California Water Service
Job Description:
California Water Service Group (Cal Water) invites you to build a meaningful career with the third largest publicly traded water utility in the United States. Guided by our mission to be the leading provider of water and wastewater services, we are dedicated to improving the quality of life for the customers, communities, and employees we serve. Our culture is grounded in core values—integrity, quality, service, value, health and safety, respect and collaboration, and corporate citizenship—and is reflected in our recognition as a Top Workplace®, a Great Place to Work®, and a J.D. Power leader in customer satisfaction for multiple years. Join Cal Water and be part of a purpose driven organization where your work makes a lasting impact.
This is the advanced journey level position in this classification series. Engineer will exercise full technical and functional supervision of assigned projects; and may serve as a resource for technical expertise. Requires independent judgment in performing tasks listed under the job function. Provides direction to junior level engineers in a lead capacity on engineering projects and technical review of the work of others. Shall make presentation to districts and outside agencies; may represent the company in meetings with outside agencies to negotiate and address complex issues. This position can be located in San Jose, Bakersfield or Torrance, CA.
Essential Functions:
Assesses, analyzes, and solves problems related to job functions
Organizes, attends, and leads meetings relating to their primary job function with other Cal Water staff members and public agencies to assess problems and determine solutions
Conducts research on existing infrastructure using databases, maps, drawings, photos, and paper files
Independently locates or develops needed data
Performs engineering calculations to solve advanced problems using logical assumptions
Creates solicitation documents (Request for Bids, Proposals, Qualifications, or Information) specific to the scope of work for each project and reviews contractor or consultant bids. Selects the most appropriate bidder
Provides updates to maps, drawings, and databases to reflect new projects or fix errors
Prepares data tables, graphs, cost estimations, justifications, and reports required for evaluating projects
Assesses solutions to problems presented by others, assists in planning and prepares projects for the Company's capital budget and Public Utility Commission (PUC) rate case filings including cost estimating and justification for complex projects, as well as data requests, tours, rebuttal, and settlement support
Directs the work of technicians and interns
Operates a provided company vehicle for travel to field locations
Participates in Continuous Improvement (CI) activities to improve all aspects of the company's operations
Conducts project safety planning and develops project safety documentation
Presents information in a public forum to state or local government agencies, special districts, or local communities
Makes project related decisions based on lowest life cycle cost calculations
Routinely directs and trains other engineers. Occasionally reviews the work of other engineers
Manages project resource
Routinely reviews policies, procedures, specifications and standard drawings and researches new technologies. Makes necessary revisions to these documents to stay current with technology and company changes
Performs other duties as assigned, as appropriate for the classification
Performs work on site in assigned office location
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field and or equivalent relevant experience; Master’s degree preferred
Minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible engineering experience in water utility engineering, hydraulic modeling, system planning, operations engineering, infrastructure planning, engineering design, or related fields.
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