NORTH MIAMI BEACH – Water and Sewer Design Manager

This is advanced professional and technical work with supervisory responsibility overseeing projects and activities in the planning, design, maintenance, and repair of water treatment plant, in addition to water and sewer conveyance projects for NMB Water.  Employees in this class are responsible for performing professional engineering duties requiring registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Florida.   Responsible for planning, assigning and reviewing the work of professional design staff including exercising final authority for plans preparation and specifications; signing and sealing plans, processing change orders; inspecting projects for compliance with specifications and accepted engineering standards; performing specialized engineering functions of a highly technical nature involving design, analysis or testing; overriding, accepting, rejecting or modifying engineering documents prepared by a registered Professional Engineer and bearing responsibility for the action; preparing engineering and compliance reports for use outside the department or city; determining whether a design is in compliance with engineering standards, reviewing engineering calculations; and making analyses to answer complex engineering questions. Emphasis of the work is on the development and implementation of policies and procedures to assure success in the monitoring of the work of architectural and engineering consultants and contractors engaged in planning, design and construction of a variety of complex buildings and related facilities.  Responsibilities include analyzing special conditions or circumstances which arise on projects, assisting subordinates with unusual or difficult solutions to complex building construction problems and assisting in the establishment of division objectives.  Incumbents exercise considerable independent judgment in the application of the principles and practices of architectural and construction, related engineering knowledge.