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The Environmental Services Department is currently seeking to hire three (3) Associate Engineer positions:1 (one) vacancy at Water Resources Division is located at 3025 Tuers Road, San Jose and 2 (two) vacancies at Capital Improvement Project (CIP) division is located at 700 Los Esteros Road, San Jose.
About the Water Resources Division: The Water Resources Division is comprised of three sections: Municipal Water System, South Bay Water Recycling, and Operations and Maintenance. The Water Resources Division provides potable water service through the Municipal Water System to the communities of Evergreen, North San José/Alviso, Edenvale, and Coyote. The Water Resources Division also provides recycled water service through the South Bay Water Recycling system to the cities of San Jose, Santa Clara, and Milpitas. South Bay Water Recycling includes 143 miles of pipeline and facilities, including four pump stations, three reservoirs, and Retail Agency Operations and Maintenance activities for over 800 individual customer connections. In addition, the Water Resources Division also leads water conservation efforts for the City of San José.
About the Capital Improvement Program Division: Join the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) division in leading one of the largest public works programs in San José's history! Check out CIP's website for more information on the $1.4 billion infrastructure construction program currently in its first 10-year phase. While all this planning and construction is ongoing, the facility is in continuous operation, serving 1.4 million residents and over 17,000 businesses in eight cities.
Associate Engineer Position at South Bay Water Recycling (SBWR) Section
The SBWR section is responsible for system operation and maintenance engineering support, and design and construction of the SBWR Recycling Water System pipeline and facilities. This includes managing the water quality programs, and supporting the conservation program, providing development related support services, ensuring availability of recycling water supply, capital improvements, construction inspection, and engineering support to operations and maintenance. Typical duties for the position include but are not limited to:
- Supervises staff including prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.Prepares engineering plans, details, project schedule, engineer's cost estimates and specifications.
- Directs the collection and analysis of water quality samples and reviews and interprets the resulting data including preparing recommendations as may be appropriate.
- Prepares, coordinates, and implements consultant, contractor, and laboratory analysis agreements.
- Research technical documents and assist in developing and conducting water quality studies to achieve business objectives and goals.
- Conducts and/or delegates data analysis, summarizes data with tables and graphs, and prepares reports and/or presentations to explain causes and effects on water quality as required by management.
- Provides direct support and/or oversees provision of direct support to customers as necessary to respond to water quality-related inquiries.
- Maintains and assists in optimizing databases that may include but not limited to water quality database, water quality compliant database, etc.
- Delegates and/or develops programs to maintain full compliance with applicable requirements in water quality, including updating existing plans or creating new plans as necessary to ensure compliance with new water quality regulations.
- Prepares and/or approves reports for compliance purposes that may include but not limited to: California Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Annual Report, Consumer Confidence Report, Public Health Goal Report.
- Represents the City with contractors, consulting firms, DDW, EPA, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and other water quality and environmental regulating bodies, as required, and at public meetings concerning City policy on engineering projects.
- Oversees and prepares plan documents, including but not limited to, Assembling and reviewing plans and specifications for conformance. directs the inspection of major engineering projects, prepares bid documents, solicits bids, facilitates award of contracts, administers the contract, interprets plans and specifications, resolves field problems, gives final inspection, and follows through with acceptance of the project.
Associate Engineer Position at Capital Improvement Program
The Capital Project Delivery section has a wide variety of responsibilities, including preparing and/or reviews designs, improvement plans, condition assessments, feasibility studies, construction estimates, specifications, and contract documents for capital improvement projects that are prepared by subordinates and/or consultants engaged by the City. Typical duties for the position include but are not limited to:
- Manages capital improvement projects from concept development to completion, i.e., overseeing, controlling, and guiding projects.
- Prepares engineering plans, project schedule, engineer's cost estimates and specifications.
- Negotiates, drafts, and manages consultant agreements and/or construction contracts.
- Supervises staff including work prioritization, performance evaluations, training and involvement in hiring and disciplinary processes.
- Oversees the preparation and/or reviews of designs and contracts documents for various of construction projects or engineering related projects.
- Evaluates and coordinates responses for bid documents and construction documents.
- Interprets plans and specifications, resolving field problems, conducting inspection, and facilitate project acceptance procedures.
- Collaborates with construction inspectors and attends field meetings regarding problems in the field during the construction.
