen County engineer.

Rhodes was appointed to the position is in August of 2015. This is the first time he has been on the ballot for the position. He is running as a Republican and is unopposed.

He is a Bluffton High School and Ohio Northern University graduate. In addition, he is a registered professional engineer and registered professional surveyor.

Rhodes has been with the Allen County engineer’s office since 1997 and became the bridge engineer in 1999, a position he has held for 15 years.

In 2009, he was awarded County Employee of the Year by the County Engineers Association of Ohio (CEAO).

That same year he was also promoted to chief deputy engineer and has served in that capacity until August of 2015, when he was appointed as Allen County engineer.

In his position, Rhodes administers all aspects of design, construction and repair of Allen County roads, bridges and culverts.

Brion and his wife, Julie, live in Bluffton, with their two children Logan and Lauren.