Project Engineer - EDS - Engineering & Environmental

Town of Mount Pleasant•Mount Pleasant, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and management of land development and capital improvement projects. This role also involves performing technical reviews for public and private sector land development projects. The position requires ensuring the efficiency of the Development Review Team (DRT) technical review process, conducting technical stormwater hydraulic and hydrology reviews to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal Land Development, Zoning, and Stormwater Regulations. The Project Engineer will supervise the Development Services Coordinator for DRT and assist with their functions as needed. Additionally, this role facilitates and advances the implementation of environmental best practices and low impact development practices during project and development reviews. The Project Engineer leads a team with various technical disciplines, collaborates with others to achieve compliance with development and regulatory standards, and raises the standards for site and project design. The role also involves working as a team member by conducting stormwater and site plan reviews, providing meaningful commentary that leads applicants to solutions, and conducting periodic audits on the program by soliciting outside feedback. The Project Engineer monitors and tracks new development and permitting duration to evaluate program performance. For the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), the Project Engineer oversees planning, design engineering, bidding, and construction management of stormwater CIP projects. This includes managing and directing consultants to ensure contractual obligations are met and project efforts are an efficient and effective use of public funds, preparing proposal documents for engineering contractual services, and coordinating stormwater projects and other projects with federal, state, regional, and county agencies. The role also involves preparing studies, developing cost estimates, researching assigned projects, coordinating Town projects with private, state, and county projects, and supervising the Stormwater Field Inspectors.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering with four (4) to six (6) years of engineering design experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Engineer in Training (EIT) Certificate required, with attainment of a South Carolina Professional Engineering (PE) License within two (2) years of hiring.
Valid South Carolina driver’s license.
Knowledge of stormwater engineering standards and design for land development.
Knowledge of hydrology and hydraulic calculations, Federal Highway Administration Hydraulic methods, such as SCS, and regression and rational methods for peak flows.
Broad knowledge of the project development aspects and processes to include necessary permitting and approval requirements.
Familiarity with roadway inspection, testing and pavement rehabilitation techniques.
Skill in the use of computers.
Skill in being well organized.
Skill in the use of communication.
Ability to effectively present technical engineering concepts to a variety of audiences.
Work pace - varies
Verbal interactions - constantly
People skills - more than basic (more than simple communication with others)
Problem solving – more than once per day
Working with the general public
Working around crowds

Responsibilities

Conduct independent reviews of land development plans and stormwater drainage reports.
Administer the application of stormwater regulations and the enforcement of land development standards.
Analyze and assess stormwater calculations, which requires an understanding in modeling hydraulic and hydrology computer programs.
Assist, when needed, with field review of projects to ensure compliance to approved plans, codes, ordinances and specifications.
Attend town, staff and community meetings.
Coordinate public information meetings for Town projects.
Respond to citizen and engineer inquiries and coordinate among departments and divisions to resolve issues.
Consult and coordinate with other departments as well as local, state and federal agencies, particularly on stormwater and drainage projects.
Perform periodic oversight of contractors.
Coordinate project information with other Town departments.
Respond to citizen inquiries concerning projects.
Perform construction, stormwater, geotechnical, and underground utility engineering tasks.
Ensure DRT technical review process remains efficient.
Conduct technical stormwater hydraulic and hydrology reviews to ensure compliance with local, state and federal Land Development, Zoning and Stormwater Regulations.
Supervise the Development Services Coordinator for DRT and assists with functions of the coordinator as needed.
Facilitate and advance implementation of environmental best practices as well as low impact development practices during project and development reviews.
Lead a team with various technical disciplines and collaborate with others to achieve compliance with development and regulatory standards and raise the standards for site and project design.
Work as a team member by conducting stormwater and site plan reviews.
Provide meaningful commentary that leads applicants to solutions.
Conduct periodic audits on the program by solicitating outside feedback.
Monitor and track new development and permitting duration to evaluate the program performance.
Oversee planning, design engineering, bidding and construction management of stormwater Capital Improvement Program projects.
Manage and direct consultants to ensure contractual obligations are met and that project efforts are an efficient and effective use of public funds.
Prepare proposal documents for engineering contractual services.
Coordinate stormwater projects and other projects with federal, state, regional and county agencies.
Prepare studies, develop cost estimates and research assigned projects.
Coordinate Town projects with private, state and county projects.
Supervise the Stormwater Field Inspectors.
Performs other related assigned duties.