CLOSING DATE & TIME: SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 AT 4:00PM PACIFIC TIME
Under general direction, plans, organizes, directs, and implements comprehensive strategies for managing the District’s engineering activities and Capital Improvement Programs; performs high-level complex engineering work on project planning, design, and construction; plans, organizes, directs, and reviews the work of professional and technical staff; manages the work of consultants; and performs related duties as assigned.
This is a professional program-management classification responsible for planning and directing the engineering operations and staff and/or consultants within an assigned engineering program; department functional program areas include, but are not limited to, engineering, new business, and water resource planning. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making by exercising primary responsibility for engineering project activities. Incumbents serve as a professional-level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines.
Required Skills
Knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment review and evaluation, discipline, and the training of staff in work procedures.
- Principles and practices of leadership.
- Organization and management practices as applied to the development, analysis, and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs of the assigned area of responsibility.
- Principles and techniques for working with groups and fostering effective team interaction to ensure teamwork is conducted smoothly.
- Administrative principles and methods including goal setting, program development and implementation.
- Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration.
- District governance including the roles and responsibilities of an elected Board of Directors.
- Theory, principles, and practices of civil, structural, and hydraulic engineering design and construction.
- Hydraulic system analysis and calculations applicable to civil engineering.
- Land surveying principles.
- Master planning principles and practices.
- Physical design, economic, environmental, and/or social concepts which impact the planning process.
- Application of land use (development patterns and processes) concepts and implementation of zoning and other municipal ordinances.
- Public utility governance, oversight, regulations, and land development and zoning requirements.
- Advanced mathematic principles.
- Principles and practices of technical report and business correspondence preparation.
- Federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations in assigned areas of responsibility.
- Modern developments, current literature, and sources of information regarding the assigned area of engineering.
- District and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
- Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and District staff.
- The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Continuous Improvement Based Knowledge:
- The core values, concepts, and framework of continuous improvement criteria, including the principles of management by fact, and organizational and personal learning.
- Familiar with process mapping and structured problem solving.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to develop and monitor individual performance standards, and ensure they align with key performance measures for the unit.
Ability to:
- Select and supervise staff, provide training and development opportunities, ensure work is performed effectively, and evaluate performance in an objective and positive manner.
- Assist in developing and implementing goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards.
- Provide administrative, management, and professional leadership for assigned engineering programs.
- Prepare, administer, and manage project budgets.
- Manage and participate in complex engineering projects; evaluate alternatives; make sound recommendations and prepare effective technical reports.
- Negotiate scopes of work and contracts including planning studies, design contracts, maintenance contracts, procurement of materials/equipment, performance guarantees, and construction contract change orders.
- Conduct independent project engineering.
- Manage the work of contracted engineering firms.
- Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed.
- Effectively represent the department and the District in meetings with governmental agencies; community groups; various business, professional, and regulatory organizations; and in meetings with individuals.
- Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
- Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
- Effectively use computer systems, software applications, relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
- Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Continuous Improvement Based Abilities:
- Maintain and utilize process flow charts for key processes, with performance standards related to customer and stakeholder needs.
- Validate customer requirements.
- Create a workplace that values employees, encourages their development, values their participation, and encourages innovation.
- Create an environment of continuous improvement and to ensure business unit results consistent with expectations in key performance measures.
Required Experience
Any combination of experience and education that provides the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, along with the specific licenses/certifications as outlined below:
EXPERIENCE:
- Ten (10) years of progressively responsible professional experience in an engineering design and construction program, preferably in a public utility environment, three (3) of which should be a in a program-management capacity, or three (3) years of experience as a Senior Civil Engineer with the District. IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, STRONG WASTEWATER PROCESS KNOWLEDGE IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE.
EDUCATION:
- Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in civil engineering or directly related engineering field, such as mechanical or chemical engineering.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:
- A valid certificate of registration as a Professional Engineer issued by the State of California.
- A valid California driver’s license and the ability to maintain insurability under the District’s Vehicle Insurance Policy.