Supervising Professional Engineer

Supervising Professional Engineer

DIVISION OF ENGINEERING

Make an Impact on Florida's Water Resources

The St. Johns River Water Management District is an environmental agency whose work is focused on ensuring a long-term supply of drinking water, and to protect and restore the health of water bodies in the District’s 18 counties in northeast and east-central Florida.

Enjoy work-life balance in a professional culture with competitive pay and benefits. 

The District is seeking an experienced engineering supervisor to lead, develop, and mentor a team of professional engineers responsible for major civil projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with dams, levees, reservoirs, and other water resource development projects, along with demonstrated success providing technical oversight, conducting engineering reviews, managing project risks, and exercising sound engineering judgment throughout project development and implementation.

What You'll Do

• Supervise professional engineers by assigning and balancing workloads, establishing priorities and performance expectations, monitoring progress, and providing technical guidance and professional development.
• Provide assistance to staff that are leading and overseeing civil engineering design and project development activities for dams, levees, reservoirs, and other water resource infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical oversight and engineering judgement to evaluate project decisions and their protentional impacts on scope, schedule, budget, operations, and risk.
• Assist staff in resolving complex technical, contractual, procurement, stakeholder, regulatory, and administrative project issues.
• Review and approve project deliverables prepared by staff and consultants, including technical memoranda, reports, plans, specifications, design submittals, cost estimates, schedules, fee proposals, invoices, and contract documents. 
• Ensure all work products meet established quality assurance and quality control requirements and are complete, accurate, constructible, operable, and maintainable. 
• Promote and enforce consistent project management, document control, risk management, reporting, and quality management practices across the team. 
• Monitor project performance and communicate significant risks, issues, decisions, and status updates to management and executive leadership. 
• Coordinate and oversee consultant services and support construction administration activities as needed to achieve successful project outcomes.

Key Skills for Success

• Supervising, mentoring, and developing professional engineering staff. 
• Assigning work, balancing resources, and managing priorities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Providing technical leadership and oversight for heavy civil and water resource infrastructure projects. 
• Conducting quality assurance and quality control reviews of engineering deliverables. 
• Developing, negotiating, and administering scopes of work, professional services agreements, work orders, contract amendments, fees, and schedules. 
• Managing consultants and coordinating with contractors, regulatory agencies, stakeholders, and project partners. 
• Reviewing and approving plans, specifications, technical reports, schedules, cost estimates, invoices, and contract documents. 
• Identifying and mitigating project risks and resolving issues before they materially affect cost, schedule, quality, safety, or operations. 
• Procurement planning, consultant selection, contract administration, and construction support. 
• Preparing and presenting clear technical, contractual, financial, and executive-level communications. 
• Presenting project recommendations and status updates to executive management, the Governing Board, regulatory agencies, stakeholders, and the public. 
• Using standard engineering, project management, scheduling, GIS, database, document management, and office software applications.

What You'll Bring | Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering. State of Florida Professional Engineer license; candidate licensed in another state must be able to obtain Florida licensure within one year of employment; and five years of subsequent experience in civil engineering. Experience must include one year of leading a project team, coordinating activities of a workgroup, or serving as a team lead.

Working Environment

Mostly general office environment with some fieldwork required; ability to work outdoors in Florida throughout the year; the ability to walk in natural areas with rugged terrain and heavy vegetation.

Location

Apopka, Palatka, or Palm Bay

Licenses

State of Florida Professional Engineer license.

Valid State of Florida Driver’s License.

Salary is based on qualifications and experience.

Why Join Us?

In addition to meaningful work and opportunities for professional growth, benefits include:

• Florida Retirement System
• Health and dental insurance
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid leave and holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Wellness program
• Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

Your application will receive careful consideration. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted to schedule an appointment.

The St. Johns River Water Management District participates in E-Verify. Certain service members, veterans, and qualifying spouses and family members receive preference in employment and are encouraged to apply.

Closing Date 

Open until filled

Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans’ Preference/Drug-Free and Tobacco-Free Workplace