About the position
Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we're delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you're looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team! This role is under the direction of the Engineering Manager and is responsible for engineer support to all Divisions and Departments of the Ohio region. This position implements and manages Aqua Ohio's water main and sewer main replacement programs for the State of Ohio. Leading a team of Designers, Construction Coordinators and consultants who facilitate the daily activities in their respective divisions.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for planning for assigned divisions/systems.
- Coordination of monthly capital meetings with operational personnel, tracking capital and reporting to senior management on capital.
- Driver/coordinator of the 5-year capital plan for assigned divisions/systems.
- Assist with distribution modeling efforts and review of all waterline and sewer projects.
- Responsible for design of assigned projects (occasional out of ordinary projects - tanks, boosters, lift stations, WTP projects, WWTP projects, regulating vaults, etc.).
- Utilize Powerplant and SAP for assigned projects.
- Responsible for submittal of any required permits and approvals.
- Responsible for obtaining necessary easements for assigned projects.
- Responsible for project through entire lifecycle; selection, planning, permitting, construction, close out activities.
- Manages construction projects with aid of inspector as direct report.
- Manages other Aqua employees as they conduct water and sewer line replacements.
- Responsible for approving pay applications and the processing of invoices.
- Completes all necessary paperwork needed for accounting to close the project.
- Assists larger Aqua Team in conducting due diligence visits/investigations for new utility acquisitions.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required.
- Selected candidate must have EIT license with the ability to obtain PE license within agreed upon time frame.
- Five or more years of experience in water and wastewater is preferred.
- Excellent verbal, written and organization skills are required as is the ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects.
- Knowledge of Ten States Standards, AWWA Standards, WEC Standards.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering mainline drawings.
- Communication skills through plan sets.
Nice-to-haves
- Professional Engineer license in the State of Ohio (Preferred)
