Supervising Professional Engineer

St Johns River Water Management District; Florida; On-site; USD 91,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Florida Retirement System

Paid parental leave

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Paid leave and holidays

Professional development

Wellness program

Public service student loan relief

Job summary

St. Johns River Water Management District is seeking a Supervisory Professional Engineer to lead multidisciplinary teams in water resource, environmental, civil, hydraulic, and agricultural engineering in Florida.

The role oversees project management, procurement, and QA/QC, coordinating with regulators, local governments, utilities, and stakeholders while guiding staff and ensuring quality and timely delivery of projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering.
• Registration as a Florida Professional Engineer or ability to obtain within six months.
• Five years of experience directly related to the field, including one year leading a project team or workgroup.
• Project Manager, Construction Manager, or Engineer of Record for five construction projects >$1M.
• Master's degree can substitute for non-supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, direct, review, and evaluate engineers, project managers, and inspectors; manage workloads, budgets, and schedules; provide QA/QC and mentoring.
• Serve as project manager for selected projects, defining objectives, budgets, schedules, risks, and delivery strategies; coordinate consultants and stakeholders.
• Lead procurement, contracts oversight, and coordination with regulators, partners, and the public; monitor risks, changes, and performance.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

QA/QC

Contract administration

Stakeholder coordination

Construction management

Technical guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental civil hydraulic agricultural or water resource engineering

Master's degree substitution for non-supervisory experience

Tools

GIS

Engineering software

Database

Document management software

Job description

Job Summary:

This is supervisory professional engineering work in water resource, environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural, and other related fields of engineering.

Job duties include:

• Supervises, directs, reviews, and evaluates the work of professional engineers, project managers, and inspectors. Assigns and balances workload; establishes priorities, performance expectations, and schedules; monitors project status, budgets, and staff capacity; provides coaching, technical direction, and professional development; and assists staff in resolving technical, contractual, procurement, stakeholder, and administrative issues. Reviews and approves project management plans, scopes of work, fee proposals, cost estimates, schedules, work orders, contract amendments, procurement documents, invoices, change orders, technical deliverables, and executive or Governing Board materials prepared by staff and consultants. Provides technical guidance, mentoring, and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC). Promotes consistent project management, document control, quality assurance, risk management, and reporting practices. Coordinates recruitment, onboarding, performance evaluations, and corrective actions as assigned. Directs and supports construction management and inspection of staff to ensure field documentation, quality, safety, contract compliance, and timely escalation of issues.
• Serves as project manager, as needed, for a limited number of projects. Defines project objectives, alternatives, deliverables, budgets, schedules, risks, and delivery strategies. Negotiates consultant scopes, fees, schedules, work orders, and amendments. D irects consultants and multidisciplinary project teams, and coordinates with regulatory agencies, local governments, funding partners, utilities, stakeholders, and other District work units. Reviews technical memoranda, models, design submittals, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and schedules for completeness, technical adequacy, constructability, operability, maintainability, regulatory compliance, and value. Tracks budgets, encumbrances, expenditures, invoices, milestones, critical path, risks, decisions, and action items, and initiates corrective action when needed.
• Leads procurement and selection activities and prepares evaluations, recommendations, and Governing Board items. During construction, administers contracts and oversees construction managers, inspectors, consultants, and contractors; reviews schedules, submittals, requests for information, payment applications, change orders, time extensions, claims, field conditions, and contractor performance; and coordinates startup, operational turnover, warranties, and project closeout. Communicates project status, risks, decisions, and recommendations to District management, the Governing Board, partner agencies, stakeholders, and the public.

Skilled In:

Supervising, coaching, evaluating, and developing engineers, project managers, and inspectors; assigning work and balancing resources across multiple projects; managing complex, multidisciplinary projects; quality control and quality assurance; writing and negotiating scopes, fees, schedules, work orders, contract amendments, and consultant assignments; directing consultants and contractors; reviewing technical deliverables, plans, specifications, estimates, schedules, invoices, and contract documents; identifying project risks, establishing priorities, maintaining decision and action records, and resolving issues before they materially affect cost, schedule, quality, or operations; procurement planning and evaluation; construction contract administration and field issue resolution; preparing clear technical, contractual, financial, and executive communications; presenting recommendations and project status to management, the Governing Board, agencies, stakeholders, and the public; using standard office, scheduling, geographic information system, database, document management, and engineering software.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering. R egistration with the State of Florida as a Professional Engineer (if registered in another State, ability to obtain registration within the State of Florida within six months of hiring ) , five year s of subsequent experience directly related to the field in which the position is assigned. Experience must include one year of leading a project team, coordinating activities of a workgroup, or serving as a team lead.

Applicants must demonstrate experience serving as the Project Manager, Construction Manager, or Engineer of Record for a minimum of five (5) construction projects with an individual construction value greater than $1 million. Experience must include responsibility for project delivery, construction administration, contractor coordination, budget and schedule management, and resolution of construction-related issues.

A master's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering can substitute for the required non-supervisory experience.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment:

Mostly general office environment with some fieldwork required; ability to work outdoors in Florida throughout the year; the ability to walk in natural areas with rugged terrain and heavy vegetation.

License:

State of Florida Professional Engineer license.

Valid State of Florida Driver’s License.

Starting Salary Range: $91,145.60 - $123,032.00

Starting salary is based on qualifications and experience.

Benefits include

• Florida Retirement System
• paid parental leave
• health insurance
• dental insurance
• life insurance
• long-term disability
• paid leave and holidays
• professional development
• wellness program
• eligible for public service student loan forgiveness program

Your application will receive careful consideration and, if selected for an interview, you will be contacted to schedule an appointment. St. Johns River Water Management District participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.

Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans will receive preference in employment and are encouraged to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans’ Preference/Drug-Free and Tobacco-Free Workplace