Surface Water Inspector

City of Shoreline•Shoreline, WA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Shoreline's Surface Water Utility (SWU) is dedicated to protecting and restoring the City's streams, lakes, and waters of the Puget Sound through sustainable stormwater management and environmental stewardship. By safeguarding these vital natural resources, the SWU helps preserve healthy ecosystems, improve water quality, reduce flooding, and strengthen the community's climate resilience for generations to come. As part of this meaningful and ongoing mission, the Surface Water Utility is seeking a Stormwater Inspector to join our team. The Stormwater Inspector conducts inspections of public and private properties, administers the City's Source Control and Pollution Prevention Assistance Programs, and works collaboratively with property owners, businesses, and contractors to promote compliance with stormwater regulations. This position also inspects active construction sites for erosion and sediment controls and newly constructed stormwater facilities to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and City standards. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about environmental protection, enjoys working in the field and with the public, and wants to make a lasting impact on the health of Shoreline’s waterways.

Requirements

Basic civil engineering principles and practices as applied to the design, development, construction, and maintenance of municipal engineering projects.
Computer-aided design tools.
Public works infrastructure.
Geographical information systems (GIS) principles, practices, and software use.
Asset management software.
Project management techniques.
General principles, practices, and standards of civil engineering.
Drainage principles and practices.
Technical aspects of stormwater management principles.
Principles of water resource inspections, including erosion and sediment control.
Methods and techniques used to conduct on-site measurements and observations.
Modern office procedures, methods and equipment including computers.
Applicable Federal, State, and local codes, laws and regulations.
Construction and engineering standards, methods, and techniques.
Traffic control safety for field operations.
Traffic data collection and analysis.
Surface water hydraulics.
Budget formulation.
Mathematics as applied to storm and surface water engineering work.
Construction management.
Participate and work effectively in an organization committed to advancing principles and practices of equity and anti-racism.
Create documents utilizing AutoCAD.
Understand and use GIS software.
Read and interpret complex engineering plans, schematics, work orders, flow charts and technical manuals.
Exercise judgment in interpreting data from engineering documents.
Use specialized testing and sampling equipment and tools.
Conduct field evaluations to review systems under construction.
Perform and prepare engineering design for various projects.
Work independently with minimal supervision.
Interact with the public, engineering staff, government agencies, and contractors to exchange information and respond to requests and inquiries.
Communicate clearly and concisely, explaining complex information understandably, both orally and in writing.
Provide professional and responsive service to all customers.
Prioritize and complete multiple tasks.
Demonstrate attention to detail.
Work under stressful situations.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Operate stream measurement and drainage analysis equipment.
Read, interpret, and apply relevant Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements.
Perform data collection, summary, and analysis, including testing, sampling, and analyzing water resources.
Provide analytical review and assessment and prepare reports related to area of assignment.
Prepare contracts and maintain files.
Two or more years of related experience in computer aided design (CAD) and civil engineering technician related work including GIS; or two or more years in stormwater management or construction site inspection-related work; or two or more years in construction project management, storm or surface water maintenance management, budget preparation, management analysis, technical report preparation and presentation and public presentations.
Equivalent to a two-year degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil or environmental engineering, GIS, computer aided design (CAD), sciences or a related field.
Possession of a valid Washington State Driver's License.

Responsibilities

Perform water quality inspections of public and private sector surface water control facilities and stormwater facilities to verify compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, erosion and sediment control, or to ensure systems are running properly.
Set up, schedule and complete inspections and monitor and track inspection areas.
Prepare and maintain inspection reports and records.
Investigate pollution sources.
Determine maintenance work to bring water control facilities into compliance.
Investigate drainage and discharge complaints, flooding and hazardous spill reports, provide logistical support for the City’s abatement and enforcement, and assist parties with response to spills.
Modify standards to reflect changing best practices.
Track labor costs and inspection progress.
Analyze results, create and prioritize work orders, and track completion of work orders, managing information databases.
Coordinate support from other areas and communicate with citizens who may be in an area affected by an inspection.
Assist with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, and State water quality and discharge permit programs.
Assist Construction Inspectors review erosion control methods, remedies, violations, and enforcement of water quality standards.
Work with related software and programs to create and maintain data and maps that can be combined with geographically referenced data.
Perform data analysis that includes importing, cleaning, transforming, validating, or modeling data with the purpose of understanding or making conclusions from the data for decision-making purposes.
Investigate concerns or issues, meet with others to discuss, determine the cause, and develop solutions collaboratively with others.
May function as a technical Lead to supervise extra help or volunteer staff.
Support the public engagement process by providing meeting assistance, preparation of materials, generating maps, or public notifications.
Perform water quality and quantity monitoring and data collection.
Provide information and assist to resolve issues related to drainage issues.
Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.