Senior or Principal Engineer

WHO WE ARE

We are the Metropolitan Council, the regional government for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. We plan 30 years ahead for the future of the metropolitan area and provide regional transportation, wastewater, and housing services. More information about us on our website.

The Environmental Services (ES) Division has three vacancies for either a Senior or Principal Engineer (depending on qualifications) in the Plant Engineering group within the Capital Design and Delivery department.

Senior Engineer - Anticipated Starting Salary Range: $100,526 - $115,000
Principal Engineer - Anticipated Starting Salary Range: $111,384 - $140,000

* The starting salary will depend on the selected candidate's experience, skills, education, and internal salary equity.

We are committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Join an award-winning wastewater industry leader in protecting our environment! The Environmental Services (ES) Division of the Metropolitan Council operates and maintains the wastewater collection and treatment system in the Twin Cities metropolitan region. It also provides coordinated long-range water resources and supply planning, and air and water quality monitoring to meet future needs. ES Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) consistently earn state and national awards for complete compliance with their environmental permits.

ES received a Governor's Award as a Great Place to Work.

To find out more about the Environmental Services Division, please click on the link for more information: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

How your work would contribute to our organization and the Twin Cities region:

The Plant Engineering group consists of 19 scientists, engineers, and administrative staff. A senior engineer or principal engineer in the Plant Engineering group is responsible for managing the detailed phases of engineering work for part of a major capital project, a total capital project of moderate scope, or a program of multiple capital projects (depending on qualifications) at one or more of 9 ES Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) that treat municipal wastewater collected within the 7-county Twin Cities Region.

The principal engineer manages large, complex, often multi-disciplinary projects (>$15M in construction cost), requiring substantial coordination with internal stakeholders, Architectural/Engineering A/E) consultants, the general public, regulatory agencies and state and local government.

As a project or program manager, the senior engineer or principal engineer also provides work direction to the A/E and to less-experienced plant engineering staff assigned to the project/program. The project manager will lead project delivery activities through planning and design and will provide engineering and commissioning support services during construction.

Following is a partial list of current Plant Engineering projects:

ES Wastewater Treatment Plant Capital Projects/Programs

Estimated Construction Cost

• Metropolitan WRRF Fourth Incinerator

$285M

• Metropolitan WRRF Effluent Pumping Station Rehabilitation

$40M

• Empire WRRF Solids Improvements

$45M

• Seneca WRRF Piping and Site Rehabilitation

$10M

• Blue Lake WRRF Improvements

$200M

• Hastings WRRF Renewal

$30M

• New Crow River WRRF

$180M

• System-Wide Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Replacement

$20M

The best qualified candidates will have keen interest in sharing their knowledge/experience with others in the plant engineering group and a passion for providing high-level customer service in fulfilling the ES mission of providing wastewater services and integrated planning to ensure sustainable water quality and water supply for the region.

After an initial period of on-site work, this position is eligible for a hybrid (both remote and onsite) telework arrangement. The candidate's permanent residence must be in Minnesota or Wisconsin. What you would do in this job

• Represent the Council with regulatory agencies, local interests, neighborhood groups, cities, metropolitan county, state, and federal governmental units, industrial user groups and other interested parties. Conduct necessary…