Associate Engineer or 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

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diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

The Environmental Services (ES) Division is hiring either an Associate Engineer or Engineer(depending on qualifications). This posting will create a 6-month eligibility list for future vacancies.

Join an award-winning wastewater industry leader in protecting our environment!

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (ES) 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 treatment plants 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.

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

The Wastewater Planning and Community Programs team leads infrastructure planning efforts for the regional wastewater system that is operated by the Environmental Services division of the Metropolitan Council. This work involves close coordination with the 111 communities that are connected to the regional wastewater system, in order to understand system needs and meet the anticipated growth of the region as well as thoughtfully plan for cost-effective and reliable wastewater service.

The wastewater planning role is critical to orderly and economical growth of the region while protecting public health and the environment.

Our team brings a regional perspective to infrastructure planning, drafting and interpreting policy, and looking broadly at solutions that provide the greatest benefit to the region. We do this through coordinated planning, permitting, and administration of programs to provide a regional wastewater system and integrated water planning to meet the needs of the Twin Cities region every day to secure clean water that current and future generations can rely on.

Our work is both challenging and rewarding, involving collaboration with internal and external partners to anticipate future conditions and to prepare our region for that future.

Associate Engineer

Full Salary Range: $75,774 - $122,990 yearly

Anticipated Salary Range:$75,744 - $90,376 yearly

Engineer

Full Salary Range:$81,973 - $132,933 yearly

Anticipated Salary Range:$81,973 - $97,698 yearly

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

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

This position includes planning technical analysis, collaboration, and administration of programs and projects in the Wastewater Planning and Community Programs team. The work may also include cross-functional participation on projects and programs in the Met Council's Water Resources and Water Supply Planning teams. Some examples of duties include:

* Participate on wastewater system planning project teams, including identifying future wastewater system needs through forecasting, assessing capacity of existing infrastructure through modeling and hydraulic analysis, identifying and evaluating alternative solutions to meet the needs of the communities we serve. This work may involve assisting with management of engineering consultant contracts and performing engineering evaluations on internal teams.

* Work with engineering teams to inform project scope and capital programming of system expansion projects.

* Develop and update the regional Wastewater System Plan and Council policies in collaboration with internal and external partners.

* Analyze flow meter data to identify trends in community wastewater flow, to allocate wastewater system costs to communities, and to administer inflow and infiltration mitigation programs. Work with cities to problem solve where meter data identifies increases in inflow and infiltration.

* Participate on task forces or work groups composed of community partners to evaluate policy related to regional wastewater system planning or water supply planning.

* Review local comprehensive plans, environmental permits, and Sanitary Sewer Extension Permits to ensure alignment with regional policies and system plans. Partner with staff from the Met Council Community Development division in applying regional policy to review of local plans. This work involves meetings with city staff and other community…