Engineer Manager - Utilities Infrastructure

Advance Your Engineering Leadership Career as an Engineering Manager – Utilities Infrastructure for Pinellas County Government!! Are you an experienced Professional Engineer with a strong background in utilities infrastructure, capital improvement programs, and large-scale public works delivery? The Pinellas County Utilities Department offers a senior-level leadership opportunity with substantial authority, visibility, and community impact.

This role is ideal for an engineering leader who excels in managing complex programs, leading multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring regulatory and technical excellence across major infrastructure investments.

The position performs high-level management, professional, and supervisory work directing systems engineering and technical support functions. Responsibilities include leading the planning, design, and implementation of major capital improvement initiatives involving water, wastewater, reclaimed water, civil/structural, stormwater, roadway, solid waste, and other utilities facilities.

The role requires independent decision-making, advanced technical expertise, and the ability to enforce standards, manage risk, and deliver results within schedule and budget constraints. The incumbent may act as Engineer of Record, with responsibility for signing and sealing engineering documents.

• Direct and supervise engineering, technical, and administrative staff and prepares and implements a specialized segment of professional engineering related services and activities covering, but not limited to water/sewer, civil/structural, utilities, roadway, infrastructure, solid waste, or other major utilities associated CIP plans, designs, and acquisitions.
• Supervise technically complex, high visibility, and controversial capital improvement projects and programs involving several design specializations including the planning, cost estimating, development, tracking, and reporting on civil engineering services, such as, roadways, bridges, wastewater, water and solid waste systems, or other infrastructure projects.
• Sign and seal documents performing as the Engineer of Record tasks utilizing their Professional Engineering license from the State of Florida.
• Provide oversight strategy, vision, and guidance over engineering consultants and internal staff, relating to design and environmental reviews, right-of-way, and permit acquisition and compliance.
• Oversee complex projects with responsibility for planning and implementation modeling, permitting, and the design of various facilities, roadways, and miscellaneous projects, adhering to relevant codes, regulations, and resolves design issues related to construction projects.
• Supervise and lead in negotiations, tracking, and managing of consultant contracts, interagency and internal service agreements, and professional engineering processes.
• Coordinate and may conduct neighborhood meetings with public to explain project scope and impacts.
• Supervise and coordinate management of large interdepartmental, cross-functional, multidisciplinary engineer, and technical project groups and teams.
• Ensure timely, efficient, and effective preparation and presentation of technical reports and information to senior managers and project stakeholders.
• Implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with appropriate laws, permits, regulations, and codes.
• Motivate, coach, train, and mentor staff.
• Provide grant and budget management.
• Perform other related job duties as assigned.

Licensure
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Professional engineering license from the State of Florida (or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire through reciprocity/comity).

Experience
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Progressively responsible technical, professional, and administrative functions in business administration, project management, civil engineering, environmental management, accounting, or related field that includes four (4) years…