TWDB - Water Resources Engineer; Engineer II-V or Project Manager II-IV

TWDB - 26-82:
Water Resources Engineer (Engineer II-V or Project Manager II-IV)

The mission of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is to lead the state's efforts in ensuring a secure water future for Texas and its citizens. To accomplish our goals of planning for the state's water resources and providing affordable water and wastewater services, the TWDB provides water planning, data collection and dissemination, financial assistance, and technical assistance services to the citizens of Texas.

The Flood Protection Planning Grant department in the Flood Planning division of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is seeking highly motivated individuals to join the team who will have the opportunity to work with flood risk reduction efforts throughout Texas. This position will manage complex Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) Category 1 (CAT
1), Flood Management Evaluations (FME), and similar flood planning projects. The ideal candidate has knowledge of and experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, mapping, planning, design and construction of flood risk reduction projects. This person is experienced, and skilled in ensuring the grants are utilized appropriately to facilitate identification of flood risk and planning for appropriate flood risk reduction projects and that the work done by contractors meets requirements and the purpose of the funding program.

Additionally, the ideal candidate should have experience with developing and managing contracts and contractors.

Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or managerial (senior-level) Engineering or Project Management work. Work involves technical analysis and engineering evaluation of watershed studies reports, managing grant contracts, schedules, budgets, change orders, and other required project and program documents for flood control planning projects funded by the TWDB. Serves as an advisor on engineering related matters and oversee reviews conducted by engineering reviewers on the team.

Ensures that TWDB financial assistance projects comply with Board rules and makes recommendations on eligibility for funding and project approval. Ensures that projects comply with engineering related program requirements. Represents TWDB at assigned meetings and engagements. Serves as an information source for team members and other staff and provides training for TWDB staff and applicants on TWDB engineering processes. Works under general to minimal supervision, with limited to considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Reports to the Manager of the Flood Protection Planning Grant Department.

Essential job functions include reviewing applications for financial assistance and advising applicants on TWDB requirements according to the funding program, serving as an advisor on engineering related matters and overseeing applicable reviews conducted by other Project Reviewers, developing and managing grant and professional services contracts including assisting in developing scopes of work, budgets, and negotiating contract amendments, developing relevant engineering information needed for Board consideration of funding requests and making final recommendations on the feasibility of the proposed project/application, coordinating with various federal and state agencies regarding projects and programs, performing technical review and evaluation of engineering related documents;

determining relevant deficiencies, options and recommendations to ensure compliance with TWDB rules and regulations, monitoring project schedules, budgets, and invoice costs and/or released costs to identify potential issues or delays, serving as project manager, monitoring project schedules, budgets, and requirements, and reviewing eligibility and approving payment requests, conducting on site observations to monitor the progress of the construction of TWDB-funded projects for compliance with TWDB rules and specifications, assisting owners with problem resolution, and ensuring work is completed in accordance with approved contract document, managing various aspects of projects, recommending course of action to reduce delays, and documenting project files on significant actions, providing information and assistance to appropriate TWDB staff and clients, staying informed of changes to pertinent laws, regulations, guidelines, policies, and instructions and correctly applying them to assigned projects, identifying and participating in TWDB agency and external job-related trainings, providing support to additional flood planning teams due to temporary staffing conditions as assigned by the division director, assisting leadership and management in identifying process improvements and areas within the FPPG that need improvement or could be streamlined, assisting the Discipline Lead in reviewing and preparing procedures and guidelines and in conducting training as necessary, promoting an environment that encourages teamwork, accountability,…