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Ad Title:Deputy Bureau Chief of Utilities (Engineering Manager I), Public Works, Bureau of Utilities Location: Columbia, MD Post Date: 02/21/25 City: Columbia State: MD Zip: 21045 Website:visit our website... Description: Deputy Bureau Chief of Utilities (Engineering Manager I) - Public Works, Bureau of Utilities
Salary $103,243.00 - $198,823.00 Annually
Location Columbia, MD
Job Type Full Time
Job Number 24-00640B
Department Public Works
Division DPW - Utilities Support
Opening Date 02/18/2025
Closing Date Continuous
POSITION SUMMARY/CLASS DESCRIPTION
Howard County:
Conveniently located in the heart of central Maryland between Baltimore and Washington, Howard County offers the charm of a historic past mixed with the excitement of a cosmopolitan community.
Howard County Government:
Howard County Government is a leader in innovation, best practices and sustainability. It is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live and work in the country. In 2024, Howard County Government received a record-breaking 63 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) – the most awards in the state of Maryland, and the fifth highest in the nation, as compared to more than 3000 counties. NACo Achievement Awards are the premier national honor to recognize innovative and transformative programs that provide new services for county residents, improve existing programs, upgrade working conditions, and enhance citizen participation and public policy making.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for outstanding individuals to join our team and contribute to excellence in Howard County operations.
What you'll like most about working at Howard County Government:
• We are committed to workplace excellence in every area of County government.
• We have a highly talented, diverse, and inclusive workplace. Your input will not only be heard, but it will be encouraged!
• We offer competitive compensation and great benefits including medical, retirement, and wellness programs.
• As a member of the Howard County Government team, you'll be helping drive our culture and directly impact what makes us an amazing place to work.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Deputy Bureau Chief of Utilities is located in Department of Public Works, Bureau of Utilities and will manage the technical/engineering aspects of the Bureau of Utilities as well as the support functions to include operational budgeting and accounting for the Utility Fund and purchasing for the Bureau. This position performs the duties of the Bureau Chief of Utilities during their absence.
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Performs mid-management level and advanced engineering and/or architectural work under general supervision from an administrative or technical superior. Work involves managing the administrative, technical and budgetary affairs of a division or overseeing the activities of the Bureau of Facilities. Work includes preparing and maintaining an operating budget; projecting manpower needs, materials, and equipment; plans review, and resolving the most difficult engineering and/or architectural design problems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
• Act on behalf and for the Bureau Chief of Utilities in every facet of that job including water and wastewater system operations and maintenance, wastewater treatment, planning, emergency response, budgeting and accounting.
• Responsible for the engineering supervision of the daily water and sewer system operation, to include resolution of problems.
• Coordinates the preparation of the Water and Sewer Master Plan, participates in water and sewer capital project implementation, and prepares and monitors annual operating budget.
• Assists with the Management and Administration of the Bureau of Utilities
• Oversees the preparation and submittal of the yearly water audit.
• Performs system analysis each year to determine if there is a need to increase water and sewer rates.
• Coordinates water and wastewater payments and billing between Howard County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County.
• Coordinates the purchasing, accounting, and budgeting function for the Bureau.
• Manages the Bureau's emergency response and planning programs related to homeland security.
• This position is considered emergency personnel, and, as such, the incumbent may be required to report for regular work shift during inclement weather, or then when an emergency situation arises.
• Manages subordinate personnel that are responsible for the water and sewer daily systems operations and inspections, budgeting, purchasing, accounting and other support activities for the Bureau.
• Oversees the Bureau's Capacity Management, Operations and Maintenance (CMOM) program as well as oversight of the Bureau's Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
• May perform special projects as needed with or without advance notice.
• Other duties as assigned
Ad Title:Engineering Support Technician II - Public Works, Utilities, Water & Sewer Panning Division Location: Columbia, MD Post Date: 06/24/25 City: Columbia State: MD Zip: 21045 Website:visit our website... Description: Engineering Support Technician II - Public Works, Utilities, Water & Sewer Panning Division
SALARY $29.29 - $56.47 Hourly
$60,923.00 - $117,458.00 Annually
LOCATION Columbia, MD
JOB TYPE Full Time
JOB NUMBER 25-00727
DEPARTMENT Public Works
DIVISION DPW - Utilities
OPENING DATE 06/24/2025
CLOSING DATE 7/8/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
POSITION SUMMARY/CLASS DESCRIPTION
Howard County:
Conveniently located in the heart of central Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. Howard County offers the charm of a historic past mixed with the excitement of a cosmopolitan community.
Howard County Government:
Howard County Government is a leader in innovation, best practices and sustainability. It is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live and work in the country. In 2024, Howard County Government received a record-breaking 63 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) – the most awards in the state of Maryland, and the fifth highest in the nation, as compared to more than 3000 counties. NACo Achievement Awards are the premier national honor to recognize innovative and transformative programs that provide new services for county residents, improve existing programs, upgrade working conditions, and enhance citizen participation and public policy making.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for outstanding individuals to join our team and contribute to excellence in Howard County operations.
What you'll like most about working at Howard County Government:
We are committed to workplace excellence in every area of County government.
We have a highly talented, diverse, and inclusive workplace. Your input will not only be heard, but it will be encouraged!
We offer competitive compensation and great benefits including medical, retirement, and wellness programs.
As a member of the Howard County Government team, you'll be helping drive our culture and directly impact what makes us an amazing place to work.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position provides technical level engineering support to the Bureau of Utilities, Water & Sewer Planning Division, performs GIS mapping and asset management support for the Bureau's utility, and assists in planning, operation, maintenance and asset management functions. Performs the development, maintenance, update and advancement of the bureau's GIS infrastructure for water and sewer utility assets. Provide support for GIS applications and assists the development of high level online and mobile tools to streamline the bureau's GIS and other workflow. Works with Asset Managers and ensures GIS is an integral part of the new Asset Management Software. Assists the development and implementation of GIS data standards, workflows, and quality control procedures.
Performs advanced technical level engineering support work, which may include supervisory responsibility, under the general supervision from a technical superior. Work includes technical land acquisition work such as negotiating the acquisition of rights-of-way and fee simple parcels; preparing legal and administrative documents used in land acquisition and condemnation proceedings; and preparing and executing contracts, deeds, and agreements. Work may also include planning, coordinating, and reviewing the work of a survey crew acquiring hydrographic and topographic data.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Provides technical assistance to the lead GIS Analyst that administers the Bureau's water and sewer utilities geodatabase. Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the Bureau's water and sewer GIS system including providing technical assistance in digitizing, geocoding, field data collection and other spatial location techniques for water and sewer construction and maintenance record data.
Provides GIS database management of the existing water and sewer records and ensuring up-to-date accuracy of all water and sewer maps.
Provides technical assistance and support to the Bureau's Maintenance Division which includes implementing and maintaining up-to-date linking of the lnfor/Hansen work order maintenance and asset management database with the GIS mapping system.
Provides assistance in ensuring that all generated and completed work orders issued by the field maintenance staff are properly logged into the database, and in the proper coding of all work order activities enabling field maintenance staff to review work histories associated with various water and sewer pipeline and appurtenance segments.
Provides periodic summary of work order activity reports.
Provides technical support in utilizing GIS technology to meet the Bureau's water and sewer facility planning, operation and maintenance needs, and recommends cost-effective GIS-based solutions.
Provides support to Departmental GIS users. Support includes special map creation, data layer development, analysis, etc.
Aids in the development of training procedures and provides on-site training for all Bureau of Utilities maintenance staff for proper utilization of the GIS and Infer/Hansen database.
Develops, documents and implements geodatabase quality assurance and quality control procedures.
Posts and reconciles versions within the geodatabase and assigns data maintenance tasks.
Provides mentorship to GIS and CAD technicians and interns.
Supports GIS data creation, conversion and manipulation as needed.
Performs spatial analysis utilizing ArcGIS technology to distill results into formats ready for use by engineering and non-technical field operations staff.
Evaluates new software and tools.
Assists maintenance and/or troubleshoot network and workstation hardware, software and telecommunication services.
Develops maps and application tools to assist the bureau's maintenance and operations staff to make data flow seamlessly and display in mapping applications.
Supports the county's Lead/Copper Program with GIS data and review.
Manages critical water users list and data and develops SOP for its yearly update program.
This position is considered emergency essential, and, as such, the incumbent will be required to report for regular work shift during inclement weather, or when an emergency arises.
Ad Title:Principal Civil Engineering Opportunities Location: 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850 Post Date: 05/22/25 City: Rockville State: MD Zip: 20850 Website:visit our website... Description: Job Description/Responsibilities:
Job Summary
The City of Rockville has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Civil Engineer to join our Capital Projects team! The successful candidate will have significant responsibility managing major capital improvement program (CIP) initiatives for our sewer collection system and other major CIP projects. This includes sewer capacity upgrades, rehabilitation, and pump station infrastructure, as well as asset management, preventative maintenance support, and coordination with WSSC and DC Water. Responsibilities in this role are broad and cover every aspect of work related to the Sewer Fund such as short and long-term planning, budget preparation, system modeling, community outreach, determination of development requirements, bidding and contract administration, construction support, and public presentation. In addition to the Sewer Fund related work, this engineer will manage other major CIP projects with high visibility and responsibilities. If your expertise is more focused in water infrastructure, please see our other Principal Civil Engineer opportunity.
Employment with the city presents an exceptional and unique work environment in which you will play a critical part in supporting the lives of our 70,000 residents, businesses, and countless visitors. Our generous benefits package includes significant retirement programs, ample annual and sick leave, membership at the city’s Swim and Fitness Center, tuition reimbursement and training. We also offer a family friendly work/life balance, and various opportunities for employees to participate in Health and Wellness programming.
Essential Job Functions
Functions of all Principal Civil Engineers
Supervises and coordinates the preparation and review of construction plans, specifications, computations, and contract documents for the Public Works Capital Improvement Projects and development permits prepared by consulting engineers and City staff.
Performs reviews of complex engineering plans, reports, and computations for compliance with engineering principles and applicable city, county, state, and federal codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Assists reviewing laws, regulations, requirements, and standards of the federal government, the state, and non-governmental bodies (such as AWWA or LEED) to identify and assesses changes and recommend changes to the Rockville City Code.
Reviews the impact of development projects on City water and wastewater infrastructure for conformance with the Adequate Public Facility Standards and recommends improvement to the water and wastewater systems to ensure system integrity.
Conducts studies; recommends policies, regulations, and procedures; and analyzes fees and rates to achieve division goals.
Interprets designs and advises on intent issues as they arise, refines or revises designs or adds designs, as necessary, and may resolve design/construction conflicts during the construction phase.
Prepares and reviews complex construction plans, studies, plats, easements, specifications, and estimates for projects ranging from new construction to repair/modification of existing infrastructure.
Schedules and reviews the work of lower level engineers to ensure design quality and compliance with City standards, specifications, and good engineering practice, and maintains a status report on all projects.
Coordinates projects and obtains permits from appropriate City departments, outside agencies, and private utility companies.
Reviews standards, specifications, ordinance requirements, and regulations within the City in order to recommend modifications and advise on their probable impact.
Assists and provides advice to inspection personnel to resolve field problems and respond to contract administration inquiries.
Answers public inquiries regarding projects and other engineering matters; attends and acts as City representative at citizen and community meetings.
Evaluates proposed development and establishes water, wastewater, and SWM requirements through the Water and Sewer Authorization and the Stormwater Concept approval process to ensure development complies with the City, State, and federal codes, including the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance.
Drafts proposed legislation for the City Code to stay current with modern standards and practices, and local, state, and federal regulations.
Receives and resolves inquiries regarding complex complaints from interested parties involving issues that are the purview of the department's codes.
Assists division chief in the preparation of the operating and CIP budgets and other administrative and personnel duties.
Manages individual engineering projects and provides estimates for CIP planning, budgeting, and design purposes.
Supervises engineers and consulting engineers in project execution for the Engineering Division.
May be required to attend meetings after hours and respond to emergencies.
Functions of CIP Construction
Manages the planning and implementation of Programs, such as the Bridge Rehabilitation Program, Sanitary Sewer Preventative Maintenance Program, or Water Distribution Rehabilitation Program. Program management includes recommending funding levels; identifying, planning and implementing Capital projects; and applying GIS to implement an Asset Management program.
Manages the A&E contract to ensure adequacy of the A&E firm's work, timeliness, accuracy of construction cost estimates, and appropriate coordination with others, including governmental bodies in the design phase.
Prepares request for proposal for engineering projects, and serves as staff liaison to consultants on Public Works design projects.
Plans and designs public infrastructure improvements including water, sewer, stormwater, and bridges implemented through the Capital Improvement Program.
Ad Title:Sr. Manager, Water Resources Protection Location: 14501 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707 Post Date: 07/03/25 City: Laurel State: MD Zip: 20707 Email:talentacquisition@wsscwater.com Website:visit our website... Description: Job Description/Responsibilities:
At WSSC Water, we are passionate about our one water mission and devoted to delivering safe, seamless, and satisfying service to our 1.9 million customers. It takes teamwork to deliver the essential, which is why we proudly call ourselves Team H2O – working together, sharing our talents and creativity to safeguard public health and protect the environment.
The Commission’s Sr. Manager, Water Resources Protection will lead the Commission’s activities related to watershed protection, water supply and water resources reliability. The role provides technical support to maintain environmental regulatory compliance in operations and maintenance activities.
Key Functions:
• Develops and leads implementation of a formal watershed/source water protection program at the Commission
• Leads planning related to long-term raw water supply for the Commission, including coordination with regional water supplies and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) Cooperative Water Supply Operations on the Potomac (CO-OP)
• Leads activities related to Potomac River source water quality management, including representation and coordination with Potomac River Basin Drinking Water Source Protection Partnership (DWSPP)
• Leads activities related to Patuxent Reservoir source water quality and quantity management, including coordination with the Patuxent Reservoirs Watershed Protection Group
• Serves as primary liaison with the Patuxent River Commission and the Montgomery County Water Quality Advisory Committee
• Provides technical leadership to ensure reliable raw water supply for the Commission by guiding and promoting water resource management and planning
• Provides technical leadership on the environmental management program, including environmental compliance, environmental permitting, and regulatory matters
• Provides technical leadership of the Commission’s pollution prevention efforts to address contaminated sites, chemicals of concerns, stormwater or potable water discharges and spill events associated with the Commission’s projects and facilities, transmission networks, and related maintenance and operations activities
• Performs technical analysis of proposed Federal and state regulations and prepares comments and recommended responses to protect Commission interests; coordinates responses with national and local associations such as AWWA, AMWA and NACWA
• Provides technical expertise for interactions with government and regulatory agencies
• Provides technical expertise to regulatory inquiries and reviews
• Identifies emerging environmental issues with potential for significant impact on the Commission; proposes technical responses for these issues, coordinates investigation, and manages any required technical oversight of the resolution of the issues
• Establishes and tracks strategic and operational performance measures
• Performs project management for special studies including developing the scope of work, negotiating contracts, reviewing and approving invoices, coordinating internal and external resources, and technical review and approval of the consultant’s work
• Prepares reports and notifications including those as required by regulations
• Leads a team of professional scientists and engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance evaluation
Ad Title:Sr. Mgr., Process & Systems Engineering (Water/WW Treatment) Location: 14501 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707 Post Date: 07/03/25 City: Laurel State: MD Zip: 20707 Email:talentacquisition@wsscwater.com Website:visit our website... Description: Job Description/Responsibilities:
At WSSC Water, we are passionate about our one water mission and devoted to delivering safe, seamless, and satisfying service to our 1.9 million customers. It takes teamwork to deliver the essential, which is why we proudly call ourselves Team H2O – working together, sharing our talents and creativity to safeguard public health and protect the environment.
The Commission’s Sr. Manager, Process & Systems Engineering (Water/Wastewater Treatment) provides strategic leadership and oversight for engineering support across operational sections, including water treatment, distribution systems, wastewater conveyance, and resource recovery processes. This role evaluates the efficacy of all processes and systems; as well as develop and implement procedures and methods to optimize process and system performance.
Key Functions:
• Collaborates with Operations departments to implement optimization strategies
• Performs technical analysis of proposed federal and state regulations; prepares comments and recommended responses to protect Commission interests
• Coordinates responses with national and local associations such as AWWA, AMWA and NACWA
• Provides technical expertise for interactions with government and regulatory agencies
• Provides technical expertise to regulatory inquiries and reviews
• Identifies emerging environmental issues with potential for significant impact on the Commission; proposes technical responses to these issues; coordinates investigation and manages any required technical oversight for the resolution to the issues
• Establishes and tracks strategic and operational performance measures
• Performs project management for special studies including developing the scope of work, negotiating contracts, reviewing and approving invoices, coordinating internal and external resources, and technical review as well as approval of consultants’ work
• Prepares reports and notifications, including those required by regulations
• Recommends policies, procedures, methods, and practices to ensure the processes and systems meet or exceed Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, and other federal, state, or local regulatory/environmental requirements; ensures the safety, quality, and efficacy of processes and operations
• Develops strategies and conducts analyses to meet and optimize operational process and systems objectives, as well as compliance to environmental regulations and level of service
• Designs and implements innovative solutions to enhance water treatment processes, water distribution systems, wastewater conveyance systems, and water resource recovery processes
• Develops conceptual level designs for water and wastewater treatment systems
• Reviews and interprets design drawings, plans, and specifications for proposed changes in existing facilities and for construction of new processes and systems; evaluates designs for functionality, safety, operability, maintainability, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with industry practices; performs detailed analysis to identify inadequacies, ambiguities, errors, and potential problems
• Supports water and wastewater process and systems technology evaluation and selection
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful integration of new technologies
• Provides engineering support and guidance in troubleshooting complex process problems as needed to ensure the process, systems, and/or facility modifications enhance operations
• Analyzes technical and operational reports, including process and systems efficiency data; identifies causes of non-routine incidents; recommends process and systems control strategic plans and adjustments to variables that affect the quantity and quality of process effluent; identifies the impact of adjustments in one unit process on other unit processes and overall plant performance
• Identifies training needs to enhance process and systems efficiency and to integrate new technologies
• Manages quality control of consultant and in-house designs related to the environmental engineering and science disciplines
• Leads/supports the development of project plans with stakeholders for implementation of pilot and optimizing initiatives more info...
Ad Title:Wastewater Plant Superintendent Location: Rt. 210 & Farmington Road, West; Accokeek, MD 2060 Post Date: 06/02/25 City: Accokeek State: MD Zip: 20607 Email:talentacquisition@wsscwater.com Website:visit our website... Description: Job Description/Responsibilities:
At WSSC Water, we are passionate about our one water mission and devoted to delivering safe, seamless, and satisfying service to our 1.9 million customers. It takes teamwork to deliver the essential, which is why we proudly call ourselves Team H2O – working together, sharing our talents and creativity to safeguard public health and protect the environment.
The Wastewater Plant Superintendent plans, directs, and manages the overall long-term operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant and related remote facilities. Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations applicable to the facilities, including Clean Water Act, EPA 503 regulations, and COMAR regulations. Prepares and manages multi-million-dollar facility budgets. As a member of WSSC Water leadership, leads company-wide organizational development through business process and organizational culture change to improve the competitive posture of WSSC Water.
Key Functions:
• Responsible and legally accountability for the effective operation, maintenance and management of all aspects of a major water or wastewater treatment plant
• Leads business process and culture change efforts to maintain and enhance the organization’s competitive position in the industry
• Works collaboratively with other members of WSSC Water leadership to accomplish strategic objectives that are organization-wide in scope
• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of a major wastewater treatment plant, and related remote facilities
• Initiates and participates in long-range planning, engineering, testing, acceptance, and transition to routine operation and maintenance of capital improvement projects, for existing and future treatment plants and remote facilities
• Confers with supervisors and staff, analyzes, evaluates and makes determinations concerning plant operations and maintenance
• Reviews plant operating data to make operational and maintenance decisions which require immediate action
• Approves designs and makes equipment/process modifications; sets priorities for repairs and modifies procedures to adjust for non-operating equipment
• Performs operational review of plans and specifications for new plants, expansions and process modifications
• Prepares and/or approves work schedules for 24×7×365 plant operation
• Develops and/or approves chemical, material, and service contract specifications; maintains chemical supplies and spare parts inventories; schedules replenishments and requisitions tools, equipment and supplies
• Reviews bids, and recommends the awarding of the contracts and administers contracts
• Works with the Planning Division to initiate, review, and negotiate applications for state and federal discharge permits for treatment plants; Monitors facility performances for environmental effects and to ensure compliance with federal, state and local permits and regulations; reports non-compliance situations
• Performs inspections at existing or new plants and/or remote facilities to ensure equipment and processes operate properly and in accordance with specifications, and to correct deficiencies
• Initiates change orders, instructs, directs and advises supervisors as necessary
• Establishes and reviews standard plant operating procedures and manuals within the framework of WSSC Water policies and administration guidelines
• Oversees maintenance of plant records
• Prepares and/or reviews detailed budget documents and transmits the budget proposal with recommendations to the Director of Production
• Develops or evaluates proposals to reduce costs and operate within budget limitations
• Prepares operational and safety reports required of the plant
• Operates a safety program, investigates accidents and completes required reports
• Confers with manufacturer’s representatives to resolve problems and to explore and discuss new products and techniques
• Supervises employees including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and/or termination or recommending termination
