Drinking Water Utility Operations SME

Req : RQ209689

Type of Requisition: Casual

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other

Required:

None

Job Family: Professional Engineering

Skills:

Construction Management, Engineering Design, Field Research, Utility Operations, Water Utilities

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Engineer Sr Advisor supporting a nationwide project focused on drinking water system infrastructure enhancements to protect human health. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Engineer Sr Advisor you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Engineer Sr Advisor joining our team to support the delivery of technical assistance to drinking water systems in the U.S. who require support to identify and plan for the removal of lead service lines.

• Travels nationwide to support meetings with drinking water utilities receiving technical assistance to assess their current status and technical assistance needs

• Provides subject matter expertise on drinking water utility operations, engineering, infrastructure, design, and construction

• Travels to collaborate with field teams collecting drinking water service line data

• Conducts knowledge transfer to less experienced team members on topics such as proper techniques for service line identification when performing field inspections

• Provides onsite oversight of field crews potholing to identify water service line material

• Provides engineering knowledge on viable methods of water service line replacement including open trench excavation, pipe pulling, and directional drilling

• Provides onsite construction oversight during water service line replacements to water utility staff to train them to properly oversee and audit the work of construction contractors

• Maintains current knowledge of emerging technologies being evaluated for service line material identification

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree with a focus on engineering

• Required Experience:
  
  15+ years of related experience

• Required Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  hands on experience with drinking water utility design, operations, and infrastructure improvements

• Required
  
  Skills and Abilities:
  
  ability to relate to drinking water system operators to understand their challenges and propose viable solutions, capable of working independently and on teams, willing to support knowledge transfer to less experienced team members while supporting field work, positive attitude and an adaptable mindset to adjust to different needs of each community/drinking water utility receiving technical assistance

• Location:
  
  Remote

• 401K with company match
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

  The likely hourly rate for this position is between $77.65 - $105.05. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

  Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
  
  GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible…