Senior Water and Wastewater Engineer

Your Opportunity

The role of the senior civil engineer is to work independently on small and large projects, as well as a team member for more complex and larger projects. The senior engineer should be able to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer systems or products for a project. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, field work, coordination of tasks and personnel, and mentoring junior staff.

The projects assigned may have complex features that will require the application of mature knowledge and experience. You will lead the analysis of proposed projects to ensure structural reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

• Oversee and manage multiple projects. Responsible for large projects of high complexity.
• Serves as Engineer-of-Record.
• Provides technical leadership for civil related projects, including the management of existing client relationships and bringing in new clients.
• Performs on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members.
• Supervises the work of other engineers, including setting the priorities for their scope of work, their budgets and their schedules for completing the work in conjunction with Project Manager(s).
• May perform or assist Project Manager and/or Project Technical Lead with managing and monitoring financial performance of project budgets.
• Review and conduct alternative analyses to support business case evaluations for making project decisions.
• Evaluate, select, specify all civil engineered systems or products for a project.
• Manage and lead others while working on projects and developing design; assigns, reviews and evaluates work for technical accuracy and completeness; advises on technical problems.
• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Lead in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of project specifications with construction documents.
• Participate in constructability reviews.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Lead the development of new standards and specifications for the discipline.
• Serve as the Project's point of contact with clients, agencies and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
• Remain current on regulatory policy and rule changes and may establish working relationships with regulatory officials.
• Engage in leadership in professional organizations that align with expertise; write technical papers and deliver technical presentations for conference and symposia events.
• Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects, and support marketing and business development professionals in positioning for potential projects, writing technical portions of proposals, participating in client interviews and supporting negotiations for project contracts.
• Assist and/or lead the development of proposals and contract negotiation.

• Skilled leader and team player capable of building relationships both internally and externally.
• Skilled communicator in both oral and written communications.
• Skilled at building consensus and cooperation with staff at all levels of experience.
• Skilled at inspiring, motivating and holding team accountable for delivery for innovative design solutions. Technical Expertise:
• Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budgets and schedules.
• Understand, interpret, and communicate client expectations to project delivery team.
• Demonstrated experience in project scoping and budgeting

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Civil, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Master of Science in Civil, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering from an accredited institution is a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in municipal water, wastewater, and utility design projects.
• Florida Professional Engineering (PE) license.

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