The Senior Project Engineer, under the direction of the City Engineer, will manage the development, funding, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of capital projects for the City of Maple Valley. This position can significantly influence quality, schedule, costs, and public confidence. Therefore, the Senior Project Engineer has oversight responsibility for all aspects of the budgets and schedules for assigned capital projects. The Senior Project Engineer is also responsible for the professional engineering review of private development projects, including approvals related to enforcement of codes and development regulations, and ensuring that the city's goals, policies, and standards are met with respect to the design and construction of new infrastructures. The Senior Project Engineer will provide support to the Public Works and Community Development Departments in determining and implementing the necessary public improvements needed to meet the goals and policies of the City of Maple Valley's Comprehensive Plan, environmental requirements, public works road standards, engineering standards and to ensure safe construction activities. This position is supervised by the City Engineer.

This is a full-time FLSA Exempt position and not eligible for overtime compensation.

Essential Job Functions

The Senior Project Engineer:

• Assists the Public Works Director and City Engineer in determining necessary capital projects, including the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and other public works capital improvement plans
• Exercises independent judgment and flexibility in developing methods, techniques, and processes for evaluating and/or obtaining project results
• Defines and performs essential project management including management of scope, quality, schedule, cost estimates & actual costs, budget for implementation & management of assigned projects, capital project design and resource planning, risk personnel, consultants/contractor, contracts, and communications
• Assists in grant applications for proposed capital projects
• Works with WSDOT Local Programs and PSRC on managing federal or state funding for capital projects and with different WSDOT divisions on planning, design, ROW, and construction phases of capital projects on state routes
• Is responsible for contract development, advertising, public bidding, and contract award process required to implement assigned capital projects, assuring contract compliance after award
• Serves as the city's project manager for hired consultant teams performing preliminary engineering, environmental documentation, and final design process of city capital projects
• Reviews, determines the legitimacy, and approves design consultant project schedule, invoices, and tracks monthly progress and budget
• Manages the development of plans and schedules for the timely acquisition of right-of-way and resolving utility issues
• Reviews progress payments of construction management consultants and contractors
• Reviews design documents for design and construction issues at all stages of development. Facilitates and secures the timely review by others, including utility and regulatory agencies, during the design process
• Prepares reports and other documents as necessary concerning assigned projects for the City Council, City Manager, staff, funding, and regulatory agencies
• Selects or recommends design consultants and general contractors using City of Maple Valley processes; and negotiates planning, design, and construction contracts and associated change orders for assigned projects
• Reviews civil engineering drawings and specifications for private development applications and projects for compliance with city regulations and engineering standards as well as County, State and Federal engineering standards. Elements of review may include right of way dedications, vehicle and pedestrian access, parking, storm drainage, erosion and sediment control, clearing & grading, transportation geometrics, traffic impact analysis, geotechnical studies, water and sewer technical reports, structural reports, and landscaping
• Coordinates engineering plan review comments from other city departments and consultants
• Coordinates with stormwater management to ensure that private development activities are in compliance with the city's surface water management regulations
• Coordinates with the city's Construction Inspector regarding permitted work in progress to ensure that projects are completed in compliance with approved plans and specifications, and with applicable regulations and standards; additionally, this position may be required to perform inspections as necessary
• Prepares red-line comments on plans, specifications and estimates of probable costs for infrastructure; additionally, able to provide written comments on proposed private development projects to include written letters and checklists regarding compliance on specific engineering and construction issues and is able to input this data in the City's permit tracking software
• Ability to develop and maintain engineering checklists for all municipal service areas for use by the development community and city initiated capital improvement projects
• Prepares reports for review and presentation to the Developers, Engineers, Contractors, Homeowner's Associations, Citizen Groups, the City Council and other groups as requested and attends development related public hearings and community meetings
• Attends pre-application meetings to discuss development requirements and assist with the development of project scopes to ensure quality development. Ability to facilitate comment resolution meetings with developers, engineers, and contractors
• Provide professional level engineering support in the preparation of staff reports for Plats, Short Plats, and Residential & Commercial developments
• Attends regular internal development review meetings with other staff members to discuss ongoing review status, provides solutions to infrastructure and regulatory conflicts between service areas and provide guidance, to development teams, in terms of finding solutions to development related issues
• Manages contracts for engineering survey, environmental mitigation, transportation engineering and other professional engineering services related to the review of proposed private developments
• Reviews and assesses storm water, traffic geometrics, traffic impact reports, geotechnical reports, structural reports, and other professional engineering studies submitted on behalf of proposed development
• Attends or convenes pre-construction conferences to explain city standards and procedures to contractors and developers
• Provides inspection services to development activities when Development Inspector is not available
• Coordinates with franchise utilities to ensure minimization of infrastructure conflicts, this may include distribution of engineering plans and facilitation of comment resolution meetings
• Reviews, approves, and signs engineering designs, bid specifications, contracts and other documents requiring Professional Engineer's approval
• Assesses impacts of proposed development activities and coordinates the planning, design, and construction of appropriate mitigation of development on existing and future infrastructure via private development requirements or city initiated capital improvement projects
• Assists in updating Transportation and Surface Water Elements of the City's Comprehensive Plan, and applicable areas of the Municipal Code
• Assists in Municipal Code amendments related to street standards and development code
• Prepares agenda items and presentations and attends Planning Commission meetings and City Council meetings as needed
• Manages the administration of the city's concurrency program, via professional engineering consultants, to ensure established level of services are maintained on public roadways and developer's proportionate share calculations are accurate and timely
• Works actively with citizens, citizen groups, Homeowner Associations, and local businesses, as necessary, to respond to requests from the public regarding infrastructure impacts
• Administers and coordinates with city public works staff on Title VI compliance and prepares the annual Title VI report for public works.
• Trains and mentors junior engineering staff
• Other duties as assigned

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities include:

• Excellent communication, negotiation, project management, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to make decisions under pressure, in the field, in order to implement contract provisions and/or change orders
• Ability to communicate effectively with professionals, co-workers, elected officials, and contractors both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated working knowledge of APWA and WSDOT design standards and specifications, the review of engineering documents and public works construction procedures
• Experience in managing federal or state funded capital projects
• Experience in reviewing right of way plans and resolving utility conflicts
• Knowledge of civil engineering principles, practices, and methods, including but not limited to traffic engineering, storm drainage systems, streets, utilities, clearing and grading, geotechnical and structural engineering
• Knowledge of civil & environmental engineering construction standards and inspection methods and techniques
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