Project Specialist, Water

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.

Purpose

This Project Specialist, Water will report to the Vice President, Water Operations. The role coordinates between Liberty Utilities-Arkansas, customers, contractors, and regulatory authorities regarding the planning, design, and construction of new and replacement water distribution facilities. Ensures construction consistency with plans, specifications and schedules. Manages and tracks project costs. Performs field testing and inspection as needed. Creates in-field as-built drawings and verifies GIS information against field installations. Submits reports of final inspection at job completion. Reviews job site plans for accuracy.

Accountabilities

- Knows and abides by company’s safety policy and procedures.

- Provides excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.

- Inspects contractor job sites to verify and ensure compliance with company specifications for water distribution system installations.

- Prepares developer agreements, service agreements, and other necessary documents for developers and others extending or connecting to the water system.

- Coordinates all distribution system easement and right-of-way work.

- Provides information for development of Field Work Orders (FWO).

- Orders, receives, inventories and disburses materials associated with assigned projects.

- Performs bacteriological sampling related to placing new facilities in service.

- Ensures construction consistency with plans, specifications and schedules.

- Manages and tracks project costs.

- Creates in-field as-built drawings and verifies GIS information against field installations.

- Submits reports of final inspection at job completion.

Education and Experience

- Associate degree in business or related technical field, i.e. Auto Cad, Project Management is preferred.

- 3-5 years of water utility distribution work experience.

- 1-2 years’ experience in construction project management, preferably water utility construction. Must be familiar with OSHA regulations, GIS/GPS equipment and information analysis.

- Maintain a valid State driver’s license.

- Physical: The employee is occasionally required to walk over uneven terrain; the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

- Sensory: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and loud noise from machinery.

- Mental: Ability to analyze and understand construction plans, drawings and maps and perform mathematical computations

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What We Offer

- Company funded Pension program

- 401k with Company match

- Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

- Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

- Share purchase/match plan

- Defined Contribution savings plan

- Top Talent Program

- Volunteer paid days off

- Employee Assistance Program

- Achievement fund

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.