Program Supervisor - Willamette Treatment Plant

Job Category: Engineering

Requisition Number: WILLA
001591

• Posted :
  October 2, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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This posting closes on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST

For over 75 years, the City of Eugene has relied on the McKenzie River and the Hayden Bridge Water Filtration Plant to meet all of the city's water needs. Our single water source and single water treatment plant puts our customers at risk of extended outages should we experience a significant disruption of service from a chemical spill, natural disaster, or equipment failure, etc.

Since clean water is vital to public health, safety and the economy, EWEB is planning to build a second water treatment plant on the Willamette River to provide much needed resiliency to our community.

EWEB’s Water Division is seeking a supervisor to help create, guide, and provide oversight of this critical infrastructure project. This position is responsible for providing primary leadership and supervision of the Willamette Water Treatment Plant project delivery team including engineering, planning, and technical staff, but will also actively participate in detailed plan design review and contract management. This position reports to and partners directly with the Chief Water Operations Officer and ensures the 19.4 million gallon per day conventional water treatment plant on the Willamette River is delivered meeting EWEB’s stated objectives and values.

This position serves as liaison between the Project Team and key internal and external stakeholders.

We're seeking a seasoned professional engineer, project manager, or program manager with experience managing complex water/wastewater, or similar utility infrastructure capital projects, including familiarity with Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) project delivery, and the ability to work with a variety of highly skilled team members, consultants, contractors and stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have knowledge of and direct experience in most or all of the following:

Program Management

• Manage full program life cycle with organized and disciplined approach.
• Build program governance and advise on project approach, policies and best practices.
• Identify key stakeholders, conduct needs assessments regarding potential project impacts, and develop a plan for mitigating impacts.
• Engage with operations stakeholders ensuring the plant meets the highest standard of operability and user friendliness.
• Manage Owners Agent and other contracts to ensure performance of consultants and contractors
• Manage vendor resources and activities including overseeing bid processes, contract management and renewal.
• Work cross-functionally with other staff, peers, and customers across various lines of businesses, teams, and external partners. Identify dependencies with other programs and collaborate with key stakeholders and sponsors to manage intersecting objectives and competing resources.
• Provide oversight, maintenance, and development of water rights and related activities pertaining to the project.
• Create and execute project work schedules and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements to ensure the completion of assigned projects on time, within budget and in accordance with EWEB’s goals and objectives.
• Assess initial and emerging risks and complications. Respond with change control activities and other mitigation strategies.
• Create plans and track progress; adjust and adapt as necessary to ensure timelines and budgetary requirements are met, and that program objectives are satisfied.
• Create tools to monitor quality control and assurances, procedures, and processes. Applies and quantifies performance variances and graphic presentation of quality controls.
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