Our PUD values are at the center of our culture. Putting the safety, health, and well-being of our communities and those we work with is valued above all else and everyone on Team PUD must meet this commitment daily. Nothing we do in achieving our Mission is worth a single injury, and all who interact with us must feel they are valued and welcomed as individuals.
Everyone on Team PUD, in all positions, is accountable for achieving this safe and welcoming culture by:
1. Taking full ownership for the safety of themselves and their coworkers, while ensuring everyone feels valued and welcomed.
2. Taking action to identify and eliminate their own and others' at-risk behaviors, including the behaviors that may undermine another's feelings of being welcomed and valued.
3. Following all safety rules and regulations and ensuring the PUD's expectations for conduct and respect are maintained.
4. Openly sharing near-misses, safety learning opportunities, and ways we can learn to be a more welcoming place while encouraging others to do the same.
5. Utilizing Stop Work Authority to intervene with anyone, anytime, in any place.
6. Intervening or seeking guidance to stop actions that are harmful to the wellbeing, health, or sense of belonging of others, and which are detrimental to our PUD values.
Job Summary
Successfully provide technical, engineering, and project management services related to the design, maintenance, operations, improvements of and additions to the District's facilities and systems in a technically sound, safe, timely, and cost effective manner to enable the District to realize its goals and objectives. Performs as project leader on assigned projects and tasks.
Accountabilities
Accountability #1
Support outstanding value relative to cost to our customers by ensuring the reliable operation and optimization of the District's delivery systems and assets by serving as a project leader on small to medium projects and/or on projects which may have relatively few complex features requiring an overall knowledge of the District's engineering practices, standards, and methods. Coordinates with project team and consultants' work on conventional projects based on pre-established District standards and practices, and similar responsibilities.
Accountability #2
Support powerful partnerships that serve as a valuable resource for our internal and external customers, industry peers, and community partners by responding to customer inquiries, questions, and complaints interpreting and providing information concerning services, programs, projects, policies and objectives. Makes presentations to staff, management and the public. Effectively interacts, responds, and coordinates activities with customers including governmental agencies using clear and effective communication skills, and similar responsibilities.
Accountability #3
Provide friendly, positive customer experiences by exhibiting excellent customer service skills through maintaining a positive attitude and willingness to work with others. Demonstrates the basics of excellent customer service and how, with whom and when to coordinate with other groups and departments, and similar responsibilities.
Accountability #4
Support delivery of exceptional value to our customers through continual improvement and innovation by providing guidance and direction to ensure the meeting of internal and external customer commitments, demonstrating initiative through performing tasks assigned and asking supervision for additional work. Assists other engineers with workload management. Volunteers for additional work assignments and job duties outside of typical daily work. Makes timely decisions on typical topics that will have impact on District policies or procedures. Demonstrates an understanding of internal processes and skill in managing workload as part of a team and actively looks for ways to improve District processes, and similar responsibilities.
Accountability #5
Support delivery of exceptional value to our customers through continual improvement and innovation by providing guidance and direction to ensure the reliable operation and optimization of the District's delivery systems and assets, assisting in the development of training programs for District staff, vendors, customers, consultants, and others, which may include conducting actual training on a specific specialty. Makes themselves available to engineering staff for one-on-one training and mentoring, and similar responsibilities.
Accountability #6
Support delivery of exceptional value to our customers through planning and management by providing guidance and direction to ensure responsible cost & fiscal management, development and preparation of documents through completion of work for projects related to Department and District's overall goals with Capital and O&M projects, and similar responsibilities.
Accountability #7
Support a culture of caring, mutual respect and trust that empowers current and future employees to do their best work for the benefit of our team members, customers, partners and stakeholders by helping others to ensure a highly effective team, providing mentorship, education, and growth of other engineers, coordinating work, and similar responsibilities.
Minimum Required Skills and Abilities
- Basic principles, practices, methods, analysis, equipment and techniques in their department's field of engineering specialty.
- Engineering plans and specifications, construction standards and methods, design standards, safety practices and codes, fundamentals of project management.
- District's work authorization procedures.
- Customer relations techniques.
- Facility and system operation and maintenance.
- Computers and applicable computer applications.
- District's mission, objectives, values and business drivers.
- Work in a team environment with a strong customer focus on both internal customers and external customers.
- Successfully complete design and construction projects and other assigned tasks commensurate with job experience.
- Plan and organize work, incorporating changing District priorities.
- Interpret, apply, and explain codes, regulations, policies and procedures.
- Learn the District's work authorization procedures.
- Learn and apply District policies and procedures.
- Learn economic analysis and evaluation techniques.
- Develop scope of work, schedules, cost estimates, methods, and manage projects through completion.
- Assist in training other department personnel in the area of expertise.
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Maintain records and prepare reports.
- Use independent and discretionary judgment.
- Use engineering tools required for the job.
Minimum Qualifications
Engineer II $74,604 - $124,342
• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Two (2) years of related engineering experience
• Valid Washington State Driver's License
Preferred Qualifications
• Washington State Engineer in Training (EIT) certification
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Engineer III $93,583 - $155,975
• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering related field, AND
• Four (4) years of related engineering experience. OR
• Eight (8) years of directly related engineering experience and a Washington State professional Engineering License (PE) in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
• Valid Washington State Driver's License
Preferred Education and Experience
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Preferred License/Certification
• Engineer in Training (EIT) certifications
• Washington State Professional Engineer (PE) License