Engineer Senior - Planning

Engineer Senior - Planning

City of Charlotte

Date Opened:
Thursday, December 18, 2025 12:00 AM
• Close Date:
Sunday, January 04, 2026 12:00 AM

Department:
Charlotte Water Department

Salary: $98,289.00 – $ commensurate with experience.

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

This position will be responsible for performing engineering analyses on wastewater systems, developing and operating hydraulic models, master planning and basin studies, participating in utility-wide continuous improvement projects, identifying infrastructure needs for the Capital Investment Plan (CIP), and completing regulatory reporting. Work performed is of an advanced level and capacity. This position requires a high degree of internal/external consultation on internal and external projects and operates as a subject matter expert in wastewater systems’ operation, assessments, and modeling.

• Develops, conducts, or leads the review and reporting of hydraulic modeling, planning, engineering studies, and regulatory requirements supporting wastewater system designs and analyses.
• Provides technical and professional assistance during investigations, project design, and construction activities related to wastewater collection system improvements; wastewater system assessments (e.g., pump stations design, by-pass pumping plans, and growth impacts); development of collection system-related inventory systems; and emergency management needs.
• Serves as subject matter expert for recommended wastewater infrastructure projects from master plan documents and departmental collaborative groups; includes history of need, triggers for implementation, and coordination of installation.
• Supervises technical staff in field activities related to wastewater system flow monitoring; collection system capacity analysis; inventory survey and assessments.
• Develops maps and other tools in Arc GIS Pro; trains team members and others as necessary.
• Completes and distributes reports and results related to wastewater system regulatory and voluntary reporting.
• Oversees compliance of project management activities including workflows related to contracts, invoices and payments.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management an accredited school.
• Five (5) years of directly related work experience in planning, design, and/or technical, work preferably in civil engineering or municipal capital improvement projects.

• Requires a valid driver’s license (ability to obtain a City Driving Permit ).

• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE)
• A minimum of one (1) year of supervision or performing as a mentor/team leader for other engineers.

• Knowledge of Federal and State rules governing public water and wastewater systems.
• Knowledge of engineering principles and concepts in area of wastewater system infrastructure design, installation, and operation.
• Skill in Arc GIS Pro software;
  Microsoft Office Suite products; must be able to learn new software products as needed.
• Skill in communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Skill in producing technical reports.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills on both an individual level and for larger more diverse audiences as well as conflict resolution.
• Ability to work in a diverse work…