Supervising Professional Engineer

St Johns River Water Management District; Palatka (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

Life and long-term disability

Paid parental leave

Paid leave and holidays

Wellness program

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Job summary

The St. Johns River Water Management District seeks an experienced Supervising Professional Engineer to lead a team of engineers responsible for major civil water resources projects in Florida.

You will provide technical oversight, mentor staff, and drive project success from planning through construction. The role emphasizes dam, levee, reservoir, and related infrastructure, with responsibilities for scope, schedule, cost, and risk management, as well as coordination with regulators and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering; Florida PE license or ability to obtain within one year, five years of civil engineering experience.
• Experience leading a project team or workgroup is required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise professional engineers, assign workloads, set priorities, monitor progress, and provide technical guidance.
• Oversee civil design and development for dams, levees, reservoirs, and water resource infrastructure.
• Provide technical oversight to evaluate scope, schedule, budget, operations, and risk.
• Resolve complex technical, contractual, procurement, regulatory, and administrative issues.
• Review and approve deliverables: memos, reports, plans, specs, cost estimates, schedules, invoices, and contracts.
• Ensure QA/QC across work products and promote standardized project management and document control.
• Monitor performance and report risks, decisions, and status to management and executives.
• Coordinate consultant services and construction support to achieve project outcomes.

Skills

Supervising staff

Mentoring

Project management

Risk management

Quality control

Budget coordination

Contract administration

Technical communication

Progress reporting

Staff development

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental/civil/water resources engineering

Tools

GIS

Database

Document management

Office software

Job description

Bureau of District Projects/Const Full Time-Regular APOPKA, Apopka, FL, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 2002

Supervising Professional Engineer

DIVISION OF ENGINEERING

Make an Impact on Florida's Water Resources

The St. Johns River Water Management District is an environmental agency whose work is focused on ensuring a long-term supply of drinking water, and to protect and restore the health of water bodies in the District’s 18 counties in northeast and east-central Florida.

Enjoy work-life balance in a professional culture with competitive pay and benefits.

The District is seeking a n experienced engineering supervisor to lead, develop, and mentor a t eam of professional engineers responsible for major civil projects . The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with dams, levees, reservoirs, and other water resource development projects, along with demonstrated success providing technical oversight, conducting engineering reviews, managing project risks, and exercising sound engineering judgment throughout project development and implementation.

What You'll Do

• Supervise professional engineers by assign ing and balanc ing workload s, establish ing priorities and performance expectations, monitoring progress , and providing technical guidance and professional development.
• Provide assistance to staff that are leading and overseeing civil engineering design and project development activities for dams, levees, reservoirs, and other water resource infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical oversight and engineering judgement to evaluate project decisions and their protentional impacts on scope, schedule, budget, operations, and risk.
• Assist staff in resolving complex technical, contractual, procurement, stakeholder, regulatory, and administrative project issues.
• Review and approve project deliverables prepared by staff and consultants, including technical memoranda, reports, plans, specifications, design submittals, cost estimates, schedules, fee proposals, invoices, and contract documents.
• Ensure all work products meet established quality assurance and quality control requirements and are complete, accurate, constructible, operable, and maintainable.
• Promote and enforce consistent project management, document control, risk management, reporting, and quality management practices across the team.
• Monitor project performance and communicate significant risks, issues, decisions, and status updates to management and executive leadership.
• Coordinate and oversee consultant services and support construction administration activities as needed to achieve successful project outcomes.

Key Skills for Success

• Supervising, mentoring, and developing professional engineering staff.
• As signing work, balancing resources, and managing priorities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Providing technical leadership and oversight for heavy civil and water resource infrastructure projects.
• Conducting quality assurance and quality control reviews of engineering deliverables.
• Developing, negotiating, and administering scopes of work, professional services agreements, work orders, contract amendments, fees, and schedules.
• Managing consultants and coordinating with contractors, regulatory agencies, stakeholders, and project partners.
• Reviewing and approving plans, specifications, technical reports, schedules, cost estimates, invoices, and contract documents.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks and resolving issues before they materially affect cost, schedule, quality, safety, or operations.
• Procurement planning, consultant selection, contract administration, and construction support.
• Preparing and presenting clear technical, contractual, financial, and executive-level communications.
• Presenting project recommendations and status updates to executive management, the Governing Board, regulatory agencies, stakeholders, and the public.
• Using standard engineering, project management, scheduling, GIS, database, document management, and office software applications.

What You'll Bring | Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agr icultural 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 one year of hiring ) , five year s of subsequent experience in civil engineering . Experience must include one year of leading a project team, coordinating activities of a workgroup, or serving as a team lead.

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.

Location

Apopka, Palatka, or Palm Bay

Licenses

State of Florida Professional Engineer license.

Valid State of Florida Driver's License.

Salary is based on qualifications and experience.

Why Join Us?

In addition to meaningful work and opportunities for professional growth, benefits include:

• Health and dental insurance
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid leave and holidays
• Wellness program
• Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

The St. Johns River Water Management District participates in E-Verify.

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