Utilities Planning Manager

The City of Pleasanton is excited to announce an opportunity for a dedicated individual to join our team as a Utilities Planning Manager in the Public Works Department. In this role, you will help guide the long-range planning, development, and implementation of programs and infrastructure projects that support the City’s potable water, recycled water, sanitary sewer collection, and storm water systems.

You will lead and support utility infrastructure and water supply master planning efforts, assist with capital improvement planning and annual utility project budgeting, help inform rate and connection fee studies, and serve as a key liaison on planning-related matters with other City departments and outside agencies. This position offers a unique opportunity to combine technical expertise, strategic planning, policy support, and leadership in a role that directly shapes the reliability, sustainability, and future of Pleasanton’s utility systems.

• Strategic and forward-thinking, with a strong interest in long-range utility planning and sustainable public infrastructure.
• Team-oriented and motivated by meaningful public service that supports essential community services.
• Skilled in balancing technical, administrative, financial, and regulatory responsibilities.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, with the ability to evaluate system performance data, asset needs, and infrastructure priorities.
• An effective communicator who can work well with technical and non-technical audiences, including City staff, consultants, agencies, committees, and the public.
• Adaptable and resourceful, with sound judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Comfortable serving in a leadership role that coordinates multidisciplinary efforts and supports major planning and policy decisions.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of the City’s utility infrastructure master planning program, including system capacity studies, operational performance evaluations, and asset management efforts.
• Serve as custodian of the City’s utility hydraulic models.
• Lead preparation of the City’s Urban Water Management Planand support other water supply technical efforts.
• Assist in preparing Capital Improvement Programs in the area of utilities, including project scoping, budgeting, and schedule prioritization.
• Assist with annual planning and budgeting for Utilities Division-led projects focused on repair and replacement of deteriorating assets.
• Help prioritize asset replacement needs, define project scopes, and develop budgets for short- and long-term infrastructure improvements.
• Assist with utility rate studies and connection fee studies by providing expenditure projections related to infrastructure improvements.
• Provide technical assistance to the Utilities Division in areas such as operational planning and troubleshooting, regulatory reporting and programs, purchasing and contracting, design and construction, quality standards, records management, and asset management.
• Coordinate regulatory compliance efforts and support strategic utility initiatives that help ensure reliable and sustainable service delivery.
• Act as the Utilities Division’s liaison for planning-related work with Community Development, Engineering, regional water and sewer agencies, committees, citizen groups, and other outside partners.
• Perform administrative and analytical assignments in support of the Director and Assistant Director of Operations Services.
• May occasionally direct and/or supervise staff, consultants, or related support work as needed.

• You will find meaningful public service in this role—your work will help shape the future of the City’s water, sewer, recycled water, and storm water systems.
• You will have the opportunity to make a long-term impact on community sustainability and essential utility services.
• You will work on high-visibility initiatives, including major planning efforts such as the Water System Management Plan, Sanitary Sewer Management Plan, Storm Water Management Plan, and 20-year CIP planning.
• You will collaborate with a wide range of…