Engineering Manager

Town of Castle Rock; Castle Rock (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Town of Castle Rock is seeking an experienced Engineering Division leader to supervise staff, plan staffing, oversee capital improvement projects and manage budgets. You will develop project standards, optimize workflows, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining quality and safety.

You will lead coordination with developers, other town departments and external agencies, present to Town Council, and drive continuous improvement in processes and customer service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Master’s preferred.
• Six years of project management experience including capital projects.
• At least two years supervising a team of professionals.
• Professional Engineer license in Colorado or eligible within six months.

Responsibilities

• Supervises personnel within Engineering Division; assigns work and sets performance standards.
• Provides strategic leadership, staffing plans, and process improvements.
• Leads coaching and professional development of staff.
• Oversees budgets for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Funds.
• Oversees capital improvement projects and change orders/contract amendments.
• Ensures reviews of development projects and coordination with Plan Review.
• Prepares and delivers Town Council and public presentations.
• Coordinates with stakeholders and external agencies.
• Ensures compliance with laws, permits and environmental regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Staff leadership

Project management

Civil engineering

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Water Modeling

MS Office Suite

Job description

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Castle Rock Water is a national leader in the water industry, recently expanding its infrastructure to accommodate reuse water, implementing progressive conservation measures and implementing legacy stormwater projects. Whether managing water treatment at the award-winning plant, maintaining the $730 million in infrastructure, or ensuring and protecting long-term water, Castle Rock Water has many opportunities available to learn and grow with the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervises personnel within the Engineering Division. Assigns and plans work of others. 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.
• Provides leadership through coaching, mentoring, and professional development of Engineering supervisors and staff. Establishes clear staff 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 and oversight of 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 area. Works closely with the Plan Review Supervisor to ensure all projects are being reviewed on time. May meet with developers.
• Prepares and delivers Town Council, Commission and public presentations.
• Coordinates with various stakeholders. Ensures effective communication and coordination with outside agencies.
• Ensures compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws, reporting requirements, permits and environmental regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned and as necessary.

CUSTOMER SERVICE/COMMUNICATION:

• Communicates with all levels of Town staff, developers, contractors, outside agencies and citizens.

DECISION MAKING:

• Gathers and interprets a variety of information to implement solutions relating to engineering designs, construction, operations and strategies and stays current on Town plans and needs, regional projects and industry tools and technology.
• Decisions are made independently regarding interpretation of design standards and policies, permitting issues, assisting staff on their priorities and technical issues, and the review and approval of consultants’ work.

Minimum Qualifications:

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering field or related discipline; Master’s degree in Civil Engineering is preferred.

Experience:

Six (6) years' experience that includes project management of capital projects from engineering through construction and at least two (2) years' experience supervising a team of technical professionals; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Licenses and/or Certifications Required:

• Registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado or the ability to become registered within six (6) months of hire.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of the principles and practices of municipal capital project design, engineering and 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 and Power Point. Water System Modeling programs
• Experience in design and construction of utilities roadway, projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate with staff members, developers and outside agencies. Ability to effectively communicate with adversarial parties.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with citizens, developers, engineering consultants, contractors, Town staff and project stakeholders.
• Ability to make appropriate independent decisions and provide solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to conduct on-site project evaluations and travel to meetings either 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.

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

Equipment Used:

• Uses standard office equipment including a personal computer system
• This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment.