Senior Planning Engineer

SouthWest Water Texas•Sugar Land, TX

44d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr Planning Engineer is responsible for strategic long-term water and wastewater system planning and recommending projects or approaches to address complex issues related to source of supply, treatment, storage, pumping and transmission of water and wastewater.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering.
8+ years' experience in water resources planning.
Professional Engineering (PE) license required.
Driver's License required

Nice To Haves

Advanced Management or Technical Degree preferred.
Experience with engineering modeling software for water and sewer systems, industry asset management practices, and general project management is preferred.
Experience with water and wastewater system modeling software such as WaterCAD (or equivalent software) is desired.
Experience using GIS map viewer software, and field data collection devices such as GPS, valve operating data, etc. is desirable

Responsibilities

Coordination and preparation of strategic water and wastewater system planning studies (comprehensive or targeted, issue-based studies as appropriate) as assigned.
Preparation and maintenance of asset investment plans and strategic capital expenditure plans as assigned. Plans to accurately address operational needs, operational efficiencies, asset management and strategic investment goals set by the leadership based upon prioritization models.
System capacity evaluations, analysis of source, treatment, distribution/collection, pumping & storage, or other system deficiencies as assigned to support ongoing operations, service extension requests or regional growth opportunities.
Ability to serve as a competent technical resource on Water and Wastewater System Planning matters including capital planning, safe yield analysis, demand/load projections, treatment adequacy, collection, transmission and distribution adequacy, computerized hydraulic modeling and analysis, water conservation, regionalization, and other pertinent subjects as needed to support operational and business needs.
Presents results of engineering analysis to interested parties within and outside of the company, presentations to Regulatory agencies and Senior Management.
Establishes and updates Risk and Resilience of systems and regularly updates risk matrices to determine relative importance of projects, providing input for short- and long-term planning needs.
Visits system sites for condition assessments and coordinates with operations staff on system performance and issues.
Provides recommendations and guidance within Engineering and to Area Supervisors based on system modeling for capacity needs for pipelines wells, storage, and treatment facilities.
Prepares hydraulic analysis and water flow calculations and provides analysis for new and future developments.
Ranks relative importance of projects through matrices and other methods to aid with the annual and long-range capital budget, both forecasting future equipment needs and planning cost-effective strategies for meeting those needs.
Promotes safe working conditions and assures that safety standards are followed.
May oversee work of contracted consultants depending on business needs.
May have other job-related duties assigned by management.

Benefits

Paid Time Off: Starting at 3 weeks annually along with 11 company-paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
Health and Wellness Benefits: The first day of the month after your start, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well.
401(k) Program with Matching Contribution: We offer a 100% match on contributions up to 4% of your salary, plus an additional 3% employer contribution.
Grow With Us: Professional development opportunities through training, professional certifications, and education allowance.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include company provided life insurance and Employee Assistance Program just to name a few

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