Water Engineering Manager

The Town of Castle Rock’s future and quality of life depend on the choices we make today. Join a team that values teamwork, cooperation, and quality communication while providing exceptional public service to our customers. We encourage creativity and innovation and welcome all who share these values.

About Castle Rock Water

Castle Rock Water provides drinking water, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage systems for the Town of Castle Rock’s more than 80,000 residents and businesses. The Town is one of the fastest-growing and most sought-after communities in Colorado, consistently ranked among the best and safest places to live. Castle Rock Water is a national leader in the water industry, expanding its infrastructure to accommodate reuse water, implementing progressive conservation measures, and delivering legacy stormwater projects. Opportunities exist to learn and grow while managing water treatment, maintaining $730 million in infrastructure, or ensuring long-term water protection.

Responsibilities

• Supervises personnel within the Engineering Division: assigns and plans work, establishes performance standards, coordinates activities, and allocates personnel. Makes decisions related to staffing, performance evaluations, salary increases, and training. Ensures compliance with applicable personnel guidelines and employment law.
• Provides strategic leadership for the Engineering Division by evaluating organizational needs, developing staffing plans, optimizing workflows and business processes, establishing project management standards, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and customer service.
• Leads through coaching, mentoring, and professional development of Engineering supervisors and staff. Establishes clear performance expectations, promotes accountability, supports succession planning, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and employee engagement.
• Develops and oversees applicable budgets within the Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Funds, including recommendations regarding projects, timing, and impacts to rates and fees. Responsible for inter-departmental communication and coordination, as well as public education and involvement regarding engineering division projects and activities.
• Develops and oversees project improvement planning and development for capital improvement projects. Ensures successful completion of projects on time and within budget. Provides senior-level reviews of change orders and contract amendments.
• Ensures development projects are reviewed for impact to program areas. Works closely with the Plan Review Supervisor to ensure timely project reviews. May meet with developers.
• Prepares and delivers Town Council, Commission, and public presentations.
• Coordinates with various stakeholders and ensures effective communication with outside agencies.
• Ensures compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, reporting requirements, permits, and environmental regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned and necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline; Master’s degree in Civil Engineering is preferred.
• Six years of experience, including project management of capital projects from engineering through construction, and at least two years of experience supervising a team of technical professionals; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Valid Colorado Driver’s License.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado or the ability to become registered within six months of hire.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of municipal capital project design, engineering, construction contract management, project management, civil engineering, surveying, construction inspection, and coordination.
• Ability to effectively manage capital projects from planning through design and construction.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, PowerPoint, and water system modeling programs.
• Experience in design and construction of utilities and roadway projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively interact with staff, developers, and outside agencies, including adversarial parties.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with citizens, developers, engineering consultants, contractors, Town staff, and project stakeholders.
• Ability to make independent decisions and provide solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to conduct on-site project evaluations and travel to meetings within or outside Town limits.
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to read and understand contract documents, drawings, and specifications.
• Strong public presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to apply Town standards and policies to the management of capital projects.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a difference in the community.
• Career Advancement Programs.
• Employee well-being program.
• Competitive total compensation with an excellent benefits package.
• Free membership to the MAC or Recreation Center.
• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness eligible employer.
• Eligibility for 80 hours of personal time dependent on education, training, and experience.

Physical Demands

• Sedentary work for long periods of time.
• Occasional physical work lifting no more than 10 pounds.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, walking, and standing.
• Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequent hand/eye coordination to operate personal computer and office equipment.
• Vision for reading, recording, and interpreting information.
• Speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with employees and citizens.

Work Environment

Works primarily in a clean, comfortable environment. This position will conduct on-site project evaluations and attend out-of-office meetings.

Equipment Used

• Standard office equipment, including a personal computer system.
• May require the use of personal equipment (e.g., vehicle, cell phone, tools) in the course of employment.