Mackenzie Eason has been retained by the City of Irving to recruit the Senior Civil Engineer of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Department. In this role, the Senior Civil Engineer will serve as the design engineer, project manager, and construction manager for Capital Improvement Program projects pertaining to water and wastewater utilities. The Senior CIP Civil Engineer will determine how to prioritize capital improvements for the water and wastewater systems, as well as manage water infrastructure projects related to the construction, maintenance, and repair of new and existing lines. This is a mid-level management role that will report to the CIP Engineering Manager.

The City of Irving's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is involved in various aspects of all new construction taking place in the City of Irving. CIP is responsible for project design, construction administration, and infrastructure inspection of all the City's newly constructed facilities, as well as park planning and development. CIP also oversees the construction of city streets; water, wastewater, and drainage infrastructure; and facilities such as libraries, aquatic centers, fire stations, trails, and parks.

The Opportunity

The Senior Civil Engineer of the Capital Improvement Program will primarily perform professional engineering work on the water and wastewater system infrastructure design, investigation, and construction projects to keep up with increasing demand, aging infrastructure, and growth in Irving. The Senior Civil Engineer will function as a project manager over multiple highly complex water, wastewater, and drainage projects through design and construction, to include new pipelines, replacing existing lines with large capacity lines to keep up with demand, and other drainage projects.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Serve in the role of a design engineer, project manager, and construction manager for CIP projects.
• Prepare and design project contracts and drawings for a variety of capital improvement projects including water, wastewater, paving, and drainage plans.
• Provide project management for and review CIP projects designed by engineering design firms.
• Manage the construction phase of capital improvement projects, including review of monthly estimates and writing and negotiating change orders with the assistance of Engineering Inspectors.
• Conduct pre-bidders' meetings to provide answers about construction sequencing, working day assessment, construction safety, and allowable construction materials.
• Supervise, instruct, and train engineering staff during the design of various projects.
• Assist the general public and private contractors with questions and comments.
• Review, recommend and make field changes to plans.
• Use GIS system to retrieve utility and property information.
• Prepare contract specifications for the CIP Department.
• Organize and conduct meetings with various agencies, contractors, and clients.
• Identify needs for additional right-of-way or easements for projects.
• Manage multiple aspects of the construction process, including citizen inquiries, the relocation of utilities, investigating problems in the field, and negotiating prices with engineers and contractors for additional services.
• Review and make changes to the City’s standard construction specifications.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a licensed engineer with relevant experience in water and wastewater design, engineering, and construction. They will also have technological fluency in ArcGIS and AutoCAD Civil 3D computer software. The City needs a Senior Engineer who understands project management, consistent and continuous systems improvement, exceptional customer service and is dedicated to public service and stewardship.

Key leadership qualities and competencies necessary to succeed as the Senior Civil Engineer include:

• Design: Advanced/ complex design techniques, principles of surveying, tools, and instruments involved in the production and use of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. General understanding of project budgeting.
• Building and Construction: Materials, methods, laws, and the appropriate tools to construct objects, utility systems, structures, and buildings.
• Computer and Electronics: Computer hardware and software, including applications and programming, especially CAD and other technical design-related programs.
• Regulations: Federal, state, and municipal restrictions, laws, and ordinances that govern the planning and ongoing management of a project.
• Construction Contract Management: The principles involved in managing projects such as bidding, Requests for Information, shop drawings, negotiating change orders with contractors, and documenting field changes.

The ideal candidate will possess experience, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

• Systems Analysis (with Problem-Solving Focus): Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• System Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the goals of the system.
• System Perception: Discerning when important changes have occurred or likely will in a system.
• Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• Interactive Presentation: Effectively presenting information and responding to questions in writing or orally to various groups ranging from directors to managers to technical and non-technical staff to the general public.
• Analysis and Complex Problem-Solving: Applying advanced mathematical concepts, analyzing very complex problems, identifying alternate solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and implementing recommendations in support of goals.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Civil Engineering.
• At least six (6) years of civil engineering experience, including three (3) years as a professional engineer.
• An appropriate, valid, state-issued driver's license, or the ability to obtain one upon hire, is required.

• Certificate of Registration as a Professional Engineer.

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