Design Project Coordinator-Water

Design Project Coordinator - Water

Rochester Public Utilities, a division of the City of Rochester, MN, is the largest municipal utility in the State of Minnesota. RPU serves over 57,000 electric customers and 42,000 water customers in a 60‑square‑mile service area and has revenues nearing $161 million annually.

Vision: “We Will Set the Standard for Service.” Our vision is based on six core values:
Safety, Integrity, Service, Stewardship, Accountability, and Skill.

This position is directly responsible for planning and directing activities concerning water infrastructure design to ensure proper installation, operation, maintenance and service. The role coordinates projects from inception through completion, including coordination with other City of Rochester departments, private engineering firms, and internal utility sections such as engineering, maintenance, construction, purchasing, stores and accounting.

2025 salary range: $88,718 to $104,375, depending on qualifications, with potential advancement to $130,469.

We currently have two openings: one permanent and one limited‑term role available for 18–24 months from hire date. Continued employment in the limited‑term role depends on fund availability and performance. The limited‑term role is intended to backfill work while we implement a new ERP.

The City of Rochester will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position, including F1 OPT STEM.

To have your application considered in the first round of review, please submit before December 29, 2025.

The City of Rochester is committed to a community where all members feel a sense of belonging. We recognize the diversity of our community members, listen to all voices, and provide equitable services. We strive to represent our community in our team and aim for inclusive work environments.

• Builds and refines the asset database and asset hierarchy for the water utility in coordination with GIS staff.
• Leads the Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program upgrades on behalf of the water utility by coordinating business process planning, system configuration, data migration, and utility‑wide adoption.
• Administers the backflow prevention program by ensuring proper installation, testing and compliance through report tracking, customer notifications, coordination with testers, and enforcement.
• Implements the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Partnership for Safe Water program and Benchmarking program by managing data collection, assessing performance, and driving continuous improvement in water quality and operations.
• Consolidates utility data by gathering, validating and organizing information to support performance management, key performance indicators and data analytics.

• Prepare water infrastructure designs and plans for construction, modification, or renovation of water distribution systems, water towers, municipal wells, and pumping stations.
• Attend pre‑construction and pre‑development meetings as needed.
• Review and approve plans and specifications from the City of Rochester and private engineering firms to determine whether they meet requirements.
• Provide technical direction for planning and design of water utility projects.
• Facilitate and manage design requirements.
• Close and reconcile distribution work orders and assure proper as‑built information is entered into the GIS records.
• Obtain necessary utility easements as needed.
• Obtain necessary State, County, Township, and City permits associated with projects as needed.

• Analyze and compile data received from engineers to prepare budget estimates.
• Determine most feasible approach to meeting budget estimates.
• Perform hydraulic modeling, fire flows, and other modeling activities.
• Edit and maintain water infrastructure information within the GIS system.
• Keep and maintain records of new development projects within the community.