Engineer, Principal
City of Richmond, Virginia
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Job summary
The City of Richmond's Department of Public Utilities seeks an Engineer Principal to lead water supply planning and modeling efforts, supporting regional planning and city CIP/OM initiatives. The role requires proficiency with GIS and modeling tools such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and MODFLOW.
The successful candidate will develop and review models, represent the city in regional discussions, perform scenario analyses for growth, coordinate with CIP and O&M teams, and maintain hydraulic and process
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in engineering.
- Five years of professional engineering experience.
- Two years of supervisory experience preferred.
- Licensed Professional Engineer in VA preferred.
Responsibilities
- 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 water supply planning.
- Assist with additional modeling over time for water and wastewater systems.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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Job description
We are committed to nurturing talent, fostering growth opportunities, and building strong connections within our workforce. As we continue to make strides to becoming the employer of choice, we are thrilled about the below employee benefit enhancements:
- Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
- Language Incentive
- Referral Bonus
- T uition Assistance Program
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 Engineer position. 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 selected 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
- Bachelor's Degree in engineering
- Five years of professional engineering experience
- Two years of supervisory experience preferred
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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.
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.
The City of Richmond provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
The City of Richmond is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the City of Richmond will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to participate in the job application and/or the interview process, please contact Veronica Kenner, by email at HR-ADA@rva.gov.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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