Graduate Engineer B - Austin Water

ABOUT AUSTIN WATER:
For over 100 years, Austin Water has been committed to providing safe, reliable, high-quality, and affordable water services to our customers. Today, we serve over 1,000,000 people in the Austin metropolitan area, across more than 548 square miles. As one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, we’re not just keeping up—we’re leading the way with sustainable infrastructure, advanced treatment technology, and environmental innovation.

Austin Water consistently ranks among the best in the country when it comes to water quality. We also treat, return, and recycle wastewater in ways that protect environmental resources. Austin Water exceeds federal and state requirements for clean water and environmental compliance at our water and wastewater treatment plants.

Under limited supervision and with Professional Engineering review, this position uses engineering knowledge to independently perform a variety of moderately complex engineering projects/assignments that are routine in nature but that may require adaptation or modifications from standard practices. Individuals will be capable of exercising engineering judgment within defined methods, procedures, and practices.

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Prepares and maintains design drawings, diagrams, charts, databases plans, and permits under the supervision of a professional engineer.
• Develops proposals for impacts and performing preliminary and final designs and/or prepares design criteria for assigned projects.
• Prepares specifications as it relates to the standardization and engineering policies and practices.
• Reviews and provides recommendations in the evaluation and implementation for job safety procedures.
• Prepares design criteria for assigned projects.
• Provides assistance in technical and financial inputs for project budget process.
• Plans for and sizes equipment.
• Reviews plans and development proposals for impacts, and performs preliminary and final designs for PE review.
• Assists in the preparation of standards, equipment specifications, design procedures, and test procedures.
• Coordinates and provides a variety technical information, under the guidance of a professional engineer, to customers by contacts with personnel to include inter- and intra-departmental administrative, engineering, and construction personnel; other government agencies; contractors; consultants; and the public to exchange information, coordinate work, answer questions, and respond to complaints.
• Uses computerized software programs, ink or pencil drafting to prepare drawings and maps to provide technical advice and guidance to assigned work or project.
• Prepares cost estimates/track expenditures, prepares cost estimates and engineering and feasibility reports and studies for projects.
• Prepares and/or provides assistance with preliminary contract documents, specifications, and plans.
• Assists in the preparation of final plans, specifications, special conditions and agreements and coordinates and oversees work of contractors, affected public agencies and utilities.
• Provides assistance with technical specifications for construction contracts.
• Inspects and monitors projects for compliance by reviewing work completed by contractors and monitoring compliance to specifications.

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• Knowledge of engineering and design principles applicable to fields.
• Knowledge of modern methods, materials, and techniques of assigned discipline.
• Knowledge of City…