This Senior Engineer position is a core member of a small engineering team that works alongside the CIP Program Manager to develop, oversee, and enhance a variety of tools, products and reports related to the department’s long-range capital plan. Charlotte Water’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) consists of 100+ water and wastewater utility infrastructure and related support projects. This position will work closely with project and program managers handling large scale utility focused capital investments throughout all stages of delivery. This position combines engineering project management coordination and team leadership with financial and economic acuity. This work requires a high degree of communication and collaboration across many divisions within the department to assess capital project and program needs and financial impacts.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Support the CIP Manager in implementation and enhancement of a comprehensive, year-round framework for capital improvement planning, inclusive of formulation, monitoring, and auditing of the CIP and associated projects.
• Serve as a direct liaison to project and program managers delivering work across a diverse portfolio of water, wastewater, and business support capital investments.
• Review and discuss project/program details such as scopes, schedules, dependencies, cost estimates, cashflows, and expenditures.
• Provide training and mentorship for staff related to capital improvement planning and processes, ensuring consistencies across numerous data sets.
• Gather, review, analyze, and report data, including, but not limited to project visualizations, justifications, schedules, and cost estimates, utilizing Trimble Unity Connect formerly e-Builder and ArcGIS Pro.
• Assist in preparing, organizing, and maintaining CIP documentation, including budgets, schedules, and reports.
• Prepare presentations, charts, maps, and summaries for internal and external meetings.
• Engage with the Business and Finance team on an as needed basis to monitor CIP expenditures.
• Manage correspondence, meeting agendas, and minutes for CIP-related discussions.
• Compile, analyze and map data and data trends associated with CIP efforts.
• Develop spreadsheets, reports, dashboards, and process maps as related to CIP.
• Perform varied and complex engineering and capital planning functions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of fundamental project management principles to project planning, cost estimating, and implementation.
• Knowledge of different project delivery methods, including traditional and collaborative delivery.
• Knowledge of capital investment planning and cash flow terminology and strategies.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of utility construction cost estimating.
• Ability to interact and influence managers of projects and programs that are large and complex with the intent to enhance CIP processes.
• Ability to audit the processes associated with project management: project estimates, schedules, cash flow, and other financial activities.
• Ability to provide effective leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills and build consensus among various team members.
• Skill in working with Microsoft Products and Trimble Products (e.g., Trimble Unity Construct formally e-Builder software) and preparing data-driven reports.

PREFERRED QUALITIFCATION

• Licensure as a Professional Engineer.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field from an accredited school.
• Five (5) years of related work experience in engineering or municipal capital improvement projects including one (1) year of supervisory experience as a mentor/team leader for other engineers.
• Requires Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification.
• Requires a valid driver’s license.

About City of Charlotte

The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 17th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 872,498 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies. Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace. ?Charlotte Water is the largest public water and wastewater utility in the Carolinas, serving more than a million? customers in the City of Charlotte and greater Mecklenburg County -- including the towns of Matthews, Mint Hill, Pineville, Huntersville, Davidson, and Cornelius.?? ???

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