Operations & Maintenance - Senior Engineer

Contra Costa Water District is an innovative leader in water management and provides employees with a fast-paced and stable work environment that encourages professional growth and development. 

The Mission of the Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) is to strategically provide a reliable supply of high-quality water at the lowest cost possible, in an environmentally responsible manner.

Our Values:

• Safety: We provide, as a top priority, a safe and healthy work environment for our team. 
• Trust: We protect the public trust with uncompromising integrity, commitment to our professional standards, full transparency, and fairness in all our business dealings. 
• Responsibility: We take ownership of our results and deliver on our performance outcomes to responsibly serve our customers, our community, and our planet. 
• Exceptional Service: We value our customers, act in their best interest, and take pride in delivering personalized service. 
• Employee Success: We share a meaningful sense of purpose in an environment that strives to offer professional growth, diversity, inclusivity, and work-life balance. 
• Teamwork: We engage in respectful, collaborative, trust-based relationships at all levels within the organization and with our business partners. 
• Continuous Improvement: We continuously seek opportunities to optimize our business practices and assets by engaging the expertise of our employees and embracing innovation.
• Recognition: We reward the positive contributions of our employees at the organization, team, and individual levels. 
• Communication: We strive for open, effective dialogues at all levels of the organization to ensure input is valued and considered and reasons for decisions are explained. 

• A proven leader with experience managing and training staff.
• Skilled in engineering project management and capital improvement projects.
• Proficient in budgeting, contract management, and ensuring project compliance.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative, with the ability to work effectively with various stakeholders. 

 What you will typically be responsible for: 

• Building and maintaining positive working relationships with employees.
• Supervising and training staff, ensuring project goals are met.
• Managing engineering projects, from design through implementation.
• Overseeing project budgets, schedules, and contracts.
• Reviewing designs, specifications, and proposals for compliance.

 A few reasons you might enjoy this job:

• Lead impactful projects that shape water infrastructure.
• Balance technical work with leadership responsibilities.
• Every day brings a variety of work challenges, opportunities, and rewards.

Additional qualities that will benefit candidates:

• Technical expertise and the ability to engage diverse interests and obtain input and support for decisions.  
• Strong communication skills for effective collaboration.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines under pressure. 

 Join us in our mission to provide reliable, high-quality water in an environmentally responsible manner.

Apply today and be a part of our dedicated team at Contra Costa Water District!

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Training: Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in engineering, environmental studies, or a related field. 

Experience: Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in professional engineering work related to water systems and facilities, including one (1) year of lead or supervisory responsibility. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
 When working in an office environment, must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone; ability to stand and walk between work areas may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment.  When working in the field, must possess strength, stamina, and mobility to perform light physical work; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; reach, twist, turn, kneel, bend, stoop, squat, and crouch in conducting inspections; to operate a motor vehicle and visit various District and meeting sites; and vision to conduct inspections. The job involves fieldwork requiring frequent walking in operational areas. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
Employees primarily work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Employees also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, road hazards, vibration, confining workspace, chemicals, mechanical and/or electrical hazards, hazardous physical substances and fumes, dust, and air contaminants.  

WORKING CONDITIONS 
Employees may be required to work various shifts and outside of normal shift hours on evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.       

Salary : $158,954 - $193,190