Senior Engineer or Principal Engineer

WHO WE ARE

We are the Metropolitan Council, the regional government for the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area. We plan 30 years ahead for the future of the metropolitan area and provide regional transportation, wastewater, and housing services. More information about us on our website.

The Environmental Services (ES) Division has three (3) vacancies for either a Senior or Principal Engineer (depending on qualifications) in the Interceptor Engineering group of the Capital Design and Delivery department.

About the Interceptor System: The interceptor system is the sanitary sewer network of pipes, mains, and tunnels that intercept wastewater flow when it leaves one city and is conveyed through other cities enroute to one of the 9 wastewater reclamation/treatment facilities in the 7-County Metropolitan area. The interceptor system consists of 635 miles of gravity mains, force mains, and siphons; 230 billing and performance meters;

and 59 lift stations. The interceptor system serves 2.8 million people from 111 communities.

How your work would contribute to our organization and the Twin Cities region:

The Interceptor Engineering group is responsible for planning and designing capital projects to preserve, improve, and expand the interceptor system to meet our customer service goals. In addition, the Interceptor Engineering department supports the Construction Services group during capital project construction.

A senior or principal engineer in the Interceptor Engineering group is responsible for managing capital improvement projects. Either a senior or principal engineer is responsible for preparing project documentation, developing scopes of work, developing schedules and budgets, monitoring progress for multiple capital projects at a time, and coordinating reviews with internal and external stakeholders. The principal engineer manages large, complex, and often multi-disciplinary projects ($15M or greater in construction costs) and interceptor planning projects.

The principal engineer is also responsible for conducting peer reviews of engineering reports and designs as well as mentoring less experienced staff.

After an initial period of on-site work, this position is eligible for a hybrid (both remote and onsite) telework arrangement. The candidate's permanent residence must be in Minnesota or Wisconsin.

• Represent the Council with regulatory agencies, local interests, neighborhood groups, cities, metropolitan county, state, and federal governmental units, industrial user groups and other interested parties. Conduct necessary communications and interactions with groups.
• Apply engineering skills and knowledge to wastewater projects.
• Conduct or review condition assessments for lift stations, pipelines, meters, or odor control facilities.
• Manage project budgets and expenditures.
• Prepare milestone schedules. Anticipate impacts to the project schedule and actively work to mitigate project delays.
• Track approval processes for various purchase orders, change orders, amendments, pay requests, invoices, and other procurement/contract administration documents.
• Solve problems from an owner/government agency perspective.
• Lead planning and/or design of assigned projects to meet ES business objectives.
• Prepare consultant work authorizations and review consultant deliverables, including plans and specifications, technical memoranda, evaluations, and reports.
• Prepare and review evaluations for process mechanical equipment, products, systems, and facilities.
• Monitor projects during installation/construction and commissioning.
• Provide work direction to Architectural/Engineering (A/E) consultants, technical staff, and less-experienced engineers.
• Perform lower-level engineer series duties as needed.
• Complete related duties as assigned.

Senior Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or in a directly related area of discipline,
  AND four (4) years of related experience as an Engineer,
  AND Successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE) or registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Minnesota or a state with reciprocity. PE may be required for some positions.
• Note
  : FE exam replaces the former Engineering in Training (EIT) exam.

Principal Engineer

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or in a directly related area of discipline AND five (5) years of related experience as an Engineer INCLUDING
  , including being registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Minnesota or a state with reciprocity

What additional skills and experience would be helpful in this job (desired qualifications):

• Experience managing engineering work on large multi-disciplinary capital projects ($15M construction cost or greater).
• Experience in all three phases of project delivery for wastewater or water projects: planning, design, and construction/commissioning.
• Experience in presenting and explaining technical concepts to the general…