Drinking Water Utility Operations SME

General Dynamics•Falls Church, VA

51d•$78 - $105•Remote

About The Position

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Engineer Sr Advisor supporting the a nationwide project focused on drinking water system infrastructure enhancements to protect human health. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Engineer Sr Advisor you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Engineer Sr Advisor joining our team to support the delivery of technical assistance to drinking water systems in the U.S. who require support to identify and plan for the removal of lead service lines. HOW AN ENGINEER SR ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT Travels nationwide to support meetings with drinking water utilities receiving technical assistance to assess their current status and technical assistance needs Provides subject matter expertise on drinking water utility operations, engineering, infrastructure, design, and construction Travels to collaborate with field teams collecting drinking water service line data Conducts knowledge transfer to less experienced team members on topics such as proper techniques for service line identification when performing field inspections Provides onsite oversight of field crews potholing to identify water service line material Provides engineering knowledge on viable methods of water service line replacement including open trench excavation, pipe pulling, and directional drilling Provides onsite construction oversight during water service line replacements to water utility staff to train them to properly oversee and audit the work of construction contractors Maintains current knowledge of emerging technologies being evaluated for service line material identification

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree with a focus on engineering
Required Experience: 15+ years of related experience
Required Technical Skills: hands on experience with drinking water utility design, operations, and infrastructure improvements
Required Skills and Abilities: ability to relate to drinking water system operators to understand their challenges and propose viable solutions, capable of working independently and on teams, willing to support knowledge transfer to less experienced team members while supporting field work, positive attitude and an adaptable mindset to adjust to different needs of each community/drinking water utility receiving technical assistance

Responsibilities

Travels nationwide to support meetings with drinking water utilities receiving technical assistance to assess their current status and technical assistance needs
Provides subject matter expertise on drinking water utility operations, engineering, infrastructure, design, and construction
Travels to collaborate with field teams collecting drinking water service line data
Conducts knowledge transfer to less experienced team members on topics such as proper techniques for service line identification when performing field inspections
Provides onsite oversight of field crews potholing to identify water service line material
Provides engineering knowledge on viable methods of water service line replacement including open trench excavation, pipe pulling, and directional drilling
Provides onsite construction oversight during water service line replacements to water utility staff to train them to properly oversee and audit the work of construction contractors
Maintains current knowledge of emerging technologies being evaluated for service line material identification

Benefits

401K with company match
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire.
The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.