Watershed Review Engineer

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES The Watershed Review Engineer performs technical plan review and administrative duties in support of the Guilford County Stormwater Management & Watershed Protection, Riparian Buffer Protection, and Floodplain Damage Prevention programs within the Watershed Section of the Guilford County Planning & Development Department.

The Watershed Review Engineer is a skilled technician who reviews, approves, organizes, and tracks subdivision plats and site plan construction documents for commercial, residential and other types of development projects. Plan review by this individual is in relation to local, state, and federal rules for post-construction stormwater management, stormwater conveyance, water supply watershed protection, riparian buffers, and floodplain management. This team member conducts plan reviews as part of the County’s Technical Review Committee (TRC).

Types of plans to be reviewed include subdivision plats, site plan construction documents, plot plans, watershed development / stormwater management plans, grading and drainage plans, as-built record drawings for Stormwater Control Measures (SCM), operation & maintenance plans for SCMs, drainage modification requests, and floodplain development permit applications. The Watershed Review Engineer works under the supervision of the section head (who is a Professional Engineer) and is given broad latitude in creative thinking to interpret and apply rules, regulations, and policy in the development plan review and permitting process.

The position also coordinates work duties with the Stormwater Program Administrator.

• Review subdivision plat submissions, site plan submissions, and plot plans for compliance with the Stormwater Management & Watershed Protection and Flood Damage Prevention sections of the Guilford County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and other local ordinances, state, and federal rules that apply.
• Review stormwater management / watershed development plans and associated hydrologic and hydraulic calculation reports for the treatment of stormwater runoff.
• Review stormwater conveyance system plans / calculations including pipe systems, culverts, and swales.
• Attend and contribute to Technical Review Committee (TRC) meetings
• Review SCM project close-out documentation such as-built record drawings and plats for SCM Maintenance & Access Easements upon completion of construction of wet detention ponds, sand filters, bioretention ponds and other types of SCMs to ensure development requirements have been met.
• Review proposed SCM repair plans for owners to bring deficient SCMs into compliance.
• Review of Floodplain Development Permit applications and associated documentation.
• Conduct final inspections of sites and SCMs for compliance with approved plans.
• Respond to regulatory inquiries to advise citizens, engineers and the development community on rules that apply to various scenarios.
• Assist in policy-making decisions and updates to regulatory and informational bulletins, ordinances, and website information.
• Perform related duties as required.

• Knowledge of federal, state, and local rules and regulations pertaining to post-construction stormwater management, SCM design, stormwater conveyance systems, water-supply watershed protection, riparian buffers, and flood damage prevention.
• Skill in interpreting and applying rules and regulations to development plan review, regulatory inquiries, and other situations.
• Technical knowledge in design of stormwater management systems, stormwater conveyances systems, stream restorations, and related work.
• Technical and general knowledge in principles, methods, materials, tools, equipment and techniques utilized in site construction projects and SCM design and construction.
• Skill in reading and understanding site plans, surveys, grading and drainage plans, stormwater management plans, regulatory FIRM maps, and other types of plans and construction documents typical of the industry.
• Knowledge of established civil engineering and land surveying principles and practices.
• Abilit…