Engineer Senior

About the role

Charlotte's local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone - a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water's FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody's and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment. SALARY: The salary for this position is: $98,289.00 - $109,209.99, Commensurate with Experience. JOB SUMMARY This position provides a high degree of internal/external consulting for Charlotte Water projects and operations as a subject-matter expert in Field Operations. Assists operational staff with complex repairs, sanitary sewer overflow reduction efforts, and other technical challenges. This position is responsible for conducting system analysis of the collection and water distribution systems and developing recommendations to improve performance and efficiency. The role includes managing contracts related to system analysis initiatives and infrastructure improvement projects, ensuring work is completed on time, within scope, and in compliance with applicable standards. Work involves some project management functions with emphasis on providing guidance and support to projects in planning, design, and regulatory oversight. This position provides technical assistance and serves as a lead or supervisor over technical and administrative staff as well. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Provides professional and technical instruction, guidance, and information to consultants, contractors, engineers, City officials, and the public regarding planning, design, regulatory issues, engineering principles, and standard practices; serves as subject matter expert. Leads and mentors engineering and technical staff; supervises the work of professional, technical, and administrative staff; manages a Critical Assets Inspection team and asset management program; manages and maintains Smart Cover manhole program; assists operations staff with complex water and sewer repairs; Provides technical expertise in the development and implementation of policy and standards regarding engineering principles and practices for public and private development within the City. Develops and maintains list of potential infrastructure projects for a program or division; analyzes and prioritizes projects for maximum impact and return on investment. Designs engineering specifications for projects. Identifies project resources and estimates project costs. Reviews work of architects, engineers, and other project service providers; makes design modifications; ensures regulatory compliance; and approves project design. Communicates among owners, public, project managers, contractors, and other interested parties in order to obtain input, provide feedback, exchange information, and report project status; attends/facilitates public meetings on projects; and addresses related concerns of home owners. Performs administrative tasks, such as: approving contracts, invoices, or payments; addressing billing problems; and handling human resource (HR) issues and paperwork. Provides technical and professional assistance during projects, such as: sewer overflow reduction; water distribution/transmission improvement; sewer emergency repairs; sewer size and flow evaluations; development of new inventory systems; Plans and handles special proje