Dam Safety Engineer

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Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight‑state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we’re delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities. Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status – including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint. Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

Aqua Pennsylvania, a leader in the water utility industry, is committed to providing safe, reliable water and wastewater services to communities across Pennsylvania. We are seeking a motivated and skilled Dam Safety Engineer to join our team. This role is perfect for someone with a passion for infrastructure development, water resources, and dam safety.

As a Dam Safety Engineer
, you will be responsible for providing technical oversight for all engineering and operational activities concerning the evaluation and compliance of dam safety inspections, monitoring, coordination, and reporting regarding water retention structures owned and operated by Aqua. This includes low hazard dams, high hazard dams, and floodwater protection systems at Water Treatment Plant facilities. You will partner with local engineering consultants, PA DEP Dam Safety, and others in the implementation and continuous improvement of our Dam Safety Program.

This role plays a crucial part in identifying potential risks, implementing mitigation measures, and ensuring regulatory compliance to safeguard our assets and surrounding communities.

• Provide expert input, consultation and recommendations to state and corporate leadership on decisions involving the company’s dams, and their associated capital investments.
• Provide a strategic vision, leadership, and oversight of Aqua’s dam safety program, including: engineering evaluations, emergency preparedness (Emergency Action Plans), O&M plans, SOP development & training, and associated responses.
• Provide technical direction for studies of technical, environmental, and economic feasibility, engineering field studies, and related studies pertaining to dam design and dam safety studies.
• Provide and/or support technical direction in preparation of contracts and specifications for dam safety and related engineering and construction services of Aqua’s dams.
• Assure compliance with regulatory requirements and communications.
• Assure appropriate and timely communication to Aqua’s senior leadership, as appropriate, to the safety of the dam structures.
• Develop the professional skills and experience of the engineering staff to build and maintain required professional capabilities and capacity to support the business in specialized engineering disciplines related to dams.
• Represent the Company before regulatory agencies and provide professional testimony, as necessary.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Experience:
  
  5–10+ years as a dam design or dam safety engineer.
• Licensing: PA Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification, or the ability to obtain it within 12 months of hire.
• Pennsylvania driver’s…