Compensation
$58,823.63 - $89,099.50
(Based on Experience)
Summary
The Engineer performs engineering work for municipal projects. This position administers and manages the design and implementation, and/or delivery and execution of consultant and contract services, for all projects required for the improvement and expansion of the Great Lakes Water Authority.
Job Responsibilities
- Perform construction administration tasks for municipal engineering projects
- Prepare plans, drawings, specifications and detailed computations for municipal engineering projects
- Prepare requests for proposals and evaluate proposals for consultant contracts
- Evaluate bids for construction contracts
- Attend construction meetings
- Assist with field and design issues on construction of projects
- Review and enforce consultant work and responses
- Participate and review all site surveys
- Oversee and devise testing related to proper maintenance and operation of equipment
- Assist management with engineering reports and other correspondence
- Follow security and safety policies and procedures in carrying out work duties
- Provide on the job training
- Assist in obtaining consultant approvals and in construction contract advertisement
- Obtain contract number(s) and other required information for consultant and construction contracts
- Process consultant invoices
- Prepare requests to approve hiring a consultant
- Prepare blue sheet updates
- Perform related work duties as assigned
Required Education and Experience
Transcripts of Diploma Required:
- All applicants for this classification must upload a copy of their college transcript or college diploma. When uploading your resume please include your education credentials also.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in civil/sanitary, mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering
- Engineering and construction management experience preferred
- E.I.T. (Engineer In Training) certificate preferred
Essential physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
This position requires the ability to climb, bend, twist, carry, stack, push, pull and other efforts requiring considerable physical strength. This position also requires the ability to lift a minimum of fifty (50) pounds, walk, stand, or work for long periods of time, demonstrate normal color perception, hear audible alarms, detect abnormal equipment sounds, visually inspect equipment and processes at any time of the day or night. Employees will be required to wear respiratory protection and other personal protective equipment; perform scaffold, confined space, elevated and underground work. Employees will also be required to pass a vision test, yearly baseline physical and fit test for respirator/Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. While performing the duties of this position, employees are regularly required to use hands to handle, feel or operate equipment.
Environmental Working Requirements:
Work is performed at the plants or in a field environment. This position requires the ability to work in all conditions involving exposure to outside elements and seasonal weather. Work may be performed near open water and systems with hazardous chemicals that are acidic, highly corrosive, heat producing and potentially explosive. Work may be performed in confined spaces, hazardous areas that require respiratory protection and personal protective equipment (PPE), and under slippery and wet conditions
Other Requirements:
- Valid driver’s License
- Ability to work irregular hours, to commute to GLWA facilities and work sites
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment. This includes health, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and team member discount programs. Retirement and Retirement Health Savings are effective the first day of employment. Click HERE for more information.
Note: Part-Time employment is not eligible for health benefits, however, is eligible to participate in the 457 Retirement Plan.
GLWA is an equal opportunity employer.
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What We Do
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is a regional water and sewer authority that services nearly 40 percent of the water customers in Michigan
On June 12, 2015, history was made as the Great Lakes Water Authority and the City of Detroit entered into 40-year leases providing for GLWA’s operation of the regional water and sewer system. On January 1, 2016, GLWA began regional operations. GLWA is an important example of regional collaboration in southeast Michigan, with the City of Detroit, the counties of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb, and the State of Michigan officially uniting to ensure that both city and suburban water and sewer customers have a powerful voice in the management and direction of one of largest water and wastewater utilities in the United States.
With the stand-up of the new authority, GLWA assumed operational, infrastructure improvements, environmental compliance and budget-setting responsibilities for the regional water and sewage treatment plants, major water transmission mains and sewage interceptors, and related facilities. These facilities are leased from the City of Detroit for an allocation of $50 million per year to fund capital improvements for the City of Detroit retail system and/or Detroit’s share of capital improvements to the regional system.
Currently GLWA provides wholesale water and waste water services to 126 municipalities in seven Southeastern Michigan counties, which is equivalent to approximately 3.9 million customers.
In keeping with the spirit of collaboration from which GLWA was created, the authority is governed by a Board of Directors that includes one representative each from Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties as well as two representatives from the City of Detroit, and one appointed by the Governor of the State of Michigan to represent customer communities outside the tri-county area
