Soos Creek Water & Sewer District - Renton, WA

posted 5 months ago

Full-time - Entry Level
Renton, WA
11-50 employees

About the position

Soos Creek Water and Sewer District (SCWSD) is seeking a service-oriented, hands-on, collaborative staff engineer to assist the Engineering Manager in engineering and related functions in support of the District's operational and capital improvement initiatives. The successful candidate shall be responsible for a variety of technical and professional engineering tasks as outlined in the Essential Duties and Responsibilities section. SCWSD is one of the largest Special Purpose Districts in Washington State, located in southwestern King County. The District is a public agency governed by an elected five-member Board of Commissioners. We purchase our water supply from Seattle Public Utilities via a 60-year wholesale water supply contract. Our water service area covers approximately 16 square miles and serves more than 67,500 people. Our sewer service area covers approximately 35 square miles, serving more than 114,000 people within portions of Kent, Renton, Covington, Black Diamond, Maple Valley and unincorporated King County. SCWSD is an exceptional place to work. Our team of 48 employees includes administration, customer service, finance, engineering, water and sewer operations, information systems, and development administration. We are truly collaborative, working together to meet the District's mission of providing reliable, high-quality water and sewer services in an efficient, cost-effective manner. We focus on our customers, we solve problems, and we strive for success and positive results every day. We are proud to offer an outstanding benefit package to employees and their dependents. We are invested in your success and growth and offer competitive wages, stability, and a friendly, positive culture. Working at SCWSD you will be helping to ensure we continue to provide essential water and sewer services to our customers. We strive to provide a meaningful job and a lifelong career.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with design activities associated with the development of project plans, schedules, and budgets; including tracking project schedules and monitoring project expenditures.
  • Assist with consultant and construction management, and inspection which may consist of materials submittal review, site inspections, punch-list creation, redlines for as-builts, and general project construction and closeout activities.
  • Assist with asset inspections of pump stations, water tanks, lift stations, and other District facilities and appurtenances; and preparation of reports documenting inspection findings.
  • Assist in the review of other's design of District Capital Improvements and developer projects.
  • Assist developer extension and operations staff with administrative activities (records research, perform basic site reviews, exchange information between staff, etc.).
  • Prepares communication in the form of letters, memos to the public, developers, consultants, engineers, regulatory agencies, and others with District interface.
  • Perform duties listed under Assistant Engineer, with increasing responsibility to ultimately lead and work independently on those duties.
  • Design small scale projects.
  • Consultant management: provide coordination and oversight for consultant preparation of plans, permits, specifications, cost estimates, schedules, and bid documents for projects.
  • Prepare a variety of memos and reports to support business cases and engineering analyses; present written and oral recommendations.
  • Lead and work independently on the duties and responsibilities listed under Design Engineer.
  • Manage assigned projects. Oversee and provide guidance for outside consultants and contractors on assigned projects on behalf of the District.
  • Provide technical assistance to staff, consultants, contractors, and developers.
  • Represent the District on coordination between partner municipal agencies and the general public, and negotiate agreements/contracts pertaining to interagency participation on capital projects.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or environmental engineering.
  • Engineer-In-Training License in the State of Washington, or ability to obtain within 1 year of hire.
  • A valid Washington State Driver's License.
  • Minimum seven (7) years of professional engineering and project management experience in public works for Project Engineer role.
  • Four (4) years of engineering and project management experience in public works for Design Engineer role.
  • No experience needed for Assistant Engineer role.

Nice-to-haves

  • Knowledge of principles and practices of civil engineering, planning, as well as project and construction management.
  • Familiarity with GIS technology necessary for the management of mapping and engineering technology applications.
  • Understanding of local, state and federal legislation, laws, regulations, codes and policies.

Benefits

  • Continuing education credits
  • Paid jury duty
  • Health savings account
  • AD&D insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible spending account
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Paid time off
  • Employee assistance program
  • Vision insurance
  • Professional development assistance
  • Bereavement leave
  • Life insurance
  • Retirement plan
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