Utility Engineer

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The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community and home to over 80,000 residents. Redmond is the hub of an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace, and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups. In this role, you will represent the city, and our values of service, integrity, accountability, belonging and stewardship.

The City’s Public Works Utilities Division provides essential services that safeguard public health and strengthen Redmond’s natural environment. Guided by our mission to build, operate, protect, and maintain critical infrastructure
, our teams manage drinking water supply, wastewater conveyance, and stormwater quality in ways that promote sustainability, system reliability, and community trust.

Utility Engineers play a key role in designing and supporting infrastructure that meets today’s needs while preparing for tomorrow’s challenges—from climate resilience and regulatory compliance to responsible community growth. By joining our Utilities group, you will help deliver systems and projects that protect Redmond’s people, places, and natural resources while embodying the City’s values of service, integrity, accountability, belonging, and stewardship.

• Plans, designs or reviews a complete project, program, system or process.
• Provides engineering research on complicated issues to assist senior engineers and supervisors in decision making.
• Assigns tasks to and directs engineers, technicians, and administrative staff.
• Proposes and/or designs improvements for engineering problems.
• Designs and prepares construction documents for public works projects in accordance with established standards of safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Prepares project plans and specifications, including drafting as needed; analyzes project requirements, physical location, and other pertinent data; prepares engineer's estimate of cost; assures that project designs are in compliance with a variety of state, federal and city laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations governing construction projects.
• Provides review of engineering plans, reports, and calculations that are submitted by customers or consultants.
• Visits construction sites to inspect work progress.
• Prepares internal and external correspondence as needed, including reports, memorandums and presentation materials for the City Council and Council committees.
• Prepares preliminary scope of work, budgets, and requests for proposals (RFPs) on projects; prepares scoring criteria for RFP respondents; and assists in the selection of private consultants used.
• Communicates in person and on the telephone with city personnel, consultants, developers, contractors, other agencies, property owners, and the public to exchange information, resolve conflicts, and assist them by providing technical expertise as needed.
• Participates in various technical committees, study groups, and task forces; attends a variety of meetings, as necessary; develops and delivers oral presentations, including public presentations related to project issues.
• Provides input into the City's Geographic Information System.
• Maintains various files and records related to project status and computations; prepares project descriptions and progress reports as requested.
• Identifies and evaluates impacts from proposed private development and proposes improvements and/or fees necessary to mitigate these impacts.
• Conducts peer review of technical reports and designs of private development projects prepared by consultants to ensure compliance with city codes and engineering standards.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) years engineering experience.
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Master's Degree may substitute for two (2) years of experience and Professional Engineer registration is preferred.

Professional Engineering Certification Preferred

• Engineer-In-Training Certification.
• Valid Washington State Driver's License required.

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