Senior Engineer Linear Water Infrastructure

Interagency•Washington, DC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

InterAgency Inc. is seeking a licensed Senior Professional Engineer with significant pipe experience to support linear water infrastructure program management at DC Water. The role supports planning, condition assessment, renewal strategy, and technical review. The engineer will evaluate project delivery teams’ work, provide sound engineering judgment, mentor junior staff, seal technical deliverables as needed, and interface effectively with the client. The position supports annual and comprehensive updates to the utility’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and linear facilities plans, using assessment data, break history, hydraulic models, and GIS. It also develops renewal strategies and targets, provides risk-based project prioritization, validates project scopes and cost and schedule assumptions, and recommends condition assessment technologies and locations. The Senior Engineer prepares, reviews, and seals technical deliverables; reviews third-party and developer designs for conformance with utility standards; supports design standard updates; and coordinates with staff and contractors. The role also works with operations staff on shutdown, isolation, and sequencing strategies, provides rapid engineering support during main breaks and emergencies, supports proposal preparation, and tracks task status and hours. This is a full-time, exempt position requiring regular presence at client offices, with periodic presence at the home office and at field and project sites throughout the DC metro region. The role involves office work using computers, technical reading, data analysis, and communication, as well as periodic field visits on uneven terrain and active construction sites. Reasonable accommodation is available as needed. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; the company cannot provide employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
Current Professional Engineer (PE) license; candidates licensed in another state must be able to obtain DC licensure by reciprocity within six months of hire.
10+ years of experience in planning, design, or condition assessment of water transmission and distribution or wastewater conveyance infrastructure, including significant experience with large-diameter pressure pipe.
Experience translating condition assessment data into renewal recommendations and capital project scopes.
Experience preparing construction cost opinions for linear projects.
Strong technical writing skills and ability to present findings to utility staff and leadership.
Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to project and field sites throughout the DC metro region.
Ability to perform office duties involving computer use, technical reading, data analysis, and communication, with reasonable accommodation as needed.
Ability to conduct periodic field visits involving uneven terrain and active construction sites, use required personal protective equipment, and follow utility site safety protocols, with reasonable accommodation as needed.
Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

DC PE licensure.
Master’s degree in Civil Engineering.
DBIA, CCM, or PMP credentials.
Experience supporting a large water utility’s capital improvement program.
Experience with large-diameter line condition assessment and rehabilitation.
Familiarity with relevant AWWA standards and manuals.
Experience with DC-area right-of-way and public space permitting.
Familiarity with cathodic protection.

Responsibilities

Support annual and comprehensive updates to the utility’s CIP and linear facilities plans using assessment data, break history, hydraulic models, and GIS.
Identify infrastructure needs and develop reliability, resiliency, and level-of-service strategies.
Develop renewal strategies and targets for linear assets.
Develop risk-based prioritization recommendations and validate scopes, budgets, sequencing, schedules, and assumptions for linear projects.
Recommend condition assessment technologies and locations, observe inspections on-site, and coordinate corrosion and cathodic protection evaluations.
Prepare, peer review, and seal technical memoranda, engineering drawings, reports, submittal and RFI responses, and cost opinions consistent with utility design standards and quality procedures.
Review third-party and developer designs for conformance with utility standards and support updates to linear design standards.
Mentor junior engineers and coordinate as needed with staff and contractors on other programs.
Plan shutdown, isolation, and sequencing strategies with operations staff to maintain service, involving operating groups early in planning and design.
Provide rapid engineering support during main breaks and emergencies, including failure investigation.
Support proposal preparation and accurately track hours and task status.