Utilities Engineering Manager

About the role

The City of Auburn Engineering division is seeking an Utilities Engineering Manager to join their team. This position offers an opportunity to manage and administer three separate utility systems, providing a chance to shape policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• 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; coordinates 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.

• Cookordinate resourcing and review of utility feasibility reports, cost of service and rate studies, environmental documents, and investigations.

• Provide technical guidance to staff; helps determine alternative solutions to complex technical problems; writes position papers; identifies potential policy, procedure, criteria, and/or other regulatory implications.

• Oversee the review of development applications for regulatory and policy conformance and/or makes recommendations for mitigation, facility extensions, paybacks, participation and design alternatives, as applicable.

• Cookordinate with the City Engineer in updating the Engineering Design and Construction standards for the public utilities elements of projects within the City; and evaluates new equipment and engineering methods.

• Maintain communication with the public through local media and personal contact concerning utility matters; makes presentations to City Council, Planning Commission, Hearing Examiner, public agencies, and civic groups.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• Required Licenses/Certifications: Professional Civil Engineering License. Valid driver's license without impending loss at the time of appointment.

Skills

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

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans with employee premiums paid by the City.
• Employer contributions to the State Retirement System pension plans.
• 12 days of paid vacation per year.
• 11 paid holidays per year.
• 2 paid floating holidays of your choice per year.
• VETA (tax-free health savings account).
• Optional Flexible Spending benefit plan.
• Deferred Compensation plan options.
• Employee Wellness Program.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• And more!

Additional Information

• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer.
• Background check, driving abstract review, and reference check required before an official job offer will be made.