Water and Sewer Engineer

Somerville is a city that upholds progressive principles for both employees and residents alike. If you are looking for a culture that embraces innovation, empowerment, and collaborative involvement, Somerville not only embraces these talents, but encourages them. Creative, hands on collaboration with passionate dedication are at the core of the City’s workplace culture.  Challenging and fast paced, Somerville also offers a generous benefits package that embodies a strong work life balance. Not only is it a “Model City”, as termed by The Boston Globe, but it is also a model employer.
Statement of Duties 

The Water and Sewer Engineer is responsible for defining, planning, managing and implementing maintenance and construction projects within the City’s water and sewer distribution system. 

Essential Functions:
The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various type of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

• Under direction of the Director of Water & Sewer, develops specifications, designs and oversees others such as vendors or subcontractors for construction and maintenance of water distribution projects. 
• Collects data and records details of completed projects.
• Applies proper technical and construction techniques to any problems identified.
• Develops data, studies, and cost estimates for long and short term planning of water distribution facilities.
• Evaluates, recommends and documents any required changes to designs, studies, drawings and specifications of distribution facilities prepared by others.
• Oversees construction of distribution facilities.
• Facilitates the timely and efficient completion of planned projects in accordance with established guidelines, specifications and financial constraints.
• Performs field work related to projects as necessary, including inspections of work performed by internal and external forces.
• Manages updates and calibration of hydraulic model.   

Education and Experience: Bachelor of Engineering and between three to five (3-5) years’ experience in the engineering field; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Special Requirements
Licensed Massachusetts Professional Engineer, or ability to obtain within 3 years.
Valid MA Class D driver’s license.
Massachusetts Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certificate, issued per 250 CMR 3.00, preferred.

Knowledge: Knowledge of civil engineering principles and practices of water distribution system construction and maintenance
Abilities: Ability to analyze information and data
Skill: Skill with computer programs such as Microsoft Office.  Hydraulic modeling experience (preferred).

Work Environment 
The work environment involves everyday discomforts typical of offices, with occasional exposure to outside elements.  Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant.  Employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours in response to attend evening meetings or complete work assignments. When in the field, work is under typical shop conditions.

Physical and Mental Requirements 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions.

Physical Skills 
Few physical demands are required to perform the work. Work effort principally involves sitting to perform work tasks, with intermittent periods of stooping, walking, and standing.  May also be some occasional lifting of objects such as office equipment and computer paper (up to 30lbs.)

Motor Skills
Duties are largely mental rather than physical, but the job may occasionally require minimal motor skills for activities such as moving objects, operating a telephone, personal computer and/or most other office equipment including word processing, filing and sorting of papers. 

Visual Skills
Visual demands require constantly reading documents for general understanding and analytical purposes. 

Send your resume and cover letter by Friday, July 10, 2017 to:

City Hall Personnel Office
93 Highland Avenue
Somerville MA 02143
Fax: 617-666-4426
TTY: 1-866-808-4851
Email: employment_opportunities@somervillema.gov

City of Somerville residents are especially encouraged to apply.

The City of Somerville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability or any other protected category. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities free of charge, upon request.