Project Engineer Manager

The Project Engineer Manager oversees and manages complex projects and contracts within Utility Services Team. The position performs highly complex engineering work in the field and office as well as periodic duty assignments and/or shift work.

Essential Functions

- Supervises employees including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and/or termination or recommending termination

- Leads a team that manages complex planning, scheduling, and managing projects/contracts such as emergency contracts, outsourcing contracts, transmission projects, water and sewer pipe rehabilitation or other big facilities, or management projects whose goal is to deliver organizational, program, or corporate benefits and improvements

- Performs 24/7 off hour duty assignments in response to emergencies

- Responsible for making policy and procedure recommendations to Director, Utility Services and staff to enhance the management of the Utility Services contracts

- Consults and works with team members from various departments, including senior leadership, in the administration of consultant, Architect/Engineer (A/E) and construction contracts and their associated procurement mechanisms

- Reviews project technical, management, and budgetary plans; ensures project compliance with corporate policy and technical specifications

- Reviews and approves monthly and final payments for A/E’s, contractors and vendors; negotiates and finalizes contracts and change orders

- Participates in project teams of others, including management review, re-engineering and policy groups

- Gathers data and prepares diagnostic and prescriptive reports on significant team, division or institutional issues

Serves as Commission project representative equivalent to a consultant’s or contractor’s Supervisory Project Engineer

- Responsible for completing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) for assigned areas

- Responsible for the planning of urgent projects which includes writing scopes of work, managing task orders/contracts, providing engineering support and other tasks related to time-sensitive projects’ needs

- Provides design review of engineering drawings and Hold Harmless Agreement reviews

- Participates in scheduling and coordinating large water/sewer main projects with the Water/Wastewater Systems Assessment Division and Production Department

- Provides engineering support to Emergency Contract Managers in the field and at bid meetings

- Prepares or monitors project schedules using PERT, CPM, Bar Chart, or similar tools

- Develops and implements project management strategic plans and resultant monitoring mechanisms

- Assists in developing Capital Improvement and Engineering Support Programs, as well as Division and other budgets

- Investigates and resolves customer complaints and determines responsibilities

- Meets with representatives of state and county governments, other utilities, and Commission jurisdiction to exchange information and resolve maintenance problems

- Supervises work performed by their direct reports and support staff on specific project assignments and in general mentoring and tutorial roles

- Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business

Other Functions

Performs related duties as assigned

Work Environment And Physical Demands

Business casual office environment with some field visits

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of design and construction project management, environmental engineering and associated organizational management systems

- Ability to organize and lead cross-functional project teams

- Ability to maintain project team focus and effective structure including the development of a strategic project management plan comprising schedule, budgetary, contractual, human resources, and stakeholder elements

- Possess the knowledge and skills required to successfully access and involve external agencies, internal staff, the general public, and special interest communities

- Demonstrated team building, group leadership, project management, and verbal and written communication skills

Minimum Education, Experience Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

- 6 years of progressively responsible experience in construction contract management or utility project management, or any combination of both

OR

- High School diploma or equivalent

- 10 years of progressively responsible experience in construction contract management or utility project management, or any combination of both