Are you ready to step into a leadership role? The Permits & Engineering Unit of the Public Drinking Water Branch is a team dedicated to protecting the public health of Missouri’s residents and visitors. We respect and embrace the experiences, knowledge, and contributions of our team members. We strive for a culture of belonging and balance by upholding our values : Stewardship, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect, and Innovation. We believe our mission and vision serves a greater purpose and will be felt for generations to come.
This position will be located at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri.
- Provide supervision and technical leadership to team members of the Permits & Engineering Unit including planning unit activities to meet Department objectives, assigning and reviewing work, managing resources, conducting performance based assessments, and mentoring team members to be successful in their positions.
- Provide senior technical expertise and oversight of the Public Drinking Water Branch’s permitting process to ensure that permits are issued within recommended timeframes and adhere to the department’s design guides for community and noncommunity public water systems.
- Perform engineering determinations and review final documents to verify projects meet all applicable requirement and are technically defensible prior to approval, including determinations related to groundwater under the influence of surface water and studies pertaining to drinking water treatment and infrastructure.
- Serve as the Public Drinking Water Branch’s lead engineer and provide engineering guidance and technical assistance to internal and external stakeholders on drinking water treatment and infrastructure projects.
- Serve on internal and external workgroups focused on topics related to drinking water treatment and infrastructure, coordinate with regional office staff, and promote best management practices for unit related activities through development of factsheets, guidance documents, and public engagements.
- Support the Department’s Comprehensive Performance Evaluation efforts and Area-Wide Optimization Program to assist public water system in identifying opportunities to enhance operations.
- Support planning, development and administration efforts of the Public Drinking Water Branch and look for opportunities for continuous improvement through process mapping, metrics, and new technologies.
- Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations related to the Safe Drinking Water Act and Missouri Safe Drinking Water Law.
Licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Missouri
To be successful in this position, a candidate will need the following skills:
- Engineering : Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods required to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain facilities such as buildings, transportation systems, water and sanitary systems, and other public works systems.
- Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving : uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
- Oral and Written Communication : Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, consider the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Leadership : Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
- Professional Engineer - Registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Missouri with at least four full years of satisfactory engineering experience, as required for licensure.
Training, certification, and/or education in continuous process improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma as well as completion of Missouri Way, Leadership Academy, and similar programs is preferred.
Benefits & Work-life BalanceOur benefits package and flexible 40-hour work week promotes the mental and physical health of you and your family as you work towards achieving your professional goals. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance. Learn more here .
How we invest in you: - Exceptional professional development: mentoring from experienced professionals, cross-media training, career advancement opportunities, paid trainings and continuing education tuition assistance.
- Support for professional registrations when required, through paid study materials, fees, study time, test time, exam fees and licensure renewal fees.
