Project Coordinator - Utility Engineering Construction- Utility Systems Dept.

City of Port St. Lucie; Port Saint Lucie (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Port St Lucie is seeking an experienced professional to monitor and coordinate construction and expansion projects within the Utility Systems Department. The role involves engineering plan review, markup of plans, and ensuring compliance with standards.

This essential position requires readiness for emergency duties and strong collaboration with contractors and consultants. Applicants should possess a high school diploma or equivalent and several years of utility construction

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent required; 3 years of progressive utility construction experience.
• Six months of electronic plan review and markup experience preferred.
• Knowledge of water/sewer construction methods and inspection techniques.

Responsibilities

• Keeps the mission and public trust by coordinating utility construction projects.
• Performs surveillance of utility construction work in progress.
• Ensures contractor adherence to standards and interfaces with consultants and staff.
• Reviews plans, attends pre-construction meetings, and marks up drawings.
• Observes construction, prepares as-built drawings, and tracks field progress.
• Maintains field logs with personnel, equipment, and materials.
• Reviews maps and layouts, interprets survey plats, and reports deficiencies.
• Performs related duties and maintains regular attendance.

Skills

Water and sewer construction methods

Drafting techniques

Engineering plan review

Inspection techniques

Written reports and cost estimates

Communication skills

Public relations

Time management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

3 years of progressively responsible utility construction experience

Tools

PDF plan review software

Electronic plan review

Cost estimation tools

Programming experience

Job description

The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer.

This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a drug screening.

Responsible technical monitoring and coordinating construction and expansion projects of the Utility Systems Department, including but not limited to technical work in engineering plan review and markup of plans for utility construction and maintenance projects. Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City.

This position is considered an "Essential Position" for the purpose of Emergency Management. Emergency duties will be assigned as needed. This position requires 24 hours a day, 7 days per week availability during City of Port St Lucie emergencies, as determined by City Administrators, Emergency Manager or City Officials.

The following duties are illustrative for this position. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Keeps the mission, vision, and values of the City of Port St. Lucie at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintains high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.
• Performs the surveillance of utility construction work in progress.
• Ensures the contractor’s adherence to approved standards and specifications and design and acts as liaison between department and engineering consultants, contracts, regulatory agencies, and staff of inspectors.
• Reviews preliminary plans and contracts prior to construction. Attends pre-construction meetings.
• Observes and inspects construction work in progress and develops as-built drawings as work progresses.
• Ensures that utility system construction complies with approved current standards and specifications. Notes and reports improprieties and deficiencies.
• Maintains a field log of daily events, including number of persons, equipment, and material on site, measurements taken, tests performed, deficiencies, etc.
• Reviews and marks up site layout plans, paving, drainage, utility construction and other plans, utilizing PDF plan review and markup software.
• Interprets survey plats, topographic maps, construction layouts, as-built drawings, etc.
• Reviews right-of-way maps, road plans, and profiles.
• Performs related work as requested or assigned.
• Regular and punctual attendance.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma required. Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in the field of utility construction required. A minimum of six (6) months of electronic plan review and markup experience and programming experience preferred.

A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Possession of valid driver’s license and maintenance of clean driving record required with the ability to obtain a valid Florida driver’s license within 30 days from date of hire.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of water and sewer line construction methods, governmental laws and policies pertaining thereto.
• Knowledge of drafting techniques, basic utilities engineering methodology and inspection techniques.
• Ability to prepare written technical reports, estimates, critical path management, construction, and costs reports.
• Ability to read and interpret water and sewer construction design prints; to prepare material take-offs and as-built drawings; observe and analyze construction methods; know and enforce construction standards and specifications; prepare field sketches and cost estimates for line extensions, and to keep appropriate records.
• Ability to inspect water and sewer line installations to assure that new construction is performed according to specifications; to note and report deficiencies and improper and unorthodox construction methods; to monitor job progress; to assure that field sketches and cost estimates are accurate; to practice and enforce good safety procedures; to present and maintain a high corporate image and maintain good public relations.
• Ability to complete assignments within time commitment constraints.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, consultants, the public, employees, and officials.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
• Ability to focus on the positive in every situation.
• Ability to model respect for individuals, teams, and the organization.
• Ability to stay centered when challenged.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to follow through with assigned tasks.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions that may be adverse and extreme (heat, humidity, cold, rain, etc.). The employee is frequently exposed to noise, dust, fumes, airborne particles, and uneven surfaces.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Documentation Requirements

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Applicants, including City of Port St Lucie employees, must upload and submit attached copies of their education credentials with the employment application. Please be sure to attach all required documents to your employment application each time you apply. Uploaded documents remain in your online profile, but they will not attach automatically, and you will be deemed ineligible without the proper documentation.

ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEAR, LEGIBLE, AND IN PROPER FORMAT. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT(S) ARE REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION AND ARE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PROOF:

1. Proof of education in the form of a diploma, degree, or transcripts. Foreign diplomas/degrees must be submitted with a credential evaluation report from an approved credential evaluation agency*. Translations of diplomas/degrees are not accepted. Audit/Academic reports are not accepted as substitutions for college transcripts.
2. Driver's License: A Valid Driver's License from any state (Equivalent to a State of Florida Class E) may be utilized upon application; however, within thirty (30) days from the date of hire, a State of Florida Driver's License (Class E or higher) must be presented.

Approved Credential Evaluation Agencies:

• An accredited four-year college or university in the United States, OR
• A current member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), OR
• A current member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE), OR
• A recognized Professional Organization

For an additional list of approved credential evaluation agencies, visit the Florida Department of Education

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all required documents submitted with the employment application are in a format that is acceptable, clear, and legible for eligibility determination or risk being disqualified. Applicants, including City of Port St Lucie employees, must completely detail their work experience on the employment application or risk being disqualified. Resumes will not be reviewed in place of the employment application. It is the applicant's responsibility to update their online profile with personal data, work experience, education, and certifications when submitting application(s); failure to do so may result in disqualification.