Manager, Engineering

Summary:The individual in this full-time position works under the general supervision of the Engineering Division Manager. The Engineering Manager is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day activities associated with the plan review and design tasks of the Engineering Department. The individual oversees and coordinates the overall development plan submittal process in addition to planning, supervising, and coordinating the technical work of engineering staff.

Work requires a sound understanding of engineering design and systems operation methods and practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for planning, organizing, integrating, and evaluating the work of the engineering department staff to include developing, implementing, and monitoring work plans to achieve goals and objectives. Contributes and participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating plans, work processes, systems, and procedures to achieve annual goals, objectives, and work standards.
• Responsible for overseeing water and/or sewerage system construction drawings for use by the Construction or Operations departments to include performing a technical review of system design plans or sanitary sewer basin evaluations developed by staff.
• Responsible for supervising and participating in the analysis and resolution of technical design issues and practical operational problems associated with the water distribution system and wastewater collections system; including reviewing and evaluating studies, designs, reports, and records generated by other departments and outside entities to identify probable causes and resolve problems encountered prior to and during construction, while ensuring that basic HCWA requirements are met.
• Responsible for the evaluation of the sources of water pressure issues, fire flow concerns, water quality concerns, and sanitary sewerage collections system issues; including scheduling and participating in field activities to verify, monitor, and resolve distribution system hydraulic, water pressure issues, and sewerage system issues. Often required to perform fire flow testing on fire hydrants, analyze data, adjust pressure regulating valves, deploy flow monitors, and provide necessary information for input into the water distribution model or sanitary sewerage system model.
• Responsible for performing or supervising the plan review process of engineered drawings submitted by developers and engineers for proposed development projects; including reviewing design submittals for accuracy, completeness, and conformance with HCWA standards and specifications. Also includes identifying submittals that have policy or political implications from routine submittals and discuss issues with management and recommends solutions.
• Responsible for detailed plan reviews for new developments, service connections, or system extensions. Duties include ensuring that adequate fire flow, water and wastewater treatment, and conveyance capacities are available. Duties also include determining requirements for special easements necessary to protect HCWA facilities in unusual circumstances.
• Responsible for representing HCWA at various interagency, pre-design, and pre-construction meetings, including conferring with consulting engineers, contractors, developers, and other agencies to explain HCWA policies, rules, fees, design and construction standards, and plan review procedures.
• Responsible for identifying and planning rehabilitation and replacement projects by coordinating with distribution and collection system staff and analyzing system data.
• Responsible for preparing and approving labor and material opinions and probable costs for engineered projects, providing estimated costs for the labor and material required to construct water or sanitary sewerage system projects.
• Responsible for tracking projects and the budgets of projects by utilizing and developing various computer databases and programs to generate a variety of special and recurring reports and to update and maintain a variety of system records and reports that can be linked and imported into the GIS system.
• Responsible for obtaining and writing various correspondences to city, county, and/or other governing agencies concerning customer issues, project releases, permitting, or other engineering activity correspondences.
• Responsible for developing, maintaining, implementing, and coordinating Emergency Action Plans within the…