Civil Engineer Supervisor

About the role

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is seeking a Design Manager to assist in the Combined Sewer Overflow Reduction Program (CSO Program). This role will focus on reducing overflows of sewage and polluted stormwater from entering Seattle waterways, as required by a federal Consent Decree.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the setup of the CSO Program, including developing standards and standard processes, and onboarding new SPU and Consultant staff.
• Plan, organize, manage, and coordinate the technical aspects of the options analysis, design, and construction phases of the projects.
• Coordinate and/or perform senior-level professional civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering duties in the initiation, option analysis, design, construction, closeout, and operation and maintenance of municipal public works projects.
• Act as a utility representative before external audiences throughout the options analysis and design phase of projects.
• Manage cross-discipline coordination and decisions on the technical design of projects. Each basin will require coordination with King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division.
• Facilitate a strong partnership through effective communication with various branches throughout King County.
• Engineer staff supervised by this position must coordinate input into design from all areas including lines of business portfolio manager, operations lead, maintenance leads, and all engineering disciplines.
• Oversee, advise, and serve as the primary design contact for consultant (or internal) design teams.
• Cover and/or prepare contract documents, technical specifications and plans using sound knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of civil engineering and asset management.
• Supervise up to 4 engineering design leads working on the CSO Program, including resource forecasting and management.
• Participate in creation of programmatic commissioning processes and support their implementation across project teams, stakeholders, and disciplines.
• Collaborate with other disciplines and stakeholders to plan work, respond to issues, and look ahead to identify needs, risks, and mitigation.

Qualifications

• Six (6) years of professional civil engineering experience, including two years supervisory experience.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Washington.
• Current Washington State driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility.
• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering or Civil Engineering Technology (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).
• Extensive knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of civil, structural, geotechnical, and construction engineering, including methods, materials, equipment, and techniques used in civil engineering and construction.
• Extensive knowledge and ability to perform civil engineering design, cost estimating, drafting, and computations to oversee the development of contract documents, including construction drawings and project specifications which reflect interpretation of existing plans and specs, required codes, permit requirements, real properties, and environmental requirements.
• Excellent communication skills across a variety of audiences, both written and verbal.
• Experience leading or participating in commissioning of capital improvement projects.

Additional Information

• This position allows for the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule. Employees will be required to come into the office a minimum of twice a week. Individual schedules will be agreed upon by the employee and their supervisor and may be subject to change based on business needs.