Engineer Senior

City of Charlotte

67d • $87,368 - $109,210

About The Position

The Senior Engineer’s work involves infrastructure rehabilitation and upgrade planning, project analysis for improvement in overall efficiency of treatment plant operations and supporting the Division’s efforts to meet compliance obligations. This position provides a high degree of internal/external consulting for City projects and operations as a subject-matter expert in a specialized field. Work involves some project management functions with emphasis on providing guidance and support to projects in planning, design, and regulatory oversight. This position provides technical assistance and serves as a lead or supervisor over technical staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field from an accredited school.
• Five (5) years of related work experience in design, technical, and/or planning work preferably in civil engineering or municipal capital improvement projects.
• Requires a valid driver’s license.
• Must obtain and maintain a City Driving Permit.
• Prefers Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification; prefers licensure as a Professional Engineer (or equivalent credentials in a field of specialty); may be required depending on assigned area.
• Requires experience in planning, design and/or construction of wastewater treatment facilities.
• Must have a basic knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment principles and practices.
• Requires experience with budgeting and cost estimating.
• Must have excellent oral/written communication skills and organizational skills.
• Must have skill in producing technical reports.
• Requires the ability to work cooperatively with other city employees and external team members.
• Staff management and/or project team management skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with contractors, consulting engineers, regulatory officials, and vendors.
• Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable mindset as well as self-motivation.
• Knowledge of principles and concepts in area of professional specialization.
• Ability to apply and direct change control principles to project planning and implementation.
• Ability to apply fundamental and advance engineering principles to project design or planning.
• Flexibility for occasional schedule work off-shift or afterhours, depending on the needs of a project or response.
• Ability to apply conflict resolution techniques.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development and implementation of MOPO plans for construction and rehabilitation projects in order to protect the operational reliability of the treatment plants.
• Helps develop and maintain the list of needed or potential infrastructure projects for the division by identifying rehab project resources and estimated project costs.
• Participates on project teams by reviewing preliminary plans and designs and providing technical and professional assistance.
• Reviews work of architects, engineers, and other project service providers to ensure regulatory compliance, future access for rehabilitation and repair projects is maintained, and division standards are incorporated.
• Conducts or supervises engineering studies to support division planning and to improve overall efficiency in treatment plant operation.
• Leads and mentors engineering and technical staff; may supervise the work of professional, technical, and administrative staff.
• Communicates with engineering project managers, consultants, vendors, contractors, and other interested parties in order to obtain input, provide feedback, exchange information, and report project status.
• Performs administrative tasks, such as developing scopes of work for service providers and consultants and processing invoices.
• Assists with or coordinates emergency response measures related to overflows, spills, or equipment failure.
• Participates in special projects including wastewater equipment/chemical/process pilots.
• Supports the division’s environmental management program by performing work with a focus on environmental protection, customer service, and continual improvement, and leading corrective action investigations, efforts to meet division objectives, and continuous improvement projects.
• Coordinates closely with internal team members including engineering staff, treatment plant operations and maintenance professionals, biosolids program team members, water quality scientists, continuous improvement professionals, and administrative staff.
• Travel to and perform duties as necessary at wastewater treatment plants and other City facilities throughout Mecklenburg County.
• Provides professional and technical instruction, guidance, and information to consultants, contractors, engineers, City officials, and the public regarding planning, design, regulatory issues, engineering principles, and standard practices; serves as subject matter expert.
• Provides technical expertise in the development and implementation of policy and standards regarding engineering principles and practices for public and private development within the City.
• Identifies project resources and estimates project costs.
• Reviews work of architects, engineers, and other project service providers; makes design modifications; ensures regulatory compliance; and approves project design.
• Performs administrative tasks, such as: approving contracts, invoices, or payments; addressing billing problems; and handling human resource (HR) issues and paperwork.
• Serves on assigned committees and boards; assists with ISO 14001 certification.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees