Engineer, Principal

City of Richmond; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities seeks an Engineer Principal - Water Supply Planning and Modeling Engineer to support drinking water supply planning, regional plans, and city CIP.

This role requires GIS proficiency and experience with HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, MODFLOW, and hydraulic/process models for water and wastewater systems in municipal settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Five years of professional engineering experience.
• Two years supervisory experience preferred.
• Five years in water supply planning analysis and hydraulic modeling.
• VA PE license preferred.
• Experience with municipal drinking water systems.
• Strong fundamentals of hydraulics, hydrology and hydraulics.

Responsibilities

• Develop or review models to support regional water supply planning.
• Represent the City in regional water supply planning efforts.
• Perform scenario assessment to support future growth evaluation.
• Coordinate with CIP and O&M teams on planning information.
• Assist with modeling for water and wastewater plants.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

GIS proficiency

Water modeling

Project management

Supervisory experience

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

HEC-HMS

HEC-RAS

MODFLOW

AutoCAD

Job description

The anticipated hiring range is $92,049 - $135,000.

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities is seeking for highly qualified candidates to fill Engineer Principal - Water Supply Planning and Modeling Engineerposition. The selected candidate will support DPU with drinking water supply planning analysis and modeling to support updates to a regional water supply plan, as well as City capital improvement projects, system planning, and operations as needed. The select candidate shall be proficient with Geographical Information Technology (GIS) and common industry software used for watershed modeling, such as HEC-HMS (watershed hydrology), HEC-RAS (river hydraulics), and MODFLOW (groundwater) or equivalent modeling software and must possess relevant technical knowledge. Following more immediate efforts around regional water supply planning, the selected candidate will take on more responsibility with development and upkeep of other models at the City, including process and hydraulic models of the water and wastewater treatment plants, and the City’s water distribution system.

• Develop or review models to support regional water supply planning efforts
• Represent the City of Richmond in regional water supply planning efforts
• Perform scenario assessment to support future growth evaluation
• Coordinate with CIP and O&M teams to inform efforts with water supply planning information
• Assist with additional modeling over time, including development, upkeep, and analysis using hydraulic and process models of the water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant
• Perform other related duties as assigned

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering
• Five years of professional engineering experience
• Two years of supervisory experience preferred

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in water supply planning analysis and hydraulic modeling.
• Professional Engineering license in VA.
• Five (5) years of experience working with municipal drinking water system.
• Strong fundamentals of fluid mechanics, hydrology, and hydrolics.

LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS, and OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Some assignments may require a Professional Engineering (PE) Registration
• Some assignments may require a valid Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record and a valid Commonwealth of Virginia Driver's License within 30 days of hire

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: These are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.

Knowledge (some combination of the following):

• Civil Engineering standards and practices
• Design standards and industry construction standards
• Manuals such as AASHTO, MUTCD, roadway design standards
• City bridge and roads standards, VDOT design standards
• MBD minority business goals
• Procurement laws for design consultant selection and contractors
• Federal and state laws for project implementation
• City procurement laws and the process of doing business within and external to the organization (e.g. vendors)
• Construction management
• Concrete analysis and design

Skills (some combination of the following):

• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Reading and interpreting GIS maps and AutoCAD plans
• Mathematics including geometry, calculus, and statistics
• Oral and written communication
• Project Management
• Managing and supervising others

Abilities (some combination of the following):

• Navigate through and manage difficult situations working with diverse groups of individuals
• Motivate and engage employees

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS:

Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to finger (pick, pinch, type or otherwise work primarily with fingers), talk, see, hear and use substantial repetitive motions of the wrists, hands, and fingers. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and feel; and the employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach extending hands and arms in any direction, push, pull, or lift. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be sedentary, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.