Utilities Engineering Manager

The City of Auburn Engineering division is seeking an Utilities Engineering Manager to join our team. This position provides an opportunity for a diverse experience managing and administering three separate utility systems serving our customers and the community with the opportunity to shape policies and procedures both now and into the future.

This position performs senior-level professional engineering and senior management work within the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department. The incumbent is responsible for leading the full range of administrative, programmatic, and engineering functions of the City’s utility systems. Major responsibilities include developing and administering the Comprehensive Utility Plans and Comprehensive Facilities Plans; developing and managing the utility programs and budgets to include the Water, Sewer, and Storm Funds;

supervising subordinate technical and professional staff; may be delegated to act on behalf of the Director of Public Works or City Engineer for utility issues; and representing the City’s concerns with adjacent jurisdictions, funding agencies, and boards.

Our Public Works Department is a great place to work because it is a collaborative, service‑focused team committed to building and maintaining safe, reliable infrastructure for the community, and as part of the Storm Drainage Utility within Public Works, we contribute directly to protecting water quality and environmental health under the Phase II permit administered by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

In this role, you will:

• Manage programs for public works water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage including planning, coordinating, budgeting, scheduling, and monitoring of capital facilities, engineering, and related work, either directly or through subordinate supervisors.
• Manage the development of budgets for water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage utilities including consideration of necessary funding and staffing allocations; coordinate with the appropriate maintenance and operations division managers for development of utilities’ maintenance and operations budgets.
• Provide program priority guidance to, and works with, the appropriate maintenance and operations division managers to most effectively accomplish priorities.
• Coordinate resourcing and review of utility feasibility reports, cost of service and rate studies, environmental documents, and investigations.
• Provide technical guidance to staff; help determine alternative solutions to complex technical problems; write position papers; identify potential policy, procedure, criteria, and/or other regulatory implications.
• Oversee the review of development applications for regulatory and policy conformance and/or make recommendations for mitigation, facility extensions, paybacks, participation and design alternatives, as applicable.
• Coordinate with the City Engineer in updating the Engineering Design and Construction standards for the public utilities elements of projects within the City; and evaluate new equipment and engineering methods.
• Maintain communication with the public through local media and personal contact concerning utility matters; make presentations to City Council, Planning Commission, Hearing Examiner, public agencies, and civic groups.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited school; and
• Seven (7) years of successful, progressively responsible professional/technical civil engineering experience; with a minimum of three (3) years of successful supervisory experience in an engineering environment.

OR

• A combination of education, training, and experience that would indicate the ability to successfully perform all the primary functions of the position.

• Professional Civil Engineering License.
• Valid driver’s license without impending loss at the time of appointment.

• Public sector experience.
• Engineering and management experience specific to water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage systems.

• Competitive salary
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans with employee premiums paid…