General Statement of Duties

This employee provides advanced professional engineering and project management support to the Principal Engineer and other management personnel throughout the planning, design, and construction phases of capital improvement projects. Responsibilities include supervising, assigning, reviewing, and coordinating the work of engineering and inspection staff responsible for sewer and wastewater treatment plant projects. The employee directly monitors project and staff activities to ensure high-quality work, compliance with applicable regulations, adherence to established policies and procedures, and achievement of project objectives.

The position is responsible for managing active projects, including oversight of budgets, schedules, risk mitigation, consultant performance, and stakeholder coordination to ensure successful project delivery. As a Supervising Engineer, this employee performs the most complex technical and managerial assignments, providing expert recommendations, resolving project challenges, and identifying opportunities for process and design improvements before and during construction. The employee exercises considerable independent judgment in the administration of projects and personnel and performs related work as required.

This position has direct supervisory responsibility for one Senior Engineer and serves as Project Manager for the East Branch Ohio Interceptor Extension Project. Additionally, the employee leads MSD's coordination efforts with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), ensuring effective collaboration, regulatory compliance, and alignment of infrastructure improvement initiatives between the agencies.

This employee supervises, assigns, reviews, and participates in the work of staff responsible for professional and technical engineering operations. Employee ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures and performs the more technical and complex tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Performs related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications (KSAs)

(Illustrative only. Any one position may not require all of the listed KSAs nor do the listed examples include all the KSAs which may be required.)

Knowledge of:

• Modern complex principles and practices of engineering as related to assigned area of responsibility.
• Design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of and use of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Surveying and collecting field data.
• Water resources, modeling, and hydrology.
• Construction specifications, principles, practices, and materials used.
• Engineering systems, machinery, and processes.
• Budget preparation, management, and procurement processes.
• Management, supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.
• Industry safety standards.
• City human resources policies and procedures and union contracts.
• Code of Ethics for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
• Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Skill to:

• Skill to operate appropriate computer equipment; use properly all related hardware and Microsoft Office Suite, project management software, ArcGIS, AutoCAD with Civil 3D, and analytic or scientific software.
• Skill to operate a motor vehicle in the course of duty.

Ability to:

• Ability to plan future engineering programs and manage all phases of multiple projects.
• Ability to check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.
• Ability to monitor/assess performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Ability to identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Ability to analyze and interpret field data, create models, analyze trends, and perform various data analysis techniques.
• Ability to bring others together to reconcile differences, such as employees, contractors, utility companies, and other departments.
• Ability to manage one's own time and the time of others.
• Ability to be aware of others' reactions and understand why they react as they do.
• Ability to persuade others to change their minds or behavior.
• Ability to prepare and manage assigned budgets for projects and programs.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Ability to analyze and manage effective EEO/AA programs.

Examples of Work Performed

(Illustrative only. Any one position within this classification may not include all of the duties listed nor do the listed examples include all of the tasks which may be performed.)

• Provide formal supervision for staff responsible for professional and technical engineering operations.
• Directs, coordinates, and reviews the work plan for assigned engineering services and activities.
• Review vacant positions and applications and conduct/participate in interviews for the division.
• Review and sign division timesheets, F25’s, OT approval and other admin forms.
• Perform PIP/Corrective action for issues with staff.
• Perform annual and special performance evaluations for staff.
• Ensures that employees follow safe work practices and have safe working conditions; implements principles of the Employee Safety Instruction Manual.
• Ensures quality of work and adherence to established policies and procedures.
• Provide technical expertise for engineering programs or activities.
• Identify needs for training, provides or coordinates training to employees as needed.
• Review Engineer Intern and Senior Engineer work/documents/contracts/change orders.
• Procure and manage engineering consultants.
• Develop Requests for Proposals and Requests for Qualifications.
• Negotiate Construction Change Orders.
• Prepare engineering drawings, construction plans, and specifications using AutoCAD and other software and direct the work of engineering staff.
• Reviews plans and calculations produced by subordinate staff; ensures that subordinate staff follows standard operating procedures.
• Enforce Contract requirements including adherence to specifications and quality control.
• Manage, route, investigate or respond to Customer Service Requests (CSRs) or records requests.
• Answers questions and provides information to the public; investigates complaints; recommends corrective action as necessary to resolve complaints.
• Participates in the preparation and administration of the annual program budget; submits budget recommendations; monitors expenditures; keeps records as appropriate.
• Manage the input of information into database systems.
• Develop new standards, specifications, procedures, or processes for engineering programs or projects.
• Prepare engineering drawings, construction plans, and specifications using AutoCAD and other software and direct the work of engineering technicians.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure or engineering problems in the field.
• Hold weekly or monthly team meetings.
• Review plans for constructability.
• Sign and stamp design or construction documents as appropriate (requiring a P.E. license).
• Review and approve drawings, plans, designs (not requiring a P.E. license).
• Makes professional engineering judgments in accordance with current accepted practice of professional engineering and appropriate laws and codes.
• Coordinate award of a contract, i.e. award letter, accept and appropriate legislation.

Probationary Period

Twelve months

Supervision Exercised

Exercises direct supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff.

Required Education and Experience

Open: Each applicant must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field. In addition, each applicant must have five years of experience in project management, or project design for transportation/site development projects, construction projects, or similar disciplines.

Promotional: Each applicant must have three years of experience as a Senior Engineer with the City of Cincinnati and must possess a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Must have a valid Driver's License. Must be an excellent communicator and team builder. Possession of registration with the State of Ohio as a Professional Engineer. If not registered in Ohio when appointed, Ohio registration must be obtained during probationary period.

MILITARY EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE EVALUATION

Military education and experience may be substituted for college level course work at the lower and upper division baccalaureate and graduate levels and apprenticeship training at the vocational certificate level on a case by case basis based on the American Council on Education (ACE) Military Guide recommendations.

HR CONTACT:

DENISE.BROWNING@CINCINNATI-OH.GOV

Working and Physical Conditions

Environmental Conditions:

Indoor and outdoor environments; exposure to office computer screens; exposure to extremes in weather conditions; work with or in water, below ground, on ladders or scaffolds, on slippery or uneven surfaces, around moving objects/vehicles; exposure to construction project environments; some travel by automobile required.

Physical Conditions:

Duties require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting, standing and walking for prolonged periods of time; light and moderate lifting and carrying; general manual dexterity and visual acuity required; must be able to operate assigned vehicle.