The Utilities Department Senior Engineer - Waste water plans, directs, and coordinates, engineering program, works for the Encinitas Sanitary and Cardiff Sanitary Divisions for the City of Encinitas; which includes administrating the capital improvement program and reviews and approves all private development projects for public waste water improvements, and provides operation support to the waste water maintenance and operation staff. Responsible for project development, overseeing inspections, plan checking, contract administration, writing and presenting agenda reports to the City Council, conducts public outreach, and performs engineering calculations and designs. The position exercises direct supervision over assigned professional and technical personnel.

Knowledge of:
Managerial principles and practices;
Customer service principles;
Applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, ordinances, codes, rules, and regulations;
Principles and practices of construction management;
Traffic management principles and practices;
Recycled water standards and use;
Water billing practices and procedures;
Project management principles and practices;
Report writing techniques;
Civil engineering principles;
Advanced mathematical concepts;
Accepted standards of construction materials, methods, and craftsmanship;
Contract management and administration principles and practices;
Budgeting principles;
Occupational hazards and safety standards.

Skill in:
Monitoring and evaluating employees and contractors;
Prioritizing and assigning work;
Using computers and related software applications;
Providing customer service;
Managing multiple priorities simultaneously;
Preparing cost estimates;
Analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and implementing recommendations in support of goals;
Negotiating and gaining cooperation through discussion and persuasion;
Performing complex mathematical calculations;
Preparing and/or reviewing a variety of technical reports, documents, and other related correspondence;
Interpreting maps, drawings, legal descriptions, and plats;
Reading and reviewing engineering drawings and technical reports;
Applying Federal, regional, state, and local regulations;
Issuing professional opinions;
Developing Requests for Proposals and Requests for Qualifications;
Performing engineering calculations;
Reading and writing legal descriptions;
Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.


Required License:
Professional Engineering (P.E.) License with the State of California in Civil Engineering