WATER SYSTEM ENGINEER
Columbia Power & Water Systems (CPWS) is a public utility proudly serving the citizens of Columbia and Maury County Tennessee since 1939. CPWS is recruiting a Water System Engineer. The Water System Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, designing, and overseeing utility infrastructure projects for the delivery and management of safe and reliable water services to CPWS customers.
This is a safety-sensitive position subject to standby, afterhours, and/or emergency call out. Water System Engineers must reside within a CPWS service territory or Maury County.
The primary duties & responsibilities of this position include:
- Design & Engineering: Manage, coordinate, review and/or prepare plans, permit applications, specifications, reports, cost estimates, and models for water distribution, pump stations, and treatment systems.
- Project Management: Oversee projects from initial feasibility studies through final construction and inspection. May manage a portion of the capital improvement projects.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure designs comply with local, state, and federal environmental codes and permitting standards while also meeting CPWS design standards and policies.
- Plan Review: Review plans and specifications for design accuracy and thoroughness.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Communicate project details and utility policies with applicants, contractors, regulatory agencies, city officials, and the public as needed and in coordination with Water Engineering. Coordinate with Water Engineering to review and approve subdivision, site and construction plans, and specifications for utility policies and standards conformance to established departmental standards, policies, and sound engineering principles.
- Provides technical engineering assistance to other departments in budgeting capital projects and O&M activities.
- Perform technical research, field analysis, and inspection.
Key Physical Requirements:
Ability to occasionally lift 0 – 50 pounds. Sit, walk, or stand for up to 4 hours a day and to use eyes, hands, and fingers to operate a computer keyboard quickly and accurately. Ability to talk, see, hear, reach, handle, and feel. Ability to stoop, kneel, and crouch. Ability to easily walk across undeveloped areas that may be hilly, overgrown, and rocky. Environmental Conditions: Ability to work both inside and outside. Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Outside: Exposed to noisy places and machinery. Exposed to weather that is cold, hot, rainy, and windy.
Education, Experience, and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, mechanical, or other related engineering field, from an accredited program, required
- Engineer- in- Training (EIT) certification preferred; Ability and desire to pursue and obtain licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) required.
- 4 years of experience in civil engineering or related field required.
- Maintain a valid Tennessee driver’s license; driving record must meet the requirements to be covered by CPWS liability insurance.
- Knowledge of water treatment and distribution systems preferred.
- Ability to learn and use organization software, NISC, or similar preferred.
- Familiarity with ArcGIS, InfoWater or similar is strongly preferred
Compensation Package:
CPWS offers competitive compensation and benefits package that includes: health, dental, long-term disability and life insurance and a 401(k) contribution.
To apply, please visit our website: cpws.com/employment. This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that additional and/or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological developments). This job ad does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.
All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check and drug screen.
