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Salary– $82,896.00 – $108,804.00 Annually

What makes this role unique? 

This is an exciting and dynamic position working with a great team of environmental specialists, planners, and engineers focused on helping municipalities with technical and financial assistance to meet their clean water infrastructure needs. As the senior professional engineer you will provide technical information to policy makers and provide engineering technical advice, guidance, mentoring and consulting expertise to funding recipients, as well as Water Quality Program engineers and non-engineering staff responsible for implementing the state and federal grant and loan programs, including emerging programs such as emerging contaminants, stormwater, and reclaimed water.

You will represent the Section as an authority in wastewater engineering requirements related to Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and work closely and collaboratively with Ecology regional engineers, project managers, and permit managers, and other state and federal infrastructure funding agencies, in addressing CWSRF loan requirements.


What you will do: 

• Provide leadership and engineering support to Ecology staff who help communities that need wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements and upgrades. 
• Lead the Wastewater Financial Assistance Workgroup to ensure consistency and coordination of financial assistance policies and procedures. Facilitate process improvement and development of new tools to improve project management and program outcomes.
• Provide guidance, and develop policies, procedures, and trainings on project alternatives analysis, value planning, and asset management in support of community wastewater projects.  
• Provide leadership and develop policies and procedures for addressing federal funding requirements, including American Iron and Steel, Davis Bacon wages, and the new Buy America Build America Act.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other state and federal funding agencies and groups, and participate and support the efforts of the Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Council.
• Act as Ecology’s water quality financial assistance representative with other state and federal funding agencies and groups that coordinate and collaborate on resources, tools, policies, methods, and means to provide consistent technical assistance to communities with infrastructure challenges.
• Develop technical guidance on cost effective wastewater management principles and best management practices for addressing community wastewater systems.
• Support the financial management section throughout the annual funding cycle. This includes guideline development, application, evaluation, agreement negotiation, and presenting information in support of annual Application Workshops, Evaluator Trainings, and Recipient Training.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, educational and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.

Option 1: 

• An Engineer-In-Training Certificate or a Bachelor’s degree with a major study in one of the following engineering fields: sanitary, civil, geotechnical, water resource, environmental, chemical, mechanical or related field 

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington

• Five (5) years of experience in environmental engineering, which may include:

  • Environmental engineering expertise in wastewater, stormwater, or reclaimed water treatment, collection, and distribution technologies and laws, and specifically:
    • Professional work experience providing environmental engineering analysis and completing engineering reviews
    • Familiarity with treatment technologies, treatment plant and collection system operation and maintenance.   Professional work experience in wastewater treatment engineering and regulation.

Option 2: 

• A Master’s degree with major study in one of the following engineering fields: sanitary water resource, civil, geotechnical, environmental, chemical, mechanical, or related field 

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington

• Four (4) years of experience in environmental engineering, which may include experience listed in Option 1 above. 

Option 3:

• A PhD with major study in one of the following engineering fields: sanitary water resource, civil, geotechnical, environmental, chemical, mechanical, or related field 

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington

• Two (2) years of experience in environmental engineering, which may include experience listed in Option 1 above.

Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment: 

• Must be registered as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington

Desired Qualifications:
We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.

• Wastewater facility engineering related work.
• Experience with contract or grant management, inter-local agreements, procurement and bid processes.

Note: Having some (or all) of this desired experience may make your application more competitive in a highly competitive applicant pool.

NOTE:  Individuals who are interested in applying to this position, and believe they meet licensing requirements for the State of Washington based on reciprocity, are responsible for ensuring they meet licensing requirements for the State of Washington prior to submitting their application materials.  These requirements can be found at the following website: WA State: Board of Registration for Professional Engineers: How to get your license: Professional engineer by comity.