Engineer 2 - Wastewater

The City of Gresham has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a full-time Engineer 2 to join our Wastewater Collections Team in the Department of Environmental Services. The ideal candidate will have a professional engineering license, wastewater collection system project design and construction experience and communication skills to effectively work with citizens, contractors, consultants and City employees.

What you will get to do:

• Design and manage Capital Improvement Projects for Wastewater Collections
• Manage all aspects of capital improvement project delivery including design, requests for proposals, bidding, contracting, permitting and construction
• Prepare engineering plans, specifications, costs, and quantity estimates for capital improvement projects
• Manage design consultant contracts and provide review and guidance to ensure consultant designs meet public works standards
• Perform field work to review and check adequacy and accuracy of designs, computations, all stages of design work and survey data
• Perform field work to support construction and inspection staff
• Complete final project close out to assure record drawings along with necessary engineering documents are properly retained
• Participate in the initial planning of projects to be proposed and make recommendations to assist managers in establishing schedules and budgets
• Asset Management Coordination for Wastewater Collections
• Oversee and coordinate asset management activities for wastewater collections
• Work cross-functionally with Wastewater Operations, IT, GIS, EAM and the Asset Management Steering Committee to develop, implement and maintain an asset management program as it relates to wastewater collection assets
• Prepare and manage Asset Management Standards, plans and reports
• Prepare annual Asset Management Replacement Plan
• Inflow and Infiltration Program Management
• Analyze and implement inflow and infiltration program plan 
• Manage citywide wastewater flow monitoring program and recommended plan
• Prepare annual NPDES permit reports by compiling and analyzing data, performing computations as necessary, authoring narrative
• Wastewater Public Works Standards management
• Respond to public or other inquiries related to engineering policies and procedures on specific projects, system problem areas, and other wastewater related information
• Manage and recommend changes to the Public Works Standards specifications and standard details
• Recommend City code changes needed to implement recommended standards
• Liaison with Operations staff
• Work closely with wastewater operations staff to provide technical input in the repair or remediation of sewer collection assets and coordination and implementation of the asset management program

Qualities we are looking for: 

• Collaborative: Establish effective relationships and work with the assigned departments and team, across the organization, and with the City’s external partners
• Practical: Effectively apply skills and knowledge and use sound judgement and decision making
• Inventive: Be curious, seek new ideas, and consider new approaches, enjoy new challenges
• Nimble: Be flexible and adapt analysis and recommendations to reflect organizational and community changes and expectations.
• Equitable: Work towards removing barriers. Accept, respect, value and support the diverse cultures and identities within our organization and our community. Be mindful and intentional in creating equitable outcomes and opportunities through our policies and systems.

Work schedule/environment:  

The current schedule for this position is full-time on-site. Employees work on-site/in the office for a minimum of 5 days per week. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field 
• One (1) to four (4) years of professional engineering work experience preferably related to public works
• Professional Engineering License (PE)
• Valid Driver's License
• Good driving record (according to the City's driving matrix)

Driving Matrix:
You will be disqualified from this process if you possess any of the following driving infractions:

• A major traffic violation or accident that results in death or major injury.
• Driving under the influence (DUI) charge within the last 5 years.
• Have more than 3 moving violations within a 3-year period or more than 2 within a one-year period.
• Have more than 2 accidents within a 3-year period.

Selection Process

To apply for this position, click 'Apply' at the top of the linked job posting.

Required application materials:

• Complete online application (Do not type 'see resume' in any fields or leave work experience fields blank in the application template.)
• Answers to supplemental questions 

For more details and to apply, visit:  https://GreshamOregon.gov/jobs

If you have questions, please contact HRRecruiting@GreshamOregon.gov