Project Engineer - Capital Project Delivery

Aurora Water is responsible for providing life sustaining services to the residents, visitors, and businesses of Aurora. We plan, design, operate, and maintain the drinking water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage systems throughout the City. Our major infrastructure includes three potable water treatment facilities (totaling over 200 million gallons per day), a reclaimed water treatment facility, over three dozen pump stations, lift stations, and a source-of-supply system containing reservoirs, large diameter pipelines and tunnels.

Aurora Water’s mission is to enhance and protect the quality of life for Aurora citizens by providing safe, dependable, and sustainable water, sewer, and stormwater services, today and in the future.

The Project Engineer position with a specialty in capital project delivery will be responsible for a variety of engineering and technical tasks primarily focusing on supporting Aurora Water's source-of-supply system and associated Operations teams. The source-of-supply system includes multiple reservoirs, tunnels, large-diameter pipelines including the Homestake Water Supply System, Spinney Mountain Reservoir, and Jefferson Lake. The position will also support the proposed Wild Horse Reservoir Project.

Due to the responsibilities of the position, the candidate mustresidewithin a one-hourradius of Hartsel, Colorado(Such as Woodland Park, Breckenridge, Buena Vista, Fairplay, Florissant, Bailey...)

A successful candidate for this position could be brought on at the Project Engineer I, Project Engineer II, or Senior Engineer level depending on the selected candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience. The core responsibilities are consistent across all three levels, with increasing independence, project responsibility, decision-making authority, and technical leadership at each level.

This is classified as VHBE (Variable Hour Benefit Eligible), where the selected candidate can work up to 40 hours per week. The selected candidate will be eligible to elect Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, accrue paid time off, and receive 11 paid holidays.

Manage capital projects supporting Aurora Water's source-of-supply system, including projects related to infrastructure, modeling, master planning, and asset management.

Review and interpret construction drawings, specifications, engineering reports, and other technical documents for alignment with City standards, codes, and project requirements.

Manage and coordinate consultants and contractors, including procurement, scope development, scheduling, technical review, and project delivery.

Collaborate with Operations teams, other City departments, consultants, contractors, and external partners to address engineering and project needs.

Identify and resolve technical, budget, schedule, coordination, and project delivery issues.

Communicate technical and project information to internal and external stakeholders.

Represent Aurora Water in project meetings and other internal and external settings.

Champion Aurora Water's organizational priorities, initiatives, values, and mission.

Independently performs engineering and project management responsibilities within established standards and practices. Coordinates project activities and technical reviews, works directly with consultants, contractors, and internal partners, identifies and evaluates project issues, and develops recommendations or elevates matters requiring broader technical or organizational input.

Takes greater ownership of…