Parks and Natural Resources - Water Resources Project Manager

PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION - WATER RESOURCES PROJECT MANAGER

 

SALARY

PG 24, $3,002.40 Biweekly, $78,062.40 Annually, Exempt

 

WORK LOCATION AND SCHEDULE

4177 Ben Durrance Road, Bartow FL, 33830

Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM

 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

•    Direct Deposit, Bi-Weekly Pay Checks
•    Medical, Dental, Vision
•    Life Insurance
•    FRS Retirement
•    10 Paid Holidays
•    Paid Time Off
•    Tuition Reimbursement
•    Education Incentives
•    Deferred Compensation Plan
•    Wellness Incentives
•    Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
•    Free Employee Gym
•    Free Employee Health Clinic

 

Must have the physical, developmental and mental ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated below:

 

MAJOR FUNCTION

Provide professional engineering expertise and project management primarily for innovative water resource projects.  Develop, evaluate and implement feasibility, design and construction projects. Responsible for National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) permit, which includes revising, updating, monitoring and implementing the permit requirements 

Responsible for providing assistance to Parks and Natural Resources Division (PNRD) to support their mission.

• Manages the activities of outside consultants and contractors for PNRD projects.
• Responsible for success of maintaining compliance of MS4 NPDES permit for Polk County
• Performs critical feasibility analyses, hydraulic analyses, treatment and performance efficiency evaluations, and alternatives analyses, working with both staff and outside consultants.
• Assists in the development, preparation, tracking of milestones and schedules and other maintenance tasks for PNRD Community Investment Program (CIP) annual capital project budget and program budgets, which includes progress and status reports, letters, files, and other documentation related to projects. 
• Assists in the preparation of project-specific and annual engineering and construction contracts.
• Prepares and submit appropriate applications for additional funding opportunities for projects and programs
• Manages the application for certification of surface water related permits.
• Interacts, develops and maintains strong working relationships with local, state and federal regulatory agencies as well as other County divisions and the development community in designing, bidding, permitting, and constructing PNRD projects.

 

ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES

• Responsible for managing CIP projects from conceptual stage through construction and project close-out. 
• Responsible for basic engineering design of various projects related to water resources management. Types of projects include stormwater retrofitting (swales, detention and retention ponds, wetlands treatment, exfiltration pipes) and surface water management and restoration (dredging, drawdowns, and physical/chemical water treatment). 
• Perform hydrologic studies and design stormwater management systems. 
• Prepare state and federal permit applications and explore grant funding opportunities for water quality projects.
• Identify drainage and water quality problems. 
• Perform surface water retrofit and restoration engineering feasibility analyses including stream gauging, basin hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, examination of stormwater quality analyses and management alternatives. 
• Responsible to implement program activities required by the County's NPDES stormwater permit relative to surface water quality. Requires completion of annual NPDES report and supplemental requirements of the MS4 permit. 
• Provides leadership in the coordination of external and internal partners to ensure proper implementation and reporting requirements for the NPDES permit. 
• Provides leadership on water resource projects and program activities. 
• Receives, reviews, and oversees construction projects and other work efforts that are performed by consulting engineers and contractors. Ensures that contracted services are meeting schedules, within budget, and comply with contract specifications. 
• Prepares and maintains a project progress file which includes schedule information and work activities. 
• Reviews bills for services and determines that those services have been performed as required prior to submitting for payment authorization.
• Requires management of consultants and contractors to ensure that project objectives are met and that contract requirements are adhered to. 
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