Water/Wastewater Engineering Project Manager / Senior Water/Wastewater Engineering Project Manager

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 and is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the State. Castle Rock Water is a national leader in the water industry, recently expanding its infrastructure to accommodate reuse water, implementing progressive conservation measures, and delivering legacy stormwater projects. This position offers an opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects on the utility owner side, overseeing capital projects through the full lifecycle from planning to construction and beyond.

About the role

Castle Rock Water’s Engineers and Project Managers oversee capital projects through the full project life cycle—from initial planning through design, construction, and beyond. Typical projects include water treatment plants, pump stations, wells, pipelines, storage tanks, reservoirs, stormwater infrastructure, sanitary lift stations, and operational facilities. Join the team to improve water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure while playing a key role in maintaining critical services for an award-winning, rapidly growing town.

Responsibilities

• Manages water, water resources, wastewater, and stormwater capital improvement projects (CIP) through the full project life cycle from planning through construction.
• Manages project design process and schedule. Prepares RFPs, conducts interviews, and awards design contracts. Facilitates design team meetings. Reviews and revises contract drawings and specifications. May perform some design work for specific projects.
• Develops project construction schedule and manages construction phase. Oversees preparation of bid documentation and awarding of contracts. Obtains easements, deeds, applicable permits, and coordinates work items with Town staff, consultants, utilities, and contractors. Conducts field evaluations and approves change orders. Monitors adherence to plans, contracts, safety standards, and schedules. Addresses citizen concerns.
• Manages project budgets, schedule, and warranty. Processes pay requests and reviews change orders. Follows up on warranty issues by determining responsible party and coordinating repairs.
• Ensures design and construction is in accordance with Town standards and contract documents, and complies with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Provides internal engineering support to water and wastewater maintenance operations.
• Conducts on-site project evaluations and attends out-of-office meetings.
• Provides engineering design and analysis on water and wastewater capital projects, including potable and non-potable water distribution systems, collection system piping, water pump stations, sanitary lift stations, water treatment, potable water storage tanks, and pressure reducing valves.
• Coordinates public and stakeholder involvement. Prepares Council, Commission, and public presentations.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Four (4) years of closely related experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Valid Colorado driver's license.
• Colorado Professional Engineer’s license or the ability to obtain reciprocity in the State of Colorado within one (1) year of employment.

Pay

Salary Range: $97,614.40 - $136,697.60 annually
Anticipated Hiring Range: $117,145.60 - $128,860.16 annually, dependent on qualifications and experience.

Senior Water/Wastewater Engineering Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Leads management of complex, high-value capital improvement projects (CIP) through the full project life cycle, including planning, design, and construction of water, wastewater, water resources, and stormwater projects.
• Directs design consultants, construction contractors, construction inspectors, and Town staff as needed to achieve project objectives.
• Directs or provides engineering design and analysis of water, wastewater, water resources, and stormwater capital projects, including potable and non-potable water distribution systems, wastewater collection system piping, water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, water treatment, water storage tanks and reservoirs, pressure reducing valves, stormwater collection and conveyance systems, etc.
• Determines general scope of work, cost estimates, and schedule for capital projects and guides them through initiation, planning, engineering design, construction, closeout, warranty, and future improvements.
• Manages project design process, budget, and schedule. Prepares RFPs, conducts interviews, and awards design contracts. Facilitates design team meetings. Reviews and revises contract drawings and specifications. May perform design work for specific projects.
• Manages project construction process, budgets, schedules, and warranty. Oversees preparation of bid documentation, contractor selection, bid solicitation, and awarding of contracts. Obtains easements, deeds, applicable permits, and coordinates work items with regulatory agencies, Town staff, consultants, utilities, and contractors. Conducts field evaluations and negotiates change orders and processes pay requests. Monitors adherence to plans, contracts, safety standards, and schedules. Follows up on warranty issues by determining responsible party and coordinates repairs.
• Coordinates public and stakeholder involvement. Prepares Council, Commission, and public presentations. Addresses citizen concerns.
• Ensures design and construction is in accordance with Town standards and contract documents, and complies with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Provides internal engineering support to water, wastewater, and stormwater operations.
• Conducts on-site project evaluations and attends out-of-office meetings.
• Oversees comprehensive inspections of existing infrastructure and facilities to assist with long-range planning and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinates with utility operators to investigate issues and resolve problems related to the Town’s raw water supply, water treatment, water distribution, wastewater collection, and stormwater conveyance systems. Plans and implements capital improvement projects as needed to resolve system problems.
• Provides support in capital budgeting and in creation of 5-, 10-, and 50-year capital improvement budgets in water, wastewater, water resources, and stormwater funds.
• Provides updates to standards and specifications as needed. Mentors and provides guidance to Project Managers and Water Engineers.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
• Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in municipal capital project delivery or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid Colorado driver's license.
• Colorado Professional Engineer (PE) license required or the ability to obtain reciprocity in the State of Colorado within one (1) year of employment.

Pay

Salary Range: $102,918.40 - $143,166.40 annually
Anticipated Hiring Range: $123,052.80 - $135,358.08 annually, dependent on qualifications and experience.